It is with deep appreciation and sadness that we honor the life and legacy of John McKnight, a visionary leader, co-founder of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and a steadfast champion of Public Allies. John passed away peacefully on November 2nd at the age of 92. John’s legacy spans decades of transformative work in community building, Read More
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Letter from Board Chair, Chanda Smith Baker
Dear Public Allies Community, On Friday, August 11th, at our final FY23 board meeting, I had the honor of being elected to serve as the next Chair of the Public Allies Board of Directors. I am humbled by and grateful for this opportunity to lead and to be in community with you all. Read More
Meet the Alumni Success Fellows
by Kira Dorvil, with contributions from Rylee Burke and Chrisal Valencia A note from Kira: I would like to salute my fellow Fellows for their commitment, compassion, and creativity demonstrated in our first couple of months together. We’ve jumped in virtually, working across timezones in unison to create a vision for an engaged alumni Read More
“Vision”: A Mixed-Media Collage
A Southern California native, Jason Masino (he/him & they/them) received his BA in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Davis, in 2010 and MFA in Creative Writing with a Poetry & Creative Nonfiction focus from Regis University in 2022. Their work has been published in Cultural Weekly, Inverted Syntax, Rigorous, Call + Response, Squircle Read More
Celebrating Womxn’s History Month
#WomxnsHistoryMonth is here, and we encourage all of you to take a deep dive into the stories of Trans women, women with disabilities, and women of color, and how their activism continues to motivate others now and into the future! To kick off this month-long celebration, check out these inspiring womxn and femmes that have greatly Read More