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In this Issue: A New Initiative to Grow Grassroots Power Across the Country; Making Connections with Local Grantees; Building Grassroots Momentum as We Head Toward 2020; Meet the 2019-20 New Voices Are Rising Fellows; & more!

Are you deeply committed to and experienced in youth development, community-driven work, environmental justice education, and advocacy? Join our team!

Fire Recovery, Join Our Team, Convening Grassroots Leaders, and more!

Our latest report is available now! 

Serving America’s Vulnerable and Underbanked People: A Cy Pres Impact Report details the impacts of the Consumer Financial Education Fund’s most recent round of grantmaking in 2018. The report describes lessons learned from the fund’s grantmaking process, anticipated impacts of the grants awarded, and provides an overview of the communities served by grantees.

Check out these helpful resources and this important notice from Rose Foundation partner Community Water Center!

Summer and fall are especially important times for groundwater planning. In preparation for this period, Community Water Center (CWC) has just released two new resources for protecting drinking water quality in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

The Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund is now in its 16th year, and 2018 was one of our best years yet!

Last year, we awarded 46 grants totaling $175,900, hosted our annual free Grassroots Convening for 78 attendees, and awarded supplemental training scholarships to 12 grantees.

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!
In this Issue: A New Initiative to Grow Grassroots Power Across the Country; Making Connections with Local Grantees; Building Grassroots Momentum as We Head Toward 2020; Meet the 2019-20 New Voices Are Rising Fellows; & more!

New Voices Strikes, 2019 Film Fest – That’s a Wrap!, Meet Our New Grassroots Grantees, and more!

Read our latest E-Newsletter, featuring our 2019-20 New Voices Are Rising Fellows, 2019 Film Fest, the 2019 Grassroots…

Last summer New Voices Are Rising collaborated with five environmental justice programs to give Summer Climate Justice Leadership Academy students an in-depth look at what it means to be a leader for environmental health in their community.

Thank you again to the Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter for recognizing our New Voices Are Rising youth Fellows at the David Brower Dinner. Make sure to check out this video of Pa, Kyree, and Nate accepting the 2015 Youth Award!

Do you remember the first time you stood up and spoke out? Watch our New Voices Are Rising 2015 Summer Climate Justice Leadership Academy participants as they discuss the power of their voices and how they have gotten involved in the fight for climate resiliency in Oakland.