Times of prolonged crisis bring much pain and suffering to many. They also showcase heroic acts of resiliency, empathy, and caring. Without a doubt, we’re experiencing, as Charles Dickens so aptly described in his novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” both the Best of Times and Worst of Times. Over the past months of...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Virtual Community Meeting Registration link: MountainView.gov/1118REI From July through October, an Ad-Hoc HRC Subcommittee on Community-Police Relations worked with community engagement facilitators from Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) to gather stories from and foster dialog among community members about their experience interacting with the Mountain View police. ...
In our first Community Conversations webinar, LACF Executive Director, Adin Miller, recapped our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and provided a preview on how current events will inform our approach and support of the community moving forward. To learn more about LACF’s response and future direction, read this article from the Los Altos Town...
So much of what philanthropy has done over the past few months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was long overdue (also long overdue but perhaps not as clearly seen yet is the sector’s response to address inequities and structural racism – that’s a subject for a future post). In a matter of a...
Words have often escaped me over the past week. I have seethed in anger and cried silently. I have watched the anguish of people in communities across the US and the world. I have read essays, opinion columns, and social media posts. I have learned from the words written and spoken by friends and...
LACF 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund In my previous note on LACF’s 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund, I reported that we had met our round one goal of distributing $100,000 to eight local nonprofits on the front lines of our local communities’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Round 2 of LACF’s 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund Grants...
A Bit of Good News in Uncertain Times It’s hard to believe that it’s been four weeks since my team and I suspended our ‘normal’ work and shifted into responding to the emerging local crisis brought on by the coronavirus. Within a few days, we: Reached out to several nonprofits already responding to and...
Clarke’s Charcoal Broiler Closed in Mountain View From KTVU Fox 2: Mountain View Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga said, “As much as we have folks that are asking for help, I’ve had a lot of folks saying how can we help. And that was what we were really trying to do, answer the call from both...
LACF 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund The daily onslaught of coronavirus news continues unabated. And the impact will undoubtedly resonate for months. Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) is now learning nonprofit organizations and services that have been impacted by the outbreak. They need new support now, and we anticipate additional needs in the future....
A few days after I began working at Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF), a friend from North Carolina emailed me to offer congratulations on my new role. Then, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, he proceeded to let me know he’d visited the communities we support before and questioned our real need for local philanthropy. In his dry...
