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Teresa Goines: Old Skool Cafe, San Francisco

Old Skool Cafe is a faith-based, violence prevention program, providing marketable employment skills in the restaurant industry to at-risk youth ages 16-22, through a supper club run by at-risk youth in San Francisco that provides training, jobs and a second chance at life for youth coming out of incarceration and foster care.

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Celine Shimizu on Reclaiming Life After Loss

Filmmaker, author, and professor, Celine Shimizu, educates the next generation of filmmakers on how to speak a language that is inclusive of those under-represented (in some cases non-existent) in TV and film.

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Nínive Calegari: 826 Valencia co-founder — Advocating for Change Through the Literary Arts

826 Valencia: Advocating for Change Through the Literary Arts BY MELISSA WALKER 826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

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San Francisco Treasurer José Cisneros and the Laboratory of Innovation

San Francisco Treasurer José Cisneros and the Laboratory of Innovation BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG When was the last time you heard a government entity referred to as a laboratory of innovation? Treasurer José Cisneros shares the innovative role the municipal government is playing, and why certain programs are necessary to help build an inclusive city. Bank on San Francisco The former […]

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Joanna Lamstein: Why I Study Fan Fiction

Joanna Lamstein: Why I Study Fan Fiction BY JOANNA LAMSTEIN In this time when we can immediately share our creations online, we might think that fan fiction is new. Fan fiction is stories about popular fictional characters written by fans and usually published online for other fans to read. However, we see examples of people inspired to create by their […]

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Robin Hauser Reynolds: Producer/Director of CODE Documentary

Producer/Director of CODE Documentary BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Robin Hauser Reynolds, Director/Producer of the documentary film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, discusses the influence of women and minorities in technology and how diversity equals innovation. You have been touring the world with CODE? We premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, April 2015, so we’ve been on the road almost a year. I’ve […]

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Featured Photographer: Stephanie Rausser – Finding the Beauty & Humor in Life

Stephanie Rausser: Finding the Beauty & Humor in Life BY MELISSA WALKER Every month we ask a photographer to share an impact maker. This month we feature Stephanie Rausser, who shares the beauty of the Bay Area, and beyond. Can you briefly share a key moment in your education or career that pushed your work to another level? Early on […]

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Featured Artist: Gordon Studer – Reigniting a Love for Painting

Featured Artist: Gordon Studer – Reigniting a Love for Painting BY MELISSA WALKER Every month we ask an artist to share an impact maker. This month we feature longtime Emeryville-based painter, designer, and award-winning illustrator, Gordon Studer. Can you briefly share a key moment in your education or career that pushed your work to another level? I moved out to […]

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Hero of the Planet, Sylvia Earle, on the Earth's Blue Lungs

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Award-winning Film Editor on Seduction, Fighting, and Negotiation

Award-winning Film Editor on Seduction, Fighting, and Negotiation BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Charlotte Grossman is a film editor and producer. A show she edited won an Oscar for best documentary and she also won an Emmy for her work on the same program, “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ ”. In 2000, Grossman shot and edited a documentary, Woman’s Work: Making […]

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Pamela Hawley on the Impact Organization Vetted

Pamela Hawley on the Impact Organization Vetted BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Pamela Hawley, Founder and CEO of UniversalGiving, left four jobs in two years after college. Then she founded the award-winning UniversalGiving, which allows people to donate and volunteer with top-performing, vetted organizations all over the world, with 100 percent going directly to the cause of choice. UniversalGiving also helps with the […]

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Topher Wilkins: Un-conference Yourself

Topher Wilkins: Un-conference Yourself BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Opportunity Collaboration (OC) connects and supports global leaders building sustainable solutions to poverty. Each year, 400-plus leaders attend the Opportunity Collaboration. A conference unlike others. These leaders spend close to a week in swim gear instead of suits. Sharing meals and stories of the work they do on behalf of all of us. […]

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