The Yurok Tribe in Northern California is the state’s largest Native American tribe in terms of both population and land yet only has one place with enough cell reception to read and send text messages. By Dr. Traci Morris and Dr. Gary Michelson The...
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Pregnant & Parenting Students in California: A Look at the CSU System
Despite having a higher GPA on average than their peers, 52 percent of student-parents leave college within six years without completing their degree. More often than not, pregnant and parenting students don’t see their needs and circumstances reflected in course...
Helping Incarcerated Firefighters Secure High-Paying, Full-Time Careers
Through a recent Spark Grant, FFRP will expand its services into the Bay Area, welcoming the first Bay Area cohort in November 2022. This article was originally published on 20mm.org. Last year, approximately 2,568,948 acres or 4,014 square miles burned in...
Studying How Lived Experience Benefits Latinx Systems-Impacted People
Hustle in Higher Education shares findings from interviews with 16 Latinx students with conviction histories (SCH) as they go from surviving to thriving. Originally published on 20mm.org. Danny Murillo, our inaugural Smart Justice Fellow, has dedicated...
Charting a Pathway for California’s Schools to Support Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Students: Underground Scholars at UC Irvine
By serving currently incarcerated individuals through UCI LIFTED and while also bolstering the UCI’s capability to serve formerly incarcerated students via Underground Scholars, UC Irvine is setting the standard for the future of smart justice. ...
A Year of Impact in Animal Welfare, Educational Equity, and Setting Priorities for 2022
During a recent all-staff meeting, the Michelson Philanthropies team highlighted the organization’s top 10 moments of significant impact in 2021, and looked ahead to achieving even more in 2022. By Justin Chapman U.S. Senator Cory Booker recently...
Kenia Miranda Verdugo Joins the Michelson 20MM Foundation as Smart Justice Program Manager
Kenia will lead the foundation’s Smart Justice initiative, which strives to create innovative pathways to educational attainment, employment, and economic opportunity for system-impacted communities and people. Originally published on 20mm.org. Kenia Miranda...
A Year of Impactful Legislation: State Leaders Honored for Taking Bold Action to Advance an Educational Equity for California Students
To honor the state leaders who have taken bold action to advance an educational equity agenda, the Michelson 20 Million Minds Foundation and the Michelson Center for Public Policy co-sponsored the Campaign for College Opportunity’s 2021 Legislative Dean’s List and a...
Get to Know Our 2021 Smart Justice Spark Grantees
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to announce their cohort of 2021 Smart Justice Spark Grantees, who will take the challenges of post-secondary education and workforce development head-on, turning them into opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated...
Inspiring Statewide Action: Education Trust–West’s All in for Financial Aid Campaign
Recognizing the essential role financial aid plays in a student’s success, the Michelson 20MM Foundation was proud to award a Spark Grant to Education Trust–West (ETW) in the summer of 2019, to advance their All in for Financial Aid Campaign. “We are grateful...
Statement on Governor Newsom’s California Blueprint Proposal
“If you’re an entrepreneur, focus on textbooks … You’ll find tremendous opportunity, great competition, which ultimately drives costs down, which is needed in this nation, not just our state.” — Governor Gavin Newsom Originally published on 20mm.org....
Innovative Medical Education Company Partners with the World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Effort to Reach 1 Billion Learners by 2025
Osmosis, a Michelson 20MM portfolio company, recently became a part of Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publishing company. Osmosis offers more than 2,000 videos designed to distill some of the most complex medical concepts and procedures into...