January 15, 2021
The University of California at Berkeley—known by students and locals simply as “Cal”—looms large as a symbol of educational excellence, recently ranked the top public university and the fourth-best overall in the U.S. News & World…
February 18, 2021
A stack of books may not seem extraordinary, but it can be life changing. Recent research has indicated that there are tangible benefits for kids who grow up with…
March 18, 2021
When asked to trace the source of her strength and success, Jamaya Walker (12th Wave) immediately thinks of her mother: “My mom is like superwoman. I can’t afford…
April 21, 2021
Over the past decade, demographic changes in the Bay Area have become impossible to ignore. Gentrification has displaced low-income families of color from the neighborhoods they called home for generations, and Contra…
February 25, 2021
Dear members of the Making Waves community, Over the past year, violence toward Asian and Pacific Islander communities has increased dramatically. Racist rhetoric calling…