Servant Leadership
'We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.'
- William Arthur Ward
Dialogue
'A conversation with a center, not sides.'
- William Isaacs
Diversity
Opening minds through dialogue and diversity
Invest in the Future of ALF
The Network Campaign
ALF's Network Campaign coincides with our 20th anniversary in Silicon Valley. Funds raised through this $4 million campaign will be used to support scholarships and expansion projects that will help further ALF's mission to serve the common good in our region. More information
ALF 20th Anniversary GalaOn Tuesday, March 10, 2009, ALF will host its 20th anniversary gala at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Sponsorships and tables are now available. More information |
20th Anniversary Post-Forum UpdateThe first forum associated with the Common Good Collaborative took place in November of 2008 in conjunction with ALF's 20th anniversary. Final report |
ALFers in the News
Quotable Quotes
As long as there is a need for a voice, I'll find a platform, especially when it's about social justice. I've done that all my life. I may not be in elected office soon, but I'm not going to be voiceless.–Blanca Alvarado, Class III, long-time Santa Clara
County Supervisor
Linda Darling-Hammond, 2001 Exemplary Leader, to head Obama transition team on education policy
Linda Darling-Hammond, ALF-SV's 2001 Exemplary Leader, has been chosen to lead President-elect Barack Obama's education policy team. She is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford where she launched the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Class XVI, tapped for labor expertise on Obama transition team
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Class XVI, has taken a three-month leave of absence from her position as Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council to work on labor issues with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.
Two Senior Fellows to serve on newly-elected Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa's staff
Eddie Garcia, Class XVIII, and Xavier Campos, Class XX, will both serve on Class XI Senior Fellow George Shirakawa's Santa Clara County Supervisors staff. Garcia, the former Vice President of Community Affairs for Comcast Cable Communications, will serve as Chief of Staff, and Campos, COO of Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA), as policy aide.
Conversation Starter
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE ALF BOARD & STAFF
Winter Trees
by William Carlos Williams
All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
News Briefing
Nearly half of local nonprofits report
donations down
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Times
December 23, 2008