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 More than just a week of health-related activities,  the Foundation for Change is a proud co-sponsor of "Binational Health Week" in the San Diego/Tijuana region.  With mutiple health-realted activities from October 2 to October 16, "Binational Health Week" offers free health screenings,trainings for promotoras, informational health-related conferences; plus healthy cooking & yoga classes, and a basketball tournament, throughout the San Diego/Tijuana region. The kick-off event, a health…See More

 SAVE THE DATE! On  August 19th,  the Foundation for Change will hold a workshop on “Proposal Writing” in light of a new “Health for All” funding & capacity-building opportunity that will be made available in the Fall, 2011.  Because we have limited funds for this opportunity,  we encourage you to carefully read the basic criteria below. We are grateful to the generosity of the California Wellness Foundation, and individual donors in the San Diego region, for making this opportunity…See More

 For 2 consecutive years now,  the Health for All grantees at the Foundation for Change have had an opportunity to present their "final reports"  to each other, and to others in the community.   This is an opportunity for groups to present their most salient learnings (both achievements and challenges) to an audience of peers and interested allies and friends.While  this event has limited seating, with priority for grantee organizations in our current Health for All docket,  please let us know…See More

Accoring to the Human Rights Watch,  "the percentage of non-citizens in immigration proceedings with mental disabilities is estimated to be at least 15% of the total immigration population in detention- in other words, an estimated 57,000 in 2008"The American Bar Association's Immigration Justice Project; along with co-sponsorship from the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, the Foundation for Change, the ACLU of SD,  Casa Cornelia, the Employee Rights Center and other local organizations focusing…See More

 The Foundation for Change recently funded 12 immigrant and refugee- based organizations in San Diego & San DiegoCounty (at $1,000 each)  to be able to plan,  participate,  and follow-up with Immigrant Day in Sacramento on May 24.If you would like to learn more about this day,  or would like to join our delegation,  please contact Andrea Rocha at andrea@foundation4change.org or call (619) 692-0527. For additional background information, …See More

Join us to learn why a network of funders from across the State of California are investing in the civic participation capacity of San Diego's immigrant communities.  Learn about the STRATEGY behind the Foundation for Change's Democracy for All initiative.As always, we will start at 8:15 a.m. and you will be on your way to work (or play) at 10. If you are already a member, you can RSVP on this page.  If you want to become a member,…See More