Education

Empathy in Action: Rethinking Public Policy Education

September 8, 2023
Haleema Bharoocha

In my role as a policy practitioner and community advocate, I have dedicated the past few years to honing the symbiosis between organizing and policy, with the aim of promoting equitable, compassionate, and impactful outcomes for the communities we are working alongside and for, to create policies. To understand this interplay, it’s essential to position public policy within the spectrum of social change strategies. These strategies span from offering instant assistance (direct service) to confronting power structures (organizing). Public policy occupies a pivotal position, leaning towards...

Atmospheric River Data: Key to Saving California’s Agricultural Sector

December 1, 2022
Alex Reep

California’s agricultural sector is reliant on the increasingly unpredictable mega-storms, called atmospheric rivers, that can dump as much water as twenty Mississippi rivers. Climate change has created unprecedented extremes: in some years there may only be one atmospheric river, while in others California can be inundated by twenty. As a result, farmers may face one year of extreme drought and be forced to fallow their land, and in others their fields may be unprepared for a deluge of water. In order for players in the nation’s largest agricultural sector to prepare for the increasingly...