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Portrait of Margaret Tobias Grier

Humanity at the heart of systems change: highlights from a convening of Foundation grantees

Margaret Tobias Grier shares a story about a recent convening of 26 grantee partners to talk about the systems change work each organization is advancing, the wins, and the challenges.

Part of a map depicting systems involved in domestic violence

Changing the conversation about domestic violence

A behind-the-scenes look at our campaign to shift perceptions.

Sonya Young Adam, Lucia Corral Pena, and Sandra Henriquez pose together

Centering the lived experience for domestic violence prevention

Learn how Reimagine Lab’s leaders brought the program's results to life at the recent 2022 National Coalition Against Domestic Violence conference in St. Louis.

SPARC leader Shannon Riley and SPARC leader Lisa Quilan with her children

Student leaders pave the way for change

Shannon Riley and Lisa Quilan, leaders from Project SPARC, share their experiences reimagining CalWORKs.

A public health worker at a mass vaccine site

Supporting the transformation of California's public health agencies

California’s city and county public health departments have been transforming themselves in the face of three connected crises.

A multiracial crowd stands together

How power-building brings California closer to health equity

Why does a funder focused on health equity and domestic violence invest in power-building? And what does power-building mean? We asked the leaders of statewide efforts building power among...

Carolyn Wang Kong

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