BKF Fellow Ariel Luckey, playwright, performer, and activist—who recently completed his fellowship with BKF Mentor, Brenda Way, Founder and Artistic Director, ODC—has been selected as Temple Administrator/Director of Operations at Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek. We congratulate Ariel on…
Congratulations to José González, BKF Fellow and Founder of Latino Outdoors for his many recent accolades for his work in promoting diversity in outdoor education and conservation. In January, José was featured in the Outdoor Industry Association’s “Together We Are…
BKF Fellow José González was featured in a recent issue of Bay Nature where he discussed, among other things, his collaborative leadership style and the organization he founded to connect Latinos with nature, Latino Outdoors: "I consider Latino Outdoors to be…
You have a new album coming out this month called rememory, tell us about the origins of this project--how did it come to be? In 2014 I premiered my solo play Amnesia, an autobiographical exploration of identity and immigration. Theatrically,…
We are thrilled to announce the publication of BKF Mentor Mauricio Lim Miller's first book, The Alternative: Most of what you believe about poverty is wrong, available now on Amazon and Lulu. His book describes the shortcomings of traditional social service…
Since completing her fellowship with BKF Mentor Esta Soler, Lisa Kim has continued her work at Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) coordinating a project that addresses the impact of gender-based violence in workplaces for low-wage workers. While all individuals are at…
BKF Fellow Mehroz Baig, who now works as the Communications Specialist at San Francisco Department of Public Health, recently completed a video featuring public health and social justice professionals speaking about how leaders in different sectors, such as transportation, housing,…
Break a leg, Irma! Congratulations to BKF Advisory Committee member Irma Herrera on the debut of her one-woman show, Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?, which was in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in September. Her show mixes observations from the…
Join us as we celebrate the launch It Takes A Village Nation (ITAVN) on April 6 with BKF Fellow Chris Bridges, Founder of ITAVN. (Event details below.) Chris created ITAVN, a social networking platform (currently in the beta phase), with…
BKF Fellow Shannon Malone has co-founded a mentorship program for girls in foster care in Mississippi: Girls Policy Institute. Shannon is a Mississippi-native who is an expert in disaster preparedness for low-income communities and most recently has been working in…