Kelly Olsen
Connect the Bay: Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center
For 45 years, San Jose’s Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center has served the South Bay’s LGBTQ+ community. President & CEO Gabrielle Antolovich explains that at a time when the acceptance of diversit...
Who Built CA Missions?
Andrew Galvan is the curator of Mission Dolores in San Francisco, and as an Ohlone Indian himself has been working for decades to raise awareness of the integral role of native Californians in the dev...
Bay Area Bountiful: Youth Climate Action
The Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action Academy is run by high school and college students who are passionate about climate activism. They speak articulately about their work reaching out to local and...
Connect the Bay: LGBTQ Youth Space
The LGBTQ Youth Space drop-in center in San Jose is a safe and supportive environment specifically for queer and trans youth. Its staff believes that “LGBTQIA+ youth deserve to be safe, seen and celeb...
College Students, AI and the Future
San Jose State University students Julia, Divija and Ryan are not aftaid of AI—they are learning how to use it for the betterment of society. Hear more from these inspiring students in the NorCal prog...
Connect the Bay: International Children Assistance Network
The International Children Assistance Network (ICAN) is a nonprofit serving one of the largest Vietnamese communities in any one city outside of Vietnam, located in San Jose. Co-founder and executive...
Connect the Bay: Ujima
“The field of social work is primarily female!” According to San Jose nonprofit Ujima’s executive director Yvonne Maxwell, “The type of work that we do in social work…is something that women do in our...

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