San Francisco attorney Julian Davis understands the importance of community. Shortly before attending law school at U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Mr. Davis received the Bay Guardian Local Hero Award. Since graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2011, he has served as the board president of the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, and he also ran a campaign for supervisor of San Francisco’s District 5. Currently he works as a management consultant, provides general counsel for small businesses and non-profits, and is representing Marcus Books to help this iconic cultural institution remain in it's historic home.

1. By Julian Davis

2. Introduction
 San Francisco attorney Julian Davis understands the
importance of community. Shortly before attending law
school at U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Mr. Davis
received the Bay Guardian Local Hero Award. Since
graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2011, he has served as the
board president of the Booker T. Washington Community
Service Center, and he also ran a campaign for supervisor of
San Francisco’s District 5. Currently he works as a
management consultant, provides general counsel for small
businesses and non-profits, and is representing Marcus
Books to help this iconic cultural institution remain in it's
historic home.

3. About Marcus Books
 Marcus Books is the country’s oldest black bookstore. The
owners of this culturally and historically significant
bookstore are threatened with the prospect of moving
unless they can raise the necessary funds before February
28, 2014 to buy their building. Westside Community
Services, a Fillmore-based nonprofit organization, has
offered to pay more than half of the amount needed to buy
the building and keep the store open. Julian Davis and
others hope to raise the additional one million dollars
using money from the community. The bookstore's
supporters also plan to use Fundrise.com to raise money,
offering donors a four percent return on their investments.