When Oakland, California native Kamala Harris made history as the first female United States vice president, East Bay residents felt a deep measure of hometown pride. Born in Oakland to immigrant parents who divorced when she was young (her father was from Jamaica and her mother from India), she lived with her younger sister, Maya, […]
When Oakland, California native Kamala Harris made history as the first female United States vice president, East Bay residents felt a deep measure of hometown pride. Born in Oakland to immigrant parents who divorced when she was young (her father was from Jamaica and her mother from India), she lived with her younger sister, Maya, […]
Fight for Air Climb, the American Lung Association’s annual fundraising event, was held on May 1 in the Bay Area. The Fight for Air Climb event series has been held in cities all over the United States for the past 15 years and is the organization’s top community fundraising event. While the event has traditionally […]
The American Red Cross of Illinois celebrates the everyday heroes in our communities and honors their acts of great bravery, dedication, and service through their annual Heroes Breakfast event. As the sponsor of the 2021 Global Citizenship Hero Award, Walgreens makes it possible for the Red Cross to serve more than 12.4 million people across […]
Several years ago, on International Women’s Day, former First Lady Michelle Obama famously said, “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” There’s also another saying that behind every successful man is a great woman—but it’s not always true the other way around. Sometimes it’s a great woman behind, or even in […]
As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. Have a submission? Contact us here. In 2020, the world as we knew it came to a halt and will in many ways never be the same. We lost so many to an unforgiving virus that is hardest on […]
Beverly Kim had ideas simmering during the pandemic. Between former President Donald Trump’s anti-Asian tweets about the “Chinese virus” and the growing attacks on Asian elders, she knew she had to do something. But Kim, an award-winning chef and restaurateur, just wasn’t sure what. On March 23, a Korean woman living in her parents’ retirement […]
Daily news about the state of our planet can be disheartening. Global warming, threatened wildlife, polluted oceans, natural disasters, deforestation and fresh water depletion barely scratch the surface of the environmental issues we’re facing as a society. If you’ve ever thought “what can I do, in my little part of the world, to make things […]
When it comes to the business world, there are women leading the way in all sorts of ways, from heading up small businesses to leading large organizations. If there’s one thing that they have in common, the most successful have found ways not only to grow their businesses but to help others in the community […]
It seems like everywhere we turn, we hear about how our beloved planet Earth is falling apart. Global warming, threatened wildlife, polluted oceans, natural disasters, deforestation and fresh water depletion barely scratch the surface of the environmental issues we’re facing as a society. If you’ve ever thought “what can I do, in my little part […]
