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Originally published in Advocate on August 21, 2019 By Jeffrey Masters This interview was conducted as part of the interview series, LGBTQ&A, a weekly podcast that documents modern queer and trans history.  As a young boy, Gamal Palmer — Senior Vice President of Leadership Development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles — would sit in […]

By Molly Cram, UpStart’s Director of Network Programs, with contribution from Taylor Epstein, former UpStart Managing Director of Learning & Design Who we are, what we value, and how we approach our work are best described by the UpStart Team Philosophy: To dream with purpose, build the “what might be,” and grow the good. This […]

By Joni Blinderman, Executive Director, The Covenant Foundation In mid-May, The Covenant Foundation hosted its first in-person gathering since the start of the pandemic and in addition, we sponsored The Collaboratory: Grow the Good.  For three days at our annual PD meeting, we met outdoors with our grantees, award recipients and Pomegranate Prize recipients for […]

By Sasha Raskin-Yin, Interim Executive Director, Amplifier At Amplifier, powered by JFNA, we know how important community is to taking and sustaining action. We envision a world where everyone has the opportunity to create positive, powerful change through collaborative giving. We focus on collaboration because we know none of us have the capacity to do […]

Originally Published on LinkedIn on April 26, 2022 By Eli Malinsky Deputy Director, Business & Society Program, The Aspen Institute and UpStart Board Member It is well established that I hate hybrid events. In fact, I couldn’t even handle teleconferences when some people were in the room and others weren’t. I have always felt that […]

Originally Published in The Times of Isreal on April 22, 2022 By Elisheva Thompson. UpStart, in its commitment to building Jewish communities that are thriving hubs of innovation, announces the ten entrepreneurial leaders of the 13th cohort of their flagship Venture Accelerator program. Doubling down on its commitment to social entrepreneurship, UpStart will support this new cohort in […]