A Long Way to Go: What Kind of Change is Needed Within Foundations to Advance Racial Equity?

July 12, 2019

Inside Philanthropy By Michael Hamill Remaley   Many people who work in the philanthropic sector are beginning to grapple with embedded racism in ways that they haven’t before. Organizations and individuals are asking existential questions that relate to power, interpersonal…
Continue reading

Amid wildfires and bankruptcy, PG&E retreats from its long philanthropic legacy

July 11, 2019

San Francisco Business Times By Hannah Norman   In January, as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. grappled with its impending bankruptcy filing, the Oakland Museum of California received a notice that California’s largest utility would be dropping its corporate giving…
Continue reading

Rejecting White House Claims as ‘Contrived,’ Supreme Court Blocks Census Citizenship Question… For Now

June 27, 2019

Common Dreams By Jessica Corbett Civil liberties and immigrant rights advocates celebrated Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court blocked—at least temporarily—the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, an effort critics had decried as a blatant…
Continue reading

A quick shift to electric vehicles could drive the Green New Deal forward

June 27, 2019

Fast Company By Adele Peters The transition could keep the U.S. competitive with countries like China but also radically improve the country’s own transportation sector—currently the most polluting of the economy—while creating jobs and improving equity. There are now 486…
Continue reading

Greenlining Institute Relieved as Supreme Court Temporarily Stops Census Citizenship Question

June 27, 2019

Ruling Means Issue Will Likely Come back Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute expressed relief over today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that at least temporarily delayed the Trump administration from…
Continue reading

The 2019 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

June 4, 2019

Green Biz By Jen Boynton Emi Wang, 29 Environmental Equity Senior Policy Manager, Greenlining; Oakland, California LinkedIn | Twitter Emi Wang is a change agent for the marginalized at the Greenlining Institute, an NGO that “uplifts and provides economic opportunities for communities…
Continue reading

Trump Wants to Make Redlining Easier

May 10, 2019

The Progressive By Preeti Vissa Kristipati The administration is moving to cut public access to information on how, and to whom, banks loan money. Redlining – the practice of denying loans to home buyers and others based on their race…
Continue reading

White Supremacy and Tech: Panelists Discuss Bias in Data and Algorithms

May 1, 2019

The Daily By Thelonious Goerz Often, data and algorithms are seen as a beacon of objectivity and fairness. But panelists in fields spanning data science, education, social justice, and policy challenged the notion with thoughtful examination last Monday. At the…
Continue reading

“All of the Tools in Our Tool Belt.” A Community Foundation Steps Up its Impact Investing

May 1, 2019

Inside Philanthropy By Alyssa Ochs Impact investing is one of the hottest topics in institutional philanthropy right now. And while private foundations have tended to be on the leading edge of this movement, a growing number of community foundations have…
Continue reading

CA Bill Aims to Boost Insurance Contracts for LGBT Firms

April 29, 2019

Bay Area Reporter By Matthew S. Bajko California leaders are pushing legislation aimed at boosting insurance companies’ contracts with LGBT-owned firms and other certified minority-owned businesses. It comes as lawmakers are also seeking to increase hospital contracts for such businesses.…
Continue reading