San Francisco The Inland Empire is largely Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in southern California east of Los Angeles. Warehouses and distribution centers are the kings of this empire, workers and communities are too often the serfs and poor villagers. In the last decade since the Great Recession new work in this section brought in …
The Government Con Job on Student Loan Forgiveness
San Francisco There ought to be a law. In the case of student loan forgiveness, there is a law, it just seems that the government is not willing to follow the law, or worse, not willing to make it work. This has created a classic bait-and-switch, leaving tens of thousands of students operating in good …
Impacting Systems with Campaigns
Oakland As a special East Bay treat, I helped Francis Calpotura and Lisa Castellanos, run a fascinating workshop organized by In-Advance as part of their series of working with community-based organizations on impacting systems. The topic for this session focused on developing campaigns. My piece was to layout the scenario for a campaign on reigning …