Blog•General ICE Raids, Asylum Seekers and the Othering of People of Color July 19, 2019 • Preeti Vissa Kristipati Like many of you, I’ve watched the reports and rumors of expected ICE raids, images of adults and children in U.S. concentration camps and the attacks [...] Blog Instacart, the Gig Economy, and Doubling Down on Algorithmic Bias July 18, 2019 • Paul Goodman • Technology Equity Gig economy firms like Instacart, and most tech companies, fail to recognize implicit bias. So their algorithms often discriminate against people of color. With thirty-one percent [...] Blog Fix the Loophole that Lets Predatory Lenders Rip People Off July 3, 2019 • Rawan Elhalaby • Economic Equity A loophole in California Financing Law lets predatory lenders charge virtually any interest rate for loans over $2,500, which is disproportionately harming the financial stability of [...] Blog That Health Tracker and Your Internet Privacy June 20, 2019 • Paul Goodman • Technology Equity Over the past few years, there’s been a surge in the popularity of health tracker devices and applications that keep tabs on health information such as [...] Blog Bringing Community Solar to an Environmental Justice Community June 17, 2019 • Jessica Iñiguez • Energy Equity, Leadership Academy California is rapidly transitioning from a fossil fuel based economy to a clean energy economy: A recent walking tour of an environmental justice community, Willowbrook in [...] Blog #ChangeFromWithin: We Need a Personal Vision for Our Community to Thrive! June 5, 2019 • Haleema Bharoocha • Leadership Academy My first #ChangeFromWithin reflection focused on how anger can be of service in leadership. Now I want to shift to the part that comes after anger: [...] Blog•General My Family Wouldn’t Be Here Under the Trump Immigration Plan May 22, 2019 • Bruce Mirken Recently, President Trump announced an “immigration plan” – actually, just a set of talking points, without enough detail to be called a real plan. While it [...] Blog Making Equity Real: Our 2019 Agenda for the California Legislature May 15, 2019 • Preeti Vissa Kristipati • Economic Equity, Energy Equity, Environmental Equity, Health Equity, Technology Equity The California Legislature is well into its 2019 session, considering hundreds of bills as well as the state budget. In my first post as Interim President, [...] Blog Ambition, My Personal Narrative and “Harder Skills” May 9, 2019 • Sonrisa Cooper • Leadership Academy As long as I can remember, I’ve had ambition. Some of the early career paths I considered for myself were Oscar-winning actress, renowned surgeon, or world-famous [...] Blog SB 50 and a Comprehensive Approach to California’s Housing Crisis May 2, 2019 • Sonrisa Cooper • Economic Equity, Environmental Equity As nearly every Californian knows, we are in the midst of a dire housing crisis. Thanks to years of steady population growth and low rates of [...] 12345…89 Show These TopicsDiversity & InclusionEconomic EquityEconomic SummitEnergy EquityEnvironmental EquityGeneralHealth EquityLeadership AcademyTechnology EquityShow This Date Range From toAuthor Bruce Mirken -
