/ By Debra Rainey / Our community of changemakers is chock-full of emerging leaders doing amazing work in neighborhoods across the country. So imagine how difficult it is to identify and recognize one accomplished changemaker whose work makes them a leader among outstanding next-generation leaders? Take our word for it, it’s really tough. But, each…
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Apple Sepulveda is a pediatric occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She also serves as Interim Chair/Vice-Chair of 2020 Mom, an LA-based organization dedicated to maternal mental health, that is no stranger to the Upswell blog. Previously, we have shared Q&As with 2020 Mom Board Chair Kiley Krekorian Hanish and Executive Director Joy Burkhard.…
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Jim McCorkell is founder and CEO of College Possible, a nonprofit organization that helps promising low-income students prepare for college and graduate from college – and he’ll be joining us in November at Upswell! Jim grew up as part of a low-income family, and his parents were unable to finish high school or attend college.…
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If you’re working to address a social challenge, create positive change, and improve lives – and you’d like to do all those things in a more efficient and effective way – then you’ll want to hear what Ann Mei Chang has to say when she takes the stage this November in the Upswell Public Square.…
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As you might expect, Carola Secada’s experience in planning multiple community dinner experiences throughout LA for Upswell changemakers has been interesting, inspiring, and sometimes overwhelming – all at the same time. More than “just dinner,” she’s working to provide Upswell attendees with community experiences that reflect LA’s vibrant range of cultures and food offerings, and…
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/ By Debra Rainey / Upswell is for changemakers, but what are you trying to change? The world, of course. But that’s a pretty tall order. What if you could spend 60 to 90 minutes changing yourself – your outlook, knowledge base, skill set, toolbox, or network? Could you leverage those changes in pursuit of…
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It’s hard to overemphasize the opportunity we have in front of us. In November, 1,500 diverse changemakers are coming together in Los Angeles. Or, to put it another way, we’re all going to have access to tens of thousands of years of knowledge, experience, success, and even a few failures. Upswell is being built to…
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/ By Debra Rainey / Vera deVera has made some surprising discoveries as she’s visited various LA communities and talked with community and organization leaders and residents to identify neighborhoods for the “LA Inside & Out” immersion tour. “First, I love being a tourist in my own city! I was born, raised, and have lived…
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/ By Mohammed Mohammed / Take a moment and think back over the past few years. How have you been spending your Thanksgivings? A recent paper published by Science magazine indicates that we spent significantly less time sharing the 2016 Thanksgiving dinner table than we did in 2015, using data collected from ten million devices across…
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/ By Jackie Brennan / “Twenty-first century charity seems to be about the redemption of the giver instead of what it should be about: the liberation of the receiver.” That’s one of the biggest lessons Spanish-American chef José Andrés has taken away from his friend and mentor, Robert Egger. As the chef most credited for…
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