A recap of the Shalon community’s conversation and commitment to working against systemic racism in our communities and country.
Read MoreHow is our earth being impacted by the shutdown caused by the global and what we can do to keep up positive momentum.
Read MoreUpdates and information about how the Coronavirus crisis is impacting our most vulnerable neighbors and how all of us can get involved to support the community at large.
Read MoreAs we spend more time connecting to each other virtually, we’re excited to share tips and tricks to create, grown and sustain online communities from Sarah Schonberg.
Read MoreIn this “Explore Our World” post, I’m sharing my admiration for a group of people who enthusiastically leap into challenges and invite the rest of us to join them as they improve the world one big idea at a time. I hope you’ll enjoy meeting these magnificent millennials!
Read MoreIn this “Events that Inspire” post, I take inspiration from one of the largest “events” I will ever attend in my life, Burning Man. The principles that govern the community both on and off the playa got me thinking about how Shalon has been structured around a similar set of principles and what those mean to me as a founder and to the organization as it continues to grow. Enjoy!
Read MoreCheck out Shalon in the press!
Read MoreIn the latest “Explore our World” I’m diving into how the Four Hs give entrepreneurs the foundation and support they need to be successful.
Read MoreIn the latest “Events that Inspire”, I’m featuring Amplifier’s West Coast Convening—a full day focused on how to bring people with shared values and interests together to amplify their potential for positive impact. I’m delighted to share a little about the event–which was fabulous–and some of what I learned in the hopes that it’s valuable to my network and encourages more people to connect their communities and their values in order to strengthen their giving power.
Read MoreIn this post, I’m reflecting on the Hack Mental Health Reverse Hackathon, an amazing event held in SF in early June. Throughout the course of the event, we explored mental health and the impact that our daily activities have on our happiness and our ability to live full lives. We all have hard days when it feels like we’re bearing the weight of the world alone and it’s uplifting to know that there are communities that are growing and providing opportunities to check in with ourselves, check in on each other and make positive change in our world.
Read MoreOur country is in crisis. We are so deeply divided on so many issues and what’s most alarming is that it’s SO EASY to ignore or forget that there are people who feel equally as strongly on both sides of an issue. In this post, originally posted on Medium.com, I’m exploring how we can start to bring both sides of an issue to the table to foster understanding and harmony.
Read MoreIn this post, I am sharing some of the information I’ve discovered during my preparation for our upcoming Shalon focused on The Spectrum of Identity so that everyone can bring this into their own conversations – formal or informal – as we all work to make our communities and our world a more educated, accepting and supportive place for all people.
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