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A few months ago, we all found ourselves having to make a fast and huge adjustment for our collective health and safety. For New Voices, this shift came at the height of our planning for the 2020 Summer Climate Justice Leadership Academy – a program that has always been in-person and hands-on. Find out how we reimagined our successful and entirely virtual 2020 Summer Academy!

Check out this month’s E-News to find out about our 2020 Film Fest, Jada’s Oakland Tree Planting, Flooding & Green Infrastructure in NOLA, our recent online Puget Fund Grants Workshop focusing at the intersection of equity and water quality, and so much more!

Check out this month’s E-News to find out about our successful community summit, learn about grantees protecting privacy & promoting racial justice from facial recognition technology, meet A/V & Tech Support Jeremy Allen, and so much more!

Check out this month’s E-News to find out about our successful community summit, learn about grantees protecting privacy & promoting racial justice from facial recognition technology, meet A/V & Tech Support Jeremy Allen, and so much more!

Grantees Reducing Plastic Pollution, Announcing the Grassroots Challenge, New Staff Roles at Rose, and so much 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 this month’s E-News to find out about our 2020 Film Fest, Jada’s Oakland Tree Planting, Flooding & Green Infrastructure in NOLA, our recent online Puget Fund Grants Workshop focusing at the intersection of equity and water quality, and so much more!

Check out this month’s E-News to find out more about how Rose Foundation is Staying Connected, the Grassroots Forge Ahead, Our Virtual Summer Academy, & So Much More! Read it here!

We found inspiration and comfort in pulling together the following stories and updates from the grassroots, and we know you’ll love them too! These grassroots activists and youth leaders are reminding us that we are all in this together; and together, we are developing resilience.

In this issue: Rose Visits the Grassroots, Announcing Grassroots Leadership Fund Grantees, New Voices Goes Remote, and so much more!

Check out this month’s E-News to find out about our 2020 Film Fest, Jada’s Oakland Tree Planting, Flooding & Green Infrastructure in NOLA, our recent online Puget Fund Grants Workshop focusing at the intersection of equity and water quality, and so much more!

Read this article to see New Voices students provide public comment at BAAQMD and CARB meetings and find out about success, challenges, and budding partnerships to address toxic air quality in West and East Oakland.

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.