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Breaking Through the Noise

September 25, 2019 | by

Research Effort Aims to Uncover How to Build More Support for Immigrants

Immigrant rights organizations, grassroots groups, and funders are combining in-depth conversations with quantitative research to find out what truly drives immigration opinions—and how to shift them.

Anti-immigrant rhetoric, fear-mongering, and violence have reached epidemic levels. Many people are understandably concerned that our nation has become hopelessly divided on the issue of immigration. The perception…

Cal State University San Bernardino students

Dreaming Higher

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Investing in California’s Future by Investing in Undocumented Students

Interview with Cal State University San Bernardino President, Tomás D. Morales, on helping undocumented students and their families navigate public higher education.

Today, 11 million undocumented people live in a state of constant uncertainty and fear that they could be ripped from their lives and the people they love at any moment. And yet these aspiring Americans continue to…

Lifting Up Community Voices

June 17, 2019 | by

Summer 2019 Letter from the President

In this letter, President Cathy Cha shares how new communities across the country are making their voices heard through organizing and coming together to work for change.

No matter where we are on the political spectrum, I think we can all agree that more participation in our democracy makes the country stronger. As we mark the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising for LGB…

A Vision for Racial Equity

June 17, 2019 | by

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Funder Collaborative Aims to Expand Racial Equity Support for Social Change Leaders

Organizations need more resources to make racial equity a priority—The REACH Fund is trying to fill the gap.

Earlier this year, the Haas, Jr. Fund joined with 11 funding partners to launch a new collaborative fund aimed at ensuring that organizations and movements can find much-needed help with the important work of making…

Supporting Nonprofit Fundraising Professionals

June 12, 2019 | by

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Lifting Up the Leadership and Vision of “Resource Leaders”

Fellowship recognizes the leadership of those who raise the financial resources to drive social change.

Nonprofit organizations and movements run on passion, activism and people-to-people connections. But they also need money. Raising resources is central to achieving social change, but fundraising is often s…

Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn hugs a high school friend while wearing his mortarboard during his graduation party at Marina Park in San Leandro to celebrate his achievement at UCSF’s School of Medicine.

From Dreamer to Doctor

June 12, 2019 | by

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Hats Off to the First Undocumented Graduate of UCSF Medical School

New Latthivongskorn’s story is a reminder of the power of the American Dream.

In a front-page article in May, the San Francisco Chronicle told the story of how a young man born in Thailand became the first undocumented graduate in the history of UC San Francisco’s Medical School. At the Haas,…

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