When Coss Marte entered prison, doctors warned that with his former lifestyle and current high cholesterol he could be dead within five years. Determined to transform his health and life while serving a seven-year sentence, he started working out. After losing 70 pounds in six months with nothing but the walls and floor of his …
In a powerful speech at Stanford University in 1967 on “The Other America,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rang an alarm bell: “But we must see that the struggle today is much more difficult because we are struggling now for genuine equality. It’s much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee …
The Knowledge House, a REDF grantee, equipped Lola with the skills and support she needed to tap into the innovation economy and land a tech job. Watch her story and learn how our partnership with Citi Foundation helps make these stories possible.
REDF Farber Fellows spend 10 weeks immersed in the day-to-day operations at one of REDF’s partner social enterprises working on a mission-critical project. Alumni of the program cite the experience as transformative, providing the opportunity to work closely with social enterprise leaders and staff, and form meaningful and enduring relationships with fellow Farbers. Hear from …