The California Dream… Is It Still Alive?
By: Masha V. Chernyak, Vice President of Programs and Policy, Latino Community Foundation. Photo of Faith in the Valley Staff taken by Bryan Patrick in the Central Valley. The California Dream… is it
Press Release: Latinos Are Essential In Fight On Climate Change
LATINOS ARE ESSENTIAL IN FIGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE Latino Community Foundation releases climate change policy directive at #GCAS2018, lauds Latino leadership for solutions in California and beyond (San Francisco, CA – Sept. 11,
California Latinos Are Leading Climate Change Transformation in the U.S.
Authored by Christian Arana, LCF Policy Director and Linda Escalante, SoCal Legislative Director, NRDC California has cemented its status as a world leader on climate change. On Aug. 28, legislators passed a bill
The Power of Sharing Your Story
“Adriana! Adriana, come look at your dad!” I was 12. I had been drawing in my bedroom with my father’s pencil box that was full of special pencils, erasers, blending tools, and razors.
Welcome Home: Why Listening Matters More Than Ever
By: Elizabeth Washburn, Principal at Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs solving the world’s most complex social problems. My abuela was a person of joy – all my memories of her involve
Latino Giving Circle Network | Newsletter August 2018
Our Latino Giving Circle Network members are a force! Scroll down to meet our philanthropists, featured community partners, and upcoming dates! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH BAY AND SACRAMENTO GIVING CIRCLES FOR THEIR
You’re Never Too Young to Be Civically Engaged
By: Luke Martinez, High School Student I may be just a teenager, but civic engagement has always been an interest of mine. Growing up in Santa Clara County, where one out of four
Let’s Make Marin Count in the 2020 Census
By: Karla Hernandez Navarro, Student at Dominican University of California & Intern at Canal Alliance I was born and raised on a small ranch in Guanajuato, Mexico, a place where opportunities were few
Latino Giving Circle Network | Newsletter July 2018
Our Latino Giving Circle Network members are a force! Scroll down to meet our philanthropists, featured community partners, and upcoming dates! LAUNCHED TWO NEW CO-ED GIVING CIRCLES: MODESTO AND SAN DIEGO! Thanks to you,
Latino Community Foundation mobilizes largest network of California Latino philanthropists to demand citizenship question be removed from 2020 U.S. Census
July 18, 2018 Contact: Christian Arana (818) 312-3328 carana@latinocf.org Latino Community Foundation Mobilizes Largest Network of California Latino Philanthropists to Demand Citizenship Question be Removed from 2020 U.S. Census San Francisco, Calif. – Today
Millionaire on a Mission. Proud Mexican. Tech Entrepreneur.
Once a migrant worker, Bismarck Lepe now leads Wizeline, a tech company that builds digital products and software for the largest companies in the world. Prior to Wizeline, Bismarck founded Ooyala which was
A Nation of Hope
"All Men are created equal...endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted...deriving their just Powers
I See Hope
I see hope. Through the despair that surrounds me, I feel hope. In my abandon and stilled speech, I am hope. I have to be. If not me, who? I cannot and will
The Soul of Our Nation
Kinship. It is what Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries has long taught us. This idea that we are all related and connected. It is what makes us human. The last two weeks
