As she announces her leadership transition, the BKF community extends our deepest thanks to Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) for her unwavering commitment to civil rights. Kate has just announced that she will be leaving…
On Moving Mentorship On February 8, BKF held its annual WHO’S YOUR MENTOR? event where we celebrate the transformative power of mentorship with our closest friends, colleagues, and supporters. This year, we featured activist, philanthropist, and writer Amy Richards in…
Congratulations, Malcolm! In 2016, BKF Mentor Malcolm Margolin retired from Heyday, the nonprofit publishing organization he founded in 1974. We now join him in celebrating the creation of a new organization, California Institute for Community, Art & Nature, where he…
BKF Fellow Lisa Kim has taken on a new role as Operations Manager at Kipp King Collegiate, which is a public high school (grades 9-12) in San Lorenzo, CA with a mission to prepare students to live inspired and ethical…
Please join us in welcoming our latest BKF Fellow and Mentor pair: Darren Arquero and Kate Kendell! Darren has been selected for our Strategic Communications for LGBTQ Rights Fellowship with Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)…
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…