In a recent editorial piece for the San Francisco Examiner, Melanie Velasquez, co-leader of our Intergenerational Social Justice Working Group, writes about her experience navigating conversations and relationships with older generations. Mel shares what she learned from her experience co-leading a multi-week group at San Francisco Village which focused on anti-racism and anti-ageism. She writes “What even makes a group like this successful? Conversation among a diverse group of generations gives people the opportunity to look into their biases and assumptions.”
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Sara joined the team in 2018. She brings with her 20 years of experience in community development, philanthropy, and organizational management. She completed her bachelors at George Washington University and her masters at UC Berkeley. Her career focus has been on evaluating how community groups run from year-to-year and strengthening daily processes to increase institutional success. Sara loves travel and global development issues, particularly a non-profit she founded 10 years ago focusing on students’ access to school in Cambodia. Sara is raising her family here in San Francisco.
Maya is a public relations and communications professional with more than a decade of experience; her expertise includes consumer products and technology PR, as well as event management and content development. She has been a pro-bono consultant with the Taproot Foundation since 2012, and has participated in three service grants to date. Maya attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in mass communications and a minor in political science.