By Assemblymember Phil Ting Days into his presidency, Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13767, requiring the federal government to build a wall along the border of the United States and…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large Recently the Jewish holiday of Passover was observed, a time during which many of us celebrate, and tell the story of, the Exodus…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis Three weeks ago, the LGBT community lost one of its leaders, Paul Connolly, a luminary in the field of philanthropy and nonprofit management. We…
Openhouse Co-Founder Dr. Marcy Adelman has worked tirelessly for nearly two decades to fulfill the founding vision and purpose of the agency: to create long-term affordable housing options for LBGT…
Dr. Karyn Skultety recently took the helm of Openhouse as its new Executive Director. She took time out of her hectic schedule to share what is happening now at the…
By Michelle Alcedo and Ariel Mellinger LGBT seniors often face sub-standard care within health and social services, whether it is due to overt discrimination from providers, or it results from…
By Karyn Skultety, PhD I have been an admirer of Openhouse throughout my career in aging services. I was amazed by the bravery of the founders to take on LGBT…
By Wendy Ross When launching or expanding a business, one of the earliest decisions to be made is how to finance the venture. A traditional option has been to secure…
always a sense of competition that came along for the ride. I actually shared a room with my brother from the age of 0 to 16, something I would surely…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky When Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, no one except her most intimate friends knew she…
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