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Our Mission
The McCarthy Center prepares students for lives of ethical public service not just in government but in business, the environment, healthcare, and education, whose policies affect the marginalized and poor.
The Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good is dedicated to inspiring and preparing students at USF to pursue lives and careers of ethical public service and the common good.
The McCarthy Center provides a forum for education, service and research in public policy-making and programs for the common good. It supports undergraduate and graduate academic programs, provides service learning, and government experiences for students and generates publishable research. A curriculum that blends rigorous intellectual training with fieldwork experience prepares students to articulate and promote the common good of all society's members through careers or service in government, non-profits or the private sector.
The McCarthy Center will urge students who pass our way to embrace passionately some mission in public service.
— Leo T. McCarthy
Contact Info
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
M-F 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Masonic, Room 106
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117 mccarthycenter@usfca.edu (415) 422-5662 (415) 422-5641
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117 mccarthycenter@usfca.edu (415) 422-5662 (415) 422-5641
From the Blog
Meet Our New Staff Members
We have recently welcomed three new staff members to the McCarthy Center team, Carla, Bryant, and Gladys! Learn more about each of them and help...
Depicting What Justice Looks Like
This week’s blog post is another report updating the evolution of the mural, Reimagining a Just World — that is being created in our Center’s...
Meet Our ’21 McCarthy SF Fellows!
This year’s cohort of McCarthy Fellows in San Francisco have begun their semester-long internship with the City & County of San Francisco...