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A few days ago, I read yet another in what seems a persistent churn of messages characterizing nonprofits as enslaved to operating in a state of continual scarcity and deficiency. I wonder when I
Workers made their way from their offices at noon on the day after the national elections to the sunny courtyard of the Alameda Street building that houses, among several groups, The California
In a few more weeks, on the heels of a final Presidential decision by voters, and after the punditry and handwringing recedes, we may get a breather from the spew that has shredded this election
Avis Ridley-Thomas admits she could raise hell with the best of the hell raisers in the fractious extended family where she grew up. She laughs now at the memory, but it’s a
Future Shock: “(a) dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.”
-Alvin Toffler, “Future Shock” (1970)
Long bemoaned as the capital of congestion, Los Angeles has emerged as one of the nation’s transit leaders,
We talk a lot about “capacity building” and take for granted everyone knows what that term means. But what we’ve woven intentionally into our organizational DNA might be less obvious to others
The car has new tires. That pesky sprinkler valve leaks no more. Workmen have estimated the cost of upgrading to new, energy efficient windows. My annual physical exam was completed. Six new
Ordinary politics involves the appreciation, sometimes grudging, of the needs, interests and aspirations of others. When New York Times columnist David Brooks took on the topic in his Feb. 26
Think for a minute about the implicit sacrifices that come with choosing to work in — or deciding to start! — a mission-driven community-focused
When stepping into a new year, we often force ourselves to focus on what we’ll be doing that’s new and innovative and exciting. We flipped the question around and asked a few Community