Celebrating Our Inaugural Birth Justice Film Festival A segment of our work at St. Joseph Fund (SJF) is to build power alongside grassroots organizations doing the hardest, most healing work in our communities. These efforts were celebrated at our inaugural Black and Indigenous Birth Justice Collaborative Film Festival earlier this year. At the start of
St. Joseph Fund: Purpose-Driven, Lasting Impact 2024 Annual Report, Guiding and Strengthening Leaders At the St. Joseph Fund, we are proud to share our 2024 Annual Report—a reflection of a year rooted in love, resilience, and collective action. Through deep partnerships and shared purpose, we continued investing in disaster response, lifelong education, community power, and
Birth Justice Collaborative Retreat 2024 Birth Justice Collaborative – A Vision Rooted in Healing and Community At the heart of the Black and Indigenous Birth Justice Collaborative initiative lies a deep commitment to fostering healing, connection, and nourishment within Black and Indigenous communities. This collaborative effort is driven by the understanding that birth
Collective Healing: SJF’s Midyear Reflection As we reach the midpoint of 2024, it's a perfect time to reflect on the remarkable work we’ve accomplished together at St. Joseph Fund (SJF) to create communities that are vibrant, hopeful, healthy, and just. Our partners’ contributions have been instrumental in our progress, and we are honored to share
Equity in College Access Begins with Affordability Guest Post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships In recent years, discussions around college admissions have spotlighted various efforts to enhance equitable college access. Some work has been done to improve access, such as direct eligibility and automated admissions. For instance, where I live in Long Beach,
Equitable Education Begins Before Birth At the end of 2023, St. Joseph Fund (SJF) celebrated the conclusion of its Education Initiative's inaugural year. This initiative aimed to establish and strengthen relationships with community partners in Washington state and focused on developing capacity-building strategies to strengthen internal policies and systems toward equitable education. The BIPOC-led
Using Multi-Cultural Education to Unite Communities Guest post: Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships Across the educational landscape, histories of different communities are ignored and withheld because a vocal minority deems fact-based history as a threat. Proposed bans on multicultural education that acknowledge and teach our history are the real threat to our communities. Learning
Turn the Pages of Our Leadership Team’s Most Impactful Reads As leaders in an evolving social impact landscape, we understand the enduring power of learning and growth. Just as reading nurtures young minds, it continues to shape our perspectives as adults. At St. Joseph Fund (SJF), we know books profoundly impact our professional, social,
Education Tools for Success: My Mom’s Legacy Guest Post: Gabriela Robles, CEO and President As a young girl in El Monte, California, every other community had a Girl Scout troop but ours. My mom’s perspective of education was broad. She knew what it takes for people, particularly female minorities, to succeed. Girl Scouts was a
The New College Crisis Guest Post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships For many students, September is a month of excitement and anticipation. For some individuals and their family units, “try hard, work hard, and you’ll be okay” doesn’t apply. Several factors outside of the classroom impact their current and future well-being. Parents,
