Tag Archives: youth
A child comes into your life. Your response is an unqualified commitment to them – no matter what they say […more…]
Lateefah Simon is on a roll. An eloquent and rapid speaker, she expounds on how philanthropy needs to change, how […more…]
It can be argued that philanthropy swears too much allegiance to the idea of perpetuity. That the charitable foundations bearing […more…]
After 40 years of leading organizations dedicated to stopping domestic violence and supporting imperiled youth, JaMel Perkins knows a thing […more…]
The Youth Law Center’s Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez knows just how hard being a child in the foster care and […more…]
Every year, the Warriors Community Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the six-time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors – hosts […more…]
Outdoor education is a right, not a privilege – everyone deserves to know the joy of a bracing hike among […more…]
Meredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over […more…]
Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]
In 2005, Napa County officials came to On The Move, a local nonprofit, desperate to move the needle on positive […more…]
For underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]
Two decades ago, André V. Chapman was torn between his executive sales job in Silicon Valley and a nonprofit he’d […more…]
Veronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]
Often, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]
When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]
Alvin Yu wanted to be the first in his family to go to college. But he needed a job to […more…]
What if you could invest in an organization that, with an annual budget of $2 million, has produced $3.3 billion […more…]
“Helping kids in foster care reach their full potential.” The lightbulb went off, as it often does, during a walk. […more…]
The first time Ali Knight walked into a prison at age 25, he was surprised to see a childhood friend […more…]
Elaine Guarnieri-Nunn was attending a Facing History and Ourselves seminar about the steps that led to the Holocaust years ago […more…]
“I was one of those kids who thought he didn’t have a future.” This is what Samuel Carter, now 29, […more…]