We are excited to welcome Butler Koshland Fellowships' newest committee member: Irma Herrera! We are honored to have Irma join our Advisory Committee and look forward to working with her to further our mission. Irma Herrera is a Bay Area social justice activist,…
We are excited to invite you to our annual WHO’S YOUR MENTOR? event to be held in San Francisco on Thursday, April 21, 6:00pm–8:00pm for. This year, we will feature legendary 49ers Quarterback Steve Young in tribute to his mentor Bill Walsh,…
Congratulations to fellow José González who was included in the “Grist50“—a list of the “best and the brightest fighting for our planet” “innovators, organizers, and visionaries who will lead us toward a more sustainable future, in the coming year (and…
In October, BKF fellow Sheila Bapat was published alongside over fifty influential voices in the book The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future. This collection features interviews, essays, speculative fiction, poetry, manifestos, art, and more. Contributors…
Pamela Krasney, 1943-2015 On June 9, 2015, activist and philanthropist Pamela Krasney passed away. Pamela’s passing is a great loss for Butler Koshland Fellowships, and to honor her, I would like to add some of my own thoughts to the…
Sarah Raifman, recently completing her fellowship with BKF, will now be joining the University of California, San Francisco’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health as a Research Manager. In part, she will be working on a project with the Advancing…
The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a non-profit organization that supports the 37 national parks in the San Francisco area, has partnered with the Presidio Trust and the National Parks Service to support the New Presidio Parklands Project. Greg Moore,…
We are pleased to announce that BKF Fellow Lisa Kim will continue her work at Futures Without Violence upon completing her fellowship with the President and Founder of the organization, Esta Soler. As a Legal Program Specialist and Program Coordinator, Lisa will…
Futures Without Violence, founded by mentor for Butler Koshland Fellowships Esta Soler, has recently initiated efforts to drastically reduce the number of sexual assaults on college campuses. Their campaign, “The OTHER Freshman 15,” calls for students, parents, and citizens alike to contact college and…
Butler Koshland Fellowships is thrilled to partner with Equal Justice Society on a racial justice fellowship. Christopher Bridges, with the support of The San Francisco Foundation, will work closely under Eva Paterson. Not only does Eva work as the president of…