This week we launch our $75,000 spring fundraising campaign by introducing you to two incredible alums who are advocating for change in our criminal legal system and mass incarceration: Meet Gina Clayton-Johnson and Jessica Nowlan.
Thanks to funding from the Indigenous Knowledges Holder Fund (IKHF), a sister fund to Tamalpais Trust, a new cohort model will support Indigenous knowledge holders and their community initiatives, facilitating the transmission of Indigenous knowledges and investing in the protection of Indigenous languages.
Susan Kiyo Ito, Mesa Refuge alum and board member, has been named a finalist in the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards. The awards, founded in 1974 at the Algonquin Hotel and considered among the most prestigious in American letters, are the sole prizes bestowed by a jury of working critics and book review editors.
This year we welcomed Leading Edge Fellows including Cat Brooks, Malkia Devich Cyril, Shimica Gaskins and Chaney Turner for week-long residencies at the Mesa Refuge. Leading Edge Fellows are progressive movement leaders who are pursuing bold visions for change for Black communities and communities of color. Their work is supported by several foundations including the Rosenberg Foundation.
