Feb 7, 2024
This post was originally published at ALFInsights.org. Climate of Fear Disruption of public meetings. Threats against elected officials and their families. A swastika drawn on the grounds of a local Jewish community center. In October 2021, tensions simmering below...
Jan 4, 2024
Check out the Winter 2023 Edition of our bi-annual newsletter. For more content from and about the ALF network, visit our...
Dec 11, 2023
Through the support of the Heising Simons Foundation, ALF Silicon Valley special assignment writer Stefanie Demong has penned an incredible article now featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) detailing the impact of ALF’s CEO DIEL Cohorts....
Nov 8, 2023
In the Spring of 2020, ALF Silicon Valley began a partnership centered on a social impact art project titled De.Coded – A Human Atlas of Silicon Valley. The project is the effort of British artist Marcus Lyon and was curated by Cathy Kimball and commissioned by the...
Oct 18, 2023
We had a great turnout at our 2023 Fall Gathering on September 27. If you missed it or just want to relive some of the fun, we have plenty of photos from the event! Check them out here. Thank you to all the ALF Senior Fellows, Fellows, and guests who joined us for...
Oct 3, 2023
This article was orginally published at svcreates.medium.com. Shared here with permission. I am stepping down as CEO of SVCREATES on January 1, 2024. It has been a great run. My journey as a cultural leader began at Children’s Discovery Museum. I had just finished a...
Sep 22, 2023
An astounding 70% of Senior Fellows from the last five classes are actively collaborating with each other. In case you missed it, here is an incredible story of impact from the Fellows Class that graduated earlier this year. This year’s annual campaign embraces...
Aug 18, 2023
A cornerstone of good entrepreneurial leadership is the ability to see opportunity and the courage to act on it. For the past few years, the ALF National Board of Directors has seen an opening taking shape before us in the form of growing polarization, extremism in...
Jul 13, 2023
For Senior Fellow Vandana Kumar (Class XXXIX), storytelling is integral to life. From the stories told to her by her maternal grandmother about protecting their property under the British Raj to her mother’s telling of the non-violent resistance formed in her...
Jul 12, 2023
Journey from Vietnam All of us are called to be of service to others, and in the best of worlds, our story—our own life—leads us to career choices that allow us to make that happen. This is my story, a story with messages of love, trauma, hope, resilience, and joy. I...
