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Meet Mikaila Ulmer, bee advocate and teenage CEO

Post author:Mariah Harris
Post published:April 20, 2021
Post category:Education Empowerment Environment Youth
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Her advice to anyone trying to start a business is simple: Be fearless. Believe in the impossible. And dream like a kid. At 15, Mikaila Ulmer is sharing her…

Leveling the playing field for students with learning differences

Post author:Mariah Harris
Post published:April 20, 2021
Post category:Education Empowerment Wellness Youth
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Microsoft employees partnered across teams to develop free learning tools that can help anyone—particularly students with learning differences—improve their reading skills. One in five students struggles with dyslexia, which can…

Elaine Brown: A Black Panther’s Journey in Breaking New Ground

Post author:Mariah Harris
Post published:March 23, 2021
Post category:Community Empowerment Social Justice
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Elaine Brown, the 1st and Only Woman to Lead the Black Panther Party Freedom, that's what we wanted. [The] power to determine the destinies of our Black communities. Elaine Brown,…

I’ve lived as a man and a woman | Paula Stone Williams

Post author:DSL Team
Post published:March 31, 2020
Post category:Community Empowerment
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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

Post author:DSL Team
Post published:March 20, 2020
Post category:Community Empowerment
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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

Post author:DSL Team
Post published:March 12, 2020
Post category:Community Empowerment
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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…

How To Make Expensive Cities Affordable for Everyone Again

Post author:DSL Team
Post published:November 1, 2017
Post category:Community Education Empowerment Housing Social Justice Youth
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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…

Why The Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People

Post author:DSL Team
Post published:October 31, 2017
Post category:Community Crime and Safety Education Employment Empowerment Equity Financial Freedom Training Wellness
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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).…

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Lava Mae Taking Radical Hospitality To The Streets

Post author:thebroka
Post published:June 27, 2017
Post category:Community Empowerment Homelessness Wellness
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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…