How Manny's Moved Its People-Powered Meeting Place Online
Posted May 15, 2020 6 min read
How Manny's Moved Its People-Powered Meeting Place Online

Emanuel Yekutiel envisioned a people-powered meeting place with a rich social activism component. Then he built it.  Manny's soon became a vibrant venue on the busy corner of 16th and Valencia in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District. A combination restaurant, political bookshop, and civic events space, Manny's brings in all sorts of individuals and organizations. "We are trying to create a rich fabric of programming," Yekutiel describes, "not just elected officials but activists, artists, journalists, writers, all different industries." When COVID-19 brought a stay-at-home order to San Francisco, Yekutiel had some big decisions to make. Here's how he

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