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September 4, 2020

2020 Summer Academy Highlights New Voices Are Rising

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!

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September E-News
September 3, 2020

September 2020 E-News

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!

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August 2020 E-News
August 6, 2020

August 2020 E-News

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!

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Catch Up with the New Voices Summer Academy
July 27, 2020

Catch Up with the New Voices Summer Academy Oakland Youth Talk Air Quality

Air quality “is an important issue we need to focus on. While being in this program, we have gotten to learn more about what’s happening in our local environment” and with the air we breathe. -Trinity, New Voices 2020 Summer Academy Participant.

Catch up with Trinity and Ada, Academy participants, to find out what they learned about in the program!

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July 2020 E-News
July 9, 2020

July 2020 E-News

Don’t miss this month’s E-News, where you can join the Connect The Dots Conversation, catch up with New Voices Summer Academy students, meet Kylie & Perla from the Rose Team, celebrate 10 years of 4-stars, and so much more!

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Thank YOU for building community power with New Voices!
June 16, 2020

Thank YOU for Meeting the Moment!

Thanks to the Rose Community’s generosity, in just four weeks, we surpassed our $20,000 goal and raised over $23,000 for our first-ever virtual 2020 Summer Academy! Continue reading to find out how YOU made this possible!

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June 2020 E-News
June 4, 2020

June 2020 E-News

Check out this month’s E-News to find out more about Roses’ commitment to racial, economic, and environmental justice, how Rose invests in growing a network of waterkeepers, what the New Voices Fellows are up to next, how we are kicking off the Summer Academy, and so much more!

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A Statement from the Rose Foundation
June 2, 2020

A Statement from the Rose Foundation

Justice Matters – We share in the national groundswell of sorrow, outrage, and mourning after the most recent wave of Black lives taken by violent acts rooted in racism, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade…. Read the full statement here.

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Meet the Moment with New Voices!
May 18, 2020

Youth Lead the Movement Will You Meet the Moment

New Voices Are Rising is excited to host our first-ever VIRTUAL Summer Climate Justice Leadership Academy! 

Youth are leading the movement for environmental and climate justice globally. And our New Voices students are as committed as ever to standing up for their communities and the environment.
Support their work! Meet the moment with New Voices!

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Office Physically Closed, Staff Working Remotely, Stay Tuned for Updates
May 17, 2020

Rose Foundation Office Closed, Grantmaking Continuing as Normal

In accordance with public health officials and the Alameda County “shelter in place” policies, the Rose Foundation has closed its office and staff is working remotely. Our grantmaking cycles are continuing as normal! Read the full notice here…

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