News

We're Hiring: Program Manager

We’re Hiring: Program Manager

February 18, 2024
Mesa Refuge is seeking a part-time Program Manager to provide support for our residency and retreat programs, alumni engagement, social media, events and fundraising.
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This week, meet Alum Raha Jorjani

This week, meet Alum Raha Jorjani

May 21, 2023
Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Alum Raha Jorjani “As a society, we tout holding people accountable for harming others, but fail to ...
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Introducing Alum Weeks!

Introducing Alum Weeks!

October 21, 2022
In response to requests from our alums, we now introduce Alum Weeks, a time to come back to the Mesa Refuge with other alums for ...
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We're Hiring!

We’re Hiring!

July 8, 2022
We are hiring a part-time Program Coordinator in the Bay Area to provide support for our residency and DIY retreat programs, social media, events and ...
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Thank you! Spring Campaign

Thank you! Spring Campaign

July 8, 2022
Thanks to the generous support from so many of you, we closed our spring campaign only a few dollars away from our goal! Each donation is ...
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Thank you!

Thank you!

December 1, 2021
What an amazing and wonderful response for #GivingTuesday yesterday! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. But there is still time to help: our ...
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We're Hiring

We’re Hiring

October 1, 2021
The Mesa Refuge is seeking a passionate executive director to lead our three-bedroom retreat center that has provided time and space for more than 1000 writers, journalists and ...
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Here's to Eight Great Years!

Here’s to Eight Great Years!

September 27, 2021
Big News! Susan Page Tillett, our first professional executive director, will retire at the end of June, 2022, after eight years at the helm of ...
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This Week: Meet Sunita Puri

This Week: Meet Sunita Puri

May 3, 2021
This week, meet Mesa Refuge Change Maker Sunita Puri, MD. Sunita Puri deals with life and death on a daily basis, so she has played a ...
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This Week: Meet Josie Iselin

This Week: Meet Josie Iselin

April 27, 2021
Josie is a photographer, writer and oceans activist working between the communities of science and art to bring the scientifically rich, visually stunning, and ecologically ...
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This Week: Meet Ana Cecilia Pérez

This Week: Meet Ana Cecilia Pérez

April 12, 2021
It’s week 2 of our spring campaign. This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Ana Cecilia Pérez, the founder and director of the Latinx Racial Equity Project and ...
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This Week: Meet Heather McGhee

This Week: Meet Heather McGhee

April 5, 2021
As our spring Change Makers campaign launches, we introduce you to Mesa Alum Heather McGhee. Her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs ...
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Spring Change Makers Announced!

Spring Change Makers Announced!

April 2, 2021
We are so proud to introduce our seven 2021 Mesa Refuge Change Makers. Each of these alums are busy doing incredible things in the world….and ...
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Changes in Our Board of Trustees

Changes in Our Board of Trustees

February 17, 2021
As the new year begins, it brings with it some changes to our Board of Trustees. Two long-standing board members, Harriett Barlow and Mark Dowie, ...
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Week 6: Byron Hurt

Week 6: Byron Hurt

May 28, 2020
Week 6: Meet Byron Hurt! This is the last week of our Shelter Fund campaign — if you can, please help us meet our immediate ...
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Week 5: Meet Rebecca Concepcion Apostol

Week 5: Meet Rebecca Concepcion Apostol

May 18, 2020
This Week: Meet Rebecca Concepcion Apostol. Rebecca is a community organizer focused on building strong, progressive, and politically active communities of color — working with ...
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Week 4: Meet Dahlia Lithwick

Week 4: Meet Dahlia Lithwick

May 12, 2020
It’s week 4 of our Shelter Fund campaign. The Mesa Refuge is still standing empty, waiting for the time when we can invite residents back ...
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Alums on the Front Lines

Alums on the Front Lines

May 6, 2020
Our alums are always on the front lines of nature, economic equity and social justice, changing conversations world wide with their books, articles, and other ...
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Week 3: Meet Krista Tippett

Week 3: Meet Krista Tippett

May 4, 2020
This week, meet Krista Tippet. Krista is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and a New York Times bestselling author. In 2014, President Obama awarded Krista the National ...
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Week 2: Meet Sujatha Baliga

Week 2: Meet Sujatha Baliga

April 27, 2020
Sujatha Baliga was one of our residents in 2018. She is the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, helping communities implement non-punitive alternatives ...
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The Shelter Fund

The Shelter Fund

March 19, 2020
  I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet–within the chambers of a quivering ...
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Alum Spotlight: Sujatha Baliga

Alum Spotlight: Sujatha Baliga

November 15, 2019
We were delighted to learn that 2018 Mesa Refuge Alum Sujatha Baliga was one of 19 MacArthur Fellows for 2019. Sujatha is an attorney whose work ...
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Fall News from the Mesa Refuge

Fall News from the Mesa Refuge

October 30, 2019
Our fall newsletter is out. Read about our recent residents, see photos from our recent event with alum Katy Butler, an alum highlight on recent ...
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Welcome, to Our First Intern!

Welcome, to Our First Intern!

September 30, 2019
The Mesa Refuge has met a new milestone: our first student intern. We warmly welcome Claire Wingert to the Mesa Refuge community, and look forward ...
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Together, We Did It!

Together, We Did It!

June 19, 2019
Thanks to all of you, we met, and passed, our fundraising goal: we raised almost $53,000 in six weeks. This generosity allows us to provide ...
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Alum News

Alum News

January 21, 2017
More and more good news from alums who have been publishing and getting their work into the world. This is news sent to us in ...
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Fall 2016 Healing Arts Fellows Named

October 12, 2016
Three outstanding residents have been named Marion Weber Healing Arts Fellows for this fall. Andrew Boyd is a New York author, humorist and longtime veteran of creative ...
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Climate Change Fellows on KWMR

September 10, 2016
Lyons Filmer of West Marin radio KWMR interviewed some of our summer 2016 Mesa Refuge Climate Change Fellows during their residency. Listen to the interview ...
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501(c)3 Status!

501(c)3 Status!

August 1, 2015
New 501(c)3 non-profit status, some wonderful foundation support, a large donation, and a new fellowship for health writing.
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News from Alums

News from Alums

July 20, 2015
We received a huge response from alums this summer reporting publications, awards, and other news. Send us your news as well!
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