Roddenberry Fellowship
9 Organizations to Support This Holiday Season
Was it just us or did 2019 feel loooooooong? Well, it’s finally December and time to take stock of the past 12 months and look ahead. How do you want to wrap up 2019? What do you want 2020 to look like? Whether you want to make a difference, support an important issue, or up…
Read MoreMeet a Fellow: Sonya Passi
Meet a Fellow: Sonya Passi November 3, 2019 Meet Sonya, a 2019 Roddenberry Fellow Sonya is the founder of FreeFrom, a national organization on a mission to create pathways to financial security and long-term safety with and for survivors of intimate partner violence, so that they have the opportunity to live free from abuse.…
Read MoreThe Cost of Charity
The Cost of Charity Hannah Dehradunwala | October 26, 2019 I’ve been thinking a lot about money and how we dance with it. In the nonprofit world, it feels like an awkward bachata with a partner that your parents have set you up with. You try your best to touch minimally, making shy and…
Read MoreQuestions with Ebele Ifedigbo
Ebele Ifedigbo The Hood Incubator Where is home currently? Oakland, CA What is your hometown? Buffalo, NY Tell us about your project, The Hood Incubator! The Hood Incubator works to build economic power for Black communities through the legal cannabis industry What advice would you give your younger self? I would tell…
Read MoreMeet a Fellow: Ebele Ifedigbo
Meet a Roddenberry Fellow Ebele Ifedigbo | October 15, 2019 Meet Ebele, a 2019 Roddenberry Fellow Ebele is the founding co-executive director of The Hood Incubator, a national organization leveraging the historic rise of the legal marijuana industry to build economic and political power for Black communities harmed by the drug war. The Hood…
Read MoreYou can’t see what you don’t look at.
You can’t see what you don’t look at. DeMar Pitman | September 20, 2019 As I sit and reflect on my past experience as an educator, I am reminded of the immense power that schools have in shaping the way our children view themselves and the world they live in. Once our kids…
Read MoreMeet a Fellow: DeMar Pitman
Meet a Roddenberry Fellow: DeMar Pitman September 11, 2019 Meet DeMar, a 2019 Roddenberry Fellow DeMar Pitman is an educator, activist, and self-taught technologist who believes strongly in the power of technology to shrink long-standing equity and achievement gaps. He is the founder and executive director of Discriminology, a non-profit focused on leveraging technology…
Read MoreUndocumented Students and Families in Our Schools Deserve to Be Supported, Protected and Uplifted
Undocumented students and families in our schools deserve to be supported, protected and uplifted Vanessa Luna | September 6, 2019 It’s back to school season and I can’t help but think about my time in the classroom as a former 6th-grade DACAmented teacher in Los Angeles and NYC. I clearly remember the innate desperation…
Read MoreMeet A Fellow: Vanessa Luna
Meet a Fellow: Vanessa Luna September 5, 2019 Meet Vanessa, a 2019 Roddenberry Fellow Vanessa Luna is the Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer of ImmSchools. She immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 from Lima, Peru. Growing up undocumented and as a former DACAmented teacher, she has experienced first hand…
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