SOCIALSERVICES PotreroHillNeighborhoodHouse

The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, known as the Nabe, is a multi-purpose, multi-generational community center located at 953 De Haro Street. With an emphasis on youth and education, the Nabe offers more than 20 programs and activities designed to assist low-income Potrero Hill, Mission, Visitation Valley and Bayview-Hunters Point residents. The Nabe also acts as a community hub, hosting numerous neighborhood association meetings and private functions. “We are the meeting place of the community,” said Edward Hatter, the Nabe’s executive director for the past six years. “We try to keep information owing. We want people to look at us as a place where they can help or be helped.”

Designed and built in 1922 by the architect Julia Morgan, the Nabe registers number 86 on San Francisco’s Historic Landmark roster. It was originally constructed for a Russian Christian sect, the Molokani, who had fled Czarist oppression in the Volga and Caucasus regions and settled on Potrero Hill. Programs offered at the Nabe include:

* Experiment in Diversity: Begun as an anti-gang violence effort, this program attempts to educate youths ages 13 to 18 on cultural and ethnic history, awareness and tolerance. The program also provides free employment training.

* Workforce Development: In cooperation with Jobs Corps, this program provides soft-skill training for unemployed and/or underemployed parents, including