{"id":19396,"date":"2018-05-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=19396"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:36:31","slug":"salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-calls-for-urgent-social-action-at-salesforce-tower-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-calls-for-urgent-social-action-at-salesforce-tower-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Calls for Urgent Social Action at Salesforce Tower Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vidyard\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/embed\/v4.js\"><\/script><img decoding=\"async\"  style=\"width: 100%; margin: auto; display: block;\"  class=\"vidyard-player-embed\"  src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/2u8K3CM1C66XE5UMeZPskL.jpg\"  data-uuid=\"2u8K3CM1C66XE5UMeZPskL\"  data-v=\"4\"  data-type=\"inline\"  data-width=\"500\"  data-height=\"281\"\/>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a speech commemorating the opening of Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff celebrated all those who contributed to developing the city\u2019s tallest, most high-tech building, which will serve as the company\u2019s headquarters. He also called for action to address rising inequality, homelessness and unsanitary conditions in San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe see a city undergoing great change, but also facing urgent challenges. Great progress \u2014 neighborhoods and businesses that are booming \u2014 but also communities and people that feel forgotten. We see extraordinary wealth, a community with over 70 billionaires, but also grinding poverty in the shadow of this building,\u201d he said. \u201cWe see companies unleashing incredible innovations, but also families in deep distress, struggling to survive another day. The experience of cities in other parts of the country teaches us that successful cities and successful businesses go hand-in-hand. If a city fails to invest in its people \u2014 their education, their well-being, their safety \u2014 over time, businesses flee. And the opposite is also true. If businesses fail to recognize their obligations to their community, if they are disconnected and fail to give back, over time, cities suffer and decline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, today announced it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/salesforce-tower-opening-donation.html\">donate $1.5 million to Hamilton Families\u2019 Heading Home Initiative<\/a> to end long-term family homelessness in San Francisco. This gift will be matched by Marc and Lynne Benioff, who will give $1.5 million to the initiative. Since 2016, Salesforce.org has given $3.5 million toward Hamilton Families\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonfamilies.org\/what-we-do\/heading-home-campaign\/\">Heading Home Initiative<\/a>, and the Benioffs have given $11.5 million. Heading Home, which has now surpassed $30 million in funding, aims to address family homelessness in San Francisco by providing housing for 800 families by 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to reach our next goal, raising the $200 million we need to get every homeless individual off the streets,\u201d Benioff said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s why I\u2019m calling on every part of our community \u2014 government, residents, companies, especially tech companies \u2014 to step up and help end homelessness in our city. This is a solvable problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding education in the city, Benioff said, \u201cWe have an obligation to give every child an equal opportunity to a world-class education! That\u2019s why Salesforce has partnered with San Francisco and Oakland, and we\u2019re seeing great progress. Every CEO, every business, every community can adopt a school \u2014 or a district.\u201d He pointed to rising math scores and increasing numbers of young women taking STEM classes. Salesforce employees will volunteer 100,000 hours in Bay Area schools this year, and plans to invest $100 million in local schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benioff also addressed unsanitary conditions in some San Francisco neighborhoods and streets. \u201cJust a few months ago, a study by UC Berkeley found that some parts of San Francisco are more unsanitary than the poorest neighborhoods of impoverished developing countries,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is unacceptable. The mayor and the city deserve credit, because we\u2019ve seen some cleanups. But as we all know, there\u2019s so much more to do. We shouldn\u2019t have to look up \u2014 to buildings like this \u2014 to be inspired. We have to come together, as one community, to make sure that our streets are as stunning as our skyline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benioff also challenged tech companies to step up to address the chronic issues facing the community and for others not to scapegoat the tech industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, many of them are chronic issues that have not been addressed enough for many, many years. So just as I\u2019m challenging tech companies to step up, I\u2019m challenging others to not scapegoat the tech community. Throughout our history, industry leaders like Levi Strauss, Isaias Hellman and Don and Doris Fisher and their companies helped to build up this city into a global symbol of diversity, equality and opportunity. Instead of seeing us as part of the problem, know that tech wants to be part of the solution. This is the model for tackling so many of our most urgent challenges&#8211;all of us working together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his closing remarks, Benioff called Salesforce Tower a \u201csymbol of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKids in schools across the Bay Area, families walking down the sidewalk, families and children in shelters or sleeping in cars. They\u2019re all looking up at this Tower. I want you to know you are not alone \u2014 we are thinking of you. I hope you see this tower as a beacon, a symbol of hope and know that there is a company and a city, a group of people and organizations all together as one San Francisco that leads with our core values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Related Stories:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/company\/news-press\/press-releases\/2018\/05\/180522\/\">Salesforce Celebrates Grand Opening of Salesforce Tower with $3 Million in Commitments from Salesforce.org and Marc and Lynne Benioff to Help End Family Homelessness in San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/company\/news-press\/stories\/2018\/0125181\/\">Salesforce is Recognized on Fortune\u2019s World\u2019s Most Admired Companies List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large prevent-download\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"wp-block-image__modal-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-modal-id=\"19395-modal\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Image Modal<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?strip=all&#038;quality=95\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png 820w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=300&amp;h=155 300w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=768&amp;h=398 768w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=264&amp;h=137 264w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=500&amp;h=259 500w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=678&amp;h=351 678w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=150&amp;h=78 150w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=372&amp;h=193 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div id=\"19395-modal\" class=\"image-modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"image-dialog-title\"><div class=\"image-modal__overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-a11y-dialog-hide><\/div><div class=\"image-modal__content\" role=\"dialog\"><button class=\"image-modal__close-button\" type=\"button\" data-a11y-dialog-hide aria-label=\"Close this image dialog window\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 26 25\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><rect x=\".626\" y=\"22.753\" width=\"32\" height=\"3\" rx=\"1.5\" transform=\"rotate(-45 .626 22.753)\"\/><rect x=\"2.747\" y=\".125\" width=\"32\" height=\"3\" rx=\"1.5\" transform=\"rotate(45 2.747 .125)\"\/><\/svg><\/button><h1 id=\"image-dialog-title\" class=\"screen-reader-text\">Image Modal<\/h1>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large prevent-download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?strip=all&#038;quality=95\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png 820w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=300&amp;h=155 300w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=768&amp;h=398 768w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=264&amp;h=137 264w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=500&amp;h=259 500w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=678&amp;h=351 678w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=150&amp;h=78 150w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/tip.png?w=372&amp;h=193 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a speech commemorating the opening of Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff celebrated all those who contributed to developing the city\u2019s tallest, most high-tech building, which will serve as the company\u2019s headquarters. 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