Valerie Tulier-Laiwa – Latino Task Force Co-Chair And "Mama Bear" – Honored With Rosario Anaya Community Award

San Francisco CA

17 October, 2021

1:23 PM

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By Anlan Cheney and Lydia Chávez, Mission Local October 15, 2021 When Mayor London Breed opened the 2021 Latino Heritage Month celebration Thursday night, she introduced Valerie Tulier-Laiwa as "Mama Bear" and the recipient of the Rosario Anaya Community Award for her tireless work with the Latino Task Force during the pandemic. The Award reflects the legacy of Rosario Anaya who was the first Latina to serve on the School Board and was the longtime leader of the Mission Language Vocational School, a place that Tulier-Laiwa and others turned into a social service hub during the pandemic. "When we talk about all this incredible work that the Latino Task Force did to help distribute [personal protective equipment], to help make sure that people had food, to make sure that they were getting the rental relief resources to the families in need, the resources for the kids who could not do work at home, they needed someone to help them," said Mayor Breed. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.