Making Black History with Charlie, Tara, and Rickie

This Black History Month we are highlighting the individuals making a difference in affordable housing today. These trailblazers are doing work across San Diego to build and preserve affordable housing, to provide services to residents, to finance, to address policy change and everything in between.

We asked: what legacy do you want to leave behind?

These are their stories…..

“One person can certainly make a difference. Imagine if everyone was to put forth an effort to right a wrong, stand up and be counted. For me, like the lyrics from that song from Hairspray by Motormouth Maybelle, ‘sitting still would be a sin’. If you love your city – become your city. ”

— Charlie Brown, MJ Housing

“I show up every day to defend the basic human right of housing for those less fortunate. I have dedicated my career to serving my community and the public, and so advancing the legacy passed down to me by my parents.”

— Tara Matthews, RSG, Inc., SDHF Policy Committee

“May the life I’m living speak for me.”

— Rickie Brown, City Heights CDC, SDHF Policy Committee, RUN Member