Editorial Director @BridgespanGroup Alum: @SkollFoundation @pulitzercenter @WIRED @NPR @GOOD @ucbsoj @CityYear @LACorps former line cook and bartender
San Francisco, CA
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For back to school, wrote about a lead poisoning disaster in Oakland and the vision of integrated public schools. Can we actually expect parents who have other options to stay in struggling districts? newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…
Solidly reported piece on the adjacent possible of the Great Highway—a remarkable opportunity to build a unique public space on a strip of roadway that borders national park land at the edge of a dynamic city that too often resists change. Yes on Prop K 🗳️
'Glimmer of hope': SF might build the largest pedestrian project in state history trib.al/Q0R94h5
And shoutout to @eddiekimx for his reporting on the far right fringe characters stoking 'culture war' division on this sf.gazetteer.co/gret-highway…
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Hello! I wrote a novel last year, just to see if I could do it, just for fun. Now I'm serializing it--for free!
It's called, "Gondos: The Novelization of the Major Motion Picture Gondos."
gondos.substack.com/p/introd…
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The reimbursement rates are often so poor that some therapists now consider working in-network for an insurer to be almost like community service projects.propublica.org/why-…
Can't wait to read this book, @carrieching
"After the fire, there was a new energy to these decades-long battles over Maui’s land and water," Carrie Ching writes. "The feeling running through the community was: 'Maybe now they will listen. Now is the moment for change.'" theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Tune in right now to hear the Olympics commentator for surfing sound check by repeating "bubbles, bubbles, bubbles" over and over, before competition begins, with roosters crowing in the background 🏄♀️🫧🐓
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Four hours, 44,000 Black women and one Zoom call 19thnews.org/2024/07/win-wit… via @19thnews
It’s still the signature sound of my SF neighborhood. Grateful to be in a rare refuge for this “lost sound.”
The sound of a foghorn is deeply associated with the isolation of maritime life and the lone lighthouse keeper. However, the foghorn has almost vanished, rendered obsolete by modern navigation and safety technologies like radar and GPS. nautil.us/requiem-for-the-fo…
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For #GivingTuesday2023, I looked at the inflation-adjusted wealth of long-time Giving Pledge billionaires today vs. the year they joined (a decade or more ago.) The results only added to my feeling that the pledge is a bit of a scam. motherjones.com/politics/202…
From @IamCoraDaniels, one of my co-conspirators at @BridgespanGroup, a clear-eyed take on what's keeping funders from meaningfully engaging in the reparations movement. philanthropy.com/article/why…
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Fascinating story by @DoranyPineda90 on the link between racist redlining and avian diversity in L.A. County. Whiter, wealthier neighborhoods tend to have more bird species than lower-income communities of color with fewer trees and less vegetation cover: latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Extraordinary! The founding and trajectory of so many organizations were shaped by his generosity. @BridgespanGroup would not exist but for Chuck Feeney, Harvey Dale, Joel Fleishman, and @atlantic philanthropies. Immense gratitude. RIP.
In an age when philanthropic intent is often much greater than actual giving, Chuck Feeney created the model for giving while living. He gave virtually his whole fortune while living, ramping down his foundation over time rather than creating a legacy org.
atlanticphilanthropies.org/i…
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"The $11.2 trillion black-white wealth gap is not the result of individual “bad” choices or the biased myths that some groups are more hardworking than others." ‼️
Stop what you're doing now and read the new report from @BridgespanGroup and @racialrepair:
ssir.org/articles/entry/a_re…
Very excited for The Wise Unknown hosted by @courtwrites, produced by super wiz @goldaarthur. Concept: "meet the ordinary person that your favorite celebrity considers extraordinary." PS: @CiaoSamin's in the mix. tinyurl.com/wiseunknown #WiseUnknown #wisdom @prx
Lovely piece of writing here from @chriscolin3000. A love letter to a trapped-in-amber landmark that I've always found deeply disorienting and somehow comforting. altaonline.com/culture/food-…
Weekend of COVID camp with the 5th grader and she made a pitch deck to sell me on her bedroom remodel. The kids are alright.
The Baltimore 'bologna dog' but no LA-style bacon wrapped street treat!? Do better NYT😡🌭nytimes.com/2023/08/14/dinin…
