Heart of the Village is a group of Marin County, CA residents (moms, educators, advocates, community organizers) taking local action to interrupt racism and help make Marin a place where everyone belongs and feels welcome.

I work with founding members to help create an online community with resources, events, workshops, and clear communication for making substantive change.

 

Editing Projects

                    • Full website Audit, Edit & Refresh
                    • Editing blogs, flyers, and other content

 

Writing Samples

 

YOU’RE INVITED! Come meet your local DEI leaders (email newsletter)

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LET’S SUPPORT MARIN CITY LEARNING CENTERS (web newsflash)

“Every child—no matter their stripe or stature—deserves equal access to a quality education. That’s what we say, what we believe, and what’s  required under the law…. Depriving a child of a fair chance to learn is wicked, it’s warped, it’s morally bankrupt, and it’s corrupt. Your skin color or zip code should not determine winners and losers.”

~ California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra

 Right now, the academic support and individual care that many Marin families can give their children isn’t available to low-income families in our community.

Not only has the pandemic disproportionately impacted black and brown families, but it has also laid bare persistent and pervasive inequities that are ravaging households already on the margins.

Too many of our teens simply don’t have the basics need to manage virtual school from home — no WiFi, no space to work, no supervision, no help, and often not enough food.

In response, with lightning speed three Marin City organizations have mobilized pop-up learning centers to provide these critical services to every single high-schooler in need.

The Hannah Project, Bridge the Gap, and the West Marin Community Center are currently providing full-day, in-person academic support and mentoring, at no cost, to over 50 students.

The Marin City Learning Centers are also providing two full meals a day and invaluable time for kids to connect with friends and caring adults — which, as any parent knows, is equally important to their health, well-being, and chance for success.

“A lot of these kids were marginalized before the pandemic,” says the Hannah Project’s executive director, Bettie Hodges. “And with distance learning, they were climbing the walls. They were isolated. We’re making this a community space for them.”

Let’s show our support for the kids in our community, and for the Marin City organizations working tirelessly every day to keep these learning centers running.

Their vital efforts can only continue with sustaining donations from individuals and organizations.

Find out more here, and please consider making your gift to the Marin City Learning Centers today!