The Pride Flag Should Fly in the Name of True Community.
by Alison Edwards,(She/Her), CEO, OC Human Relations; Taryn Palumbo, (She/Her), Executive Director, Orange County Grantmakers; Peg Corley (She/Her), Executive Director, LGBTQ Center Orange County; Uyen Hoang (she/they), Executive Director, Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) In America we have many
Reflections from the 2022 Summit: A Conversation with Language Justice Champions
By: Ameera Basmadji, Access California Services Orange County continues to be an ever-changing landscape. A landscape that has been home to diverse communities throughout history. As we welcome new immigrant and refugee communities, it’s important we ask ourselves – are
Reflections from the 2022 OCG Summit: A Call to follow the path of Kingian Nonviolence
By: Alison Edwards, OC Human Relations and Chancellor “Chance” Patterson, The King Center In October at the OC Grantmakers Annual Summit, we – Ali Edwards, CEO of OC Human Relations, and Chancellor “Chance” Patterson, Head of Marketing and Communications at
Reflections on the 2022 OCG Summit: The Connection Between Data and Health Equity
By Jason Lacsamana, St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund Looking back at the recent OC Grantmaker’s Summit, I continue to be inspired by the movement toward innovation, collaboration, justice, action, and equity that we see in our region. I had the
Reflections from the 2022 OCG Summit: The Intersections Initiative
Advancing Health Equity and Racial Justice: Conversations and Case Studies from the Intersections Initiative “What if we were to ask ourselves not only ‘what did we do?’ in any given initiative or project, but more importantly, ‘what did we build?’?
Indigenous People’s Day: A Reflection
As we honor Indigenous People’s Day, we begin with an important acknowledgement: We acknowledge and honor the fact that Orange County is located on the traditional and unceded lands and waters of the Acjachemen and Tongva Tribal Nations. Land acknowledgments