Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 in the Accent Advocate, “Ethnic events commemorate ancestors,” announces sponsored events that will celebrate Mexican Culture at the Contra Costa College. One of those helping make the event possible, department chairperson Norma Valdez-Jimenez, received the 2011 Daniel E. Koshland Civic Unity Award from The San Francisco Foundation.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in the Half Moon Bay Review, “Passionate Ruth Passen inspires at Coastside Adult Day Health Center,” profiles Ruth Passen, recipient of The San Francisco Foundation’s Daniel Koshland Award for her work with the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in 1984, and her influential work.
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 on the Political Blotter, “Six locals named to White House community panel,” profiles six indivduals selected to join the White House Council for Community Solutions. Included is appointee Maurice Lim Miller, Koshland Awards Committee member at The San Francisco Foundation.
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Officially speaking: Nielsen Tam,” profiles Nielsen Tam, a San Francisco Foundaiton Koshland award winner for his community leadership.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in East Bay Express, “Gardening Eden” Koshland Fellow Susan Beck breaks ground at an urban farm in Cherryland. In 2008, Beck became one of nine Koshland Fellowship recipients from the Cherryland/Ashland areas, selected by The San Francisco Foundation.
Thursday, May 7, 2009 in The Berkeley Daily Planet, “B-Tech students on their way to college,” profiles students at the Berkeley Technology Academy who have turned their lives around because of a small-class size and individual attention by teachers from not wanting to go to school to pursuing college level education. The San Franisco Foundation’s [...]