Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Liberty and Justice for All

05/08/19 • 31 min

From an early age, ALF Senior Fellow Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Class XVI) has taken on leadership roles that catapulted her to the center of creating a more just, equitable and inclusive world. Her eclectic career path has lead her to running the South Bay Labor Council - representing more than 110,000 union members, to expanding universal healthcare for kids, engaging negatively impacted communities in environmental justice policies, to working with pop sensation Prince in reclaiming ownership of his music catalog. Her latest venture, Promise, is a "decarceration" startup that uses technology to reduce recidivism, minimize costs and promote public safety.

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Leading with Purpose: Ela Gandhi, Dolores Huerta and Ellen Grace O'Brian

In November of 2018, ALF Silicon Valley hosted Leading with Purpose, a live event featuring Ellen Grace O’Brian, Author and Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, and Ela Gandhi, Founder of the Gandhi Development Trust in South Africa. Ellen and Ela were joined by surprise special guest Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers Movement and renowned nonviolence leader in her own right. The three women had never met before, and we at ALF couldn’t resist the opportunity to host an impromptu dialogue facilitated by Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese (ALF Class XXXIII), on what keeps them leading with purpose in tireless pursuit of a non-violent world.

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Russ Hancock: A Deep Dive on the Silicon Valley Index

In the past few years, Silicon Valley’s economy has reached new levels of employment, income, innovation, and investments as major companies are fundamentally altering the character and evolution of innovation in the region. While there are certainly many positives attributed to this boom, we cannot ignore its attributed problems and the disparity it has created. Established in 1993, Joint Venture brings together Silicon Valley’s established and emerging leaders from different sectors to have focus on issues and work toward innovative solutions. Russ Hancock (Class XX), President and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley shares with us his thoughts and observations of Silicon Valley; the changes that this valley has seen through the past few decades, the ups-downs, the innovations in tech and other sectors, and possible solutions to this growing disparity we are experiencing.