I’ve lived as a man and a woman | Paula Stone Williams
Topics: I’VE LIVED AS A MAN AND A WOMAN. HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED. Based on her TED talk (over 1.8 million views), Dr. Paula Stone Williams speaks about her experience…
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
The prologue to Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner starts with the words, “I never wished I didn’t have a disability.” It’s…
Stop the Spead of Racism from The Hive
The days of giant egos, creative saviours and one-man-bands are over. Modern agencies understand that we live in a collab world where agency staff must work seamlessly…
COMMUNITY | EDUCATION | EMPOWERMENT | HOUSING | SOCIAL JUSTICE | YOUTH
How To Make Expensive Cities Affordable for Everyone Again
Recently, we wrote about a new report from the California Legislative Analyst's Office that found that poorer neighborhoods that have added more market-rate housing in the Bay Area since 2000 have been less…
Community | Crime and Safety | Education | Employment | Empowerment | Equity | Financial Freedom | Training | Wellness
Why The Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People
In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI).…
Pop Up Care Villages
Community | Empowerment | Homelessness | Wellness
Lava Mae Taking Radical Hospitality To The Streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGS0jVBdtjw Homelessness is overwhelming. To deal with it is to know that every person living on the streets has encountered some of the hardest challenges life can throw. People on…
EMPLOYMENT | EMPOWERMENT | ENVIRONMENT | YOUTH
Wiz Kid / Lemonade Stand
Mikaila Ulmer was 4 when she had an important epiphany inspired by the pain of a bee sting. A couple of bee stings, to be exact. “I got stung by…
COMMUNITY | EMPLOYMENT | EMPOWERMENT | HOMELESSNESS
Homeless-One Stitch Closer
The City of Berkeley estimates that nearly 1200 people are living on the streets, but that number only covers those that have been reported (BerkeleySide). That number is too low…
Student parent to graduate, her son by her side
Graduating senior Dajanaye Adrow-Hubbard always knew she was destined for college. She grew up in Oakland in a low-income family and knew that her ticket to a more comfortable lifestyle…
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Hidden-Figures
One of the most toxic attempts to dismiss the prevalence of racism is what Jenée Desmond-Harris calls “vanity sizing for racism,” the idea that a large number of Americans cannot…