Faith Blog

Reflections on Elementary School, from a Distance

This year, going back to school includes all the tumult and uncertainties…


Kathya Headshot

On the First Day of a New Kind of School Year

If, on the first day of my Junior year, you told me I was experiencing my last…


Melanie Dzib

Public School, Pandemics, and the Future of Girls of Color

For many in California and beyond, these last weeks of August mark the first…


Everything You Think You Know about Child Support Is Wrong

How Child Support Really Works in California

What—and who—do you think of when you hear the phrase “child support?” Is it…


Walter & Elis HAAS Fund

Standing With Grantees

The Walter & Elise Haas Fund stands with those who fight for justice. We…


Street View

Attempting Equity in Action: Iteration One of the Learning Lab

It is unusual for youth and adults to be in a room as peers, and to work…


Learning Lab

Building in the Storm

“I’m holding onto hope even though many things are uncertain and scary.” -Rapid…


Buildings

Listening to the Nonprofit Community During COVID-19

Things are changing quickly, frequently, and for many of us, frighteningly. The…


HAAS

Community Health During COVID-19

Today, especially, it is important for us to continue doing all we can to…