by Susanne | Oct 30, 2025 | Café Game, Conceptoria, Learning Experiences, News, Research, Training, Volunteers
How do you turn wildfire preparedness into a game? This summer, a team of early-career designers volunteered their time and creativity to help improve our Wildfire Café Game — a playful way to explore how communities can prepare for and respond to disaster. Working...
by Susanne | Sep 14, 2025 | News, Update
It was two days after 9/11. Like many others, I needed to do something, but didn’t know what I could do. I made a phone call. That led me to the local Red Cross office. Eventually, it led me to a lifelong passion for disaster management, a profound faith in...
by Susanne | May 23, 2025 | News, Organization, Update
Read the latest update on our journey: From Nest to Fledgling. And, thank you for being part of our journey and our family.
by Susanne | May 21, 2025 | News, Organization
We recently created a spreadsheet to ensure that we stay on top of our legal filing obligations. Then we learned that nearly one-third of California nonprofits are at risk of losing their business license or tax-exempt status because they’ve missed deadlines...
by Susanne | Nov 26, 2024 | News, Organization
by Susanne | Nov 20, 2024 | News, Organization, Update
Our first week as an independent nonprofit passed by in a whirlwind! Here’s what we were up to: Updating our CRM (Contact and Relationship Manager), Salesforce, and starting up the learning curve of how to use it so that we can be mindful in our communications...
