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Perpetual Wounds
This is excerpted from Alex M. Johnson’s piece originally published at Medium.com. I was nine when I was…
June 3, 2020COVID-19, Race and the Road Ahead
Richard Tate (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) This isn’t the 2020 any of us predicted. COVID-19 is wreaking havoc across our state, our country, and the…
May 14, 2020It’s No Surprise Black and Brown Communities Are Hit Hard by COVID-19
Judy Belk This piece was originally published in the Los Angeles Times. At age 26, recently engaged and about to start my first grown-up…
April 28, 2020COVID-19 Digest: Updates from Cal Wellness
Produced by Sandra J. Martínez, Director of Public Policy This ongoing digest summarizes developments in policies and public-health guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
March 20, 2020Public Charge Rule Change Is an Attack on Immigrant Communities
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (March 4, 2020) We’re disappointed that last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services put into effect the rule change around public charge.
March 4, 2020These Modern-Day Harriet Tubmans Are Leading People to Freedom
Our grantee Susan Burton is an example of those carrying on Harriet’s legacy. As the founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, Burton is helping women leaving prison by providing them with shelter and helping them find jobs.
February 18, 2020What I Learned Touring Prisons in Finland and Norway
In December 2019, I spent two weeks touring prisons in Finland and Norway, shocked to see with my own two eyes what a reformed criminal justice system looks like in action.
February 15, 2020Everytable Makes Good Food Available to Everyone, No Exceptions
Everytable serves healthy grab-and-go meals—salads and hot plates—through eight store locations in Los Angeles. The menu choices are informed by the communities where its stores are located, and its meals are prepared fresh every day in the central kitchen, from scratch using quality ingredients.
January 10, 2020Five Lessons from the Healing In/Justice Convening
Our Healing In/Justice convening, held November 21-22 in San Diego, brought together 200 violence prevention activists, advocates, community organizers and researchers from around the state.
December 18, 2019Then and Now (and Next): The California Wellness Foundation
Independent Sector speaks to Fatima Angeles, vice president of programs, about the past and the future of The California Wellness Foundation. Fatima has been at the Foundation for 21 years.
December 6, 2019