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Get holiday gifts for your children and more!
I hope you’re getting excited for the holiday season. This can be a wonderful time of year, but it can also be difficult to provide our families with holiday meals, gifts and decorations. If you need some help finding gifts for your children and loved ones, here’s a collection of free gifts and toys... Read more...
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Meet One Degree’s New Team Members!
We’re thrilled to be joined by amazing new team members at One Degree. Please welcome four new Onesies who are working on critical projects at help deepen our impact and keep the organization running smoothly. Angel Alvarado, Senior Software Engineer Angel joined to use his skills for good and... Read more...
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Happy Holidays & Watch Rey Faustino’s TED Talk
Before we all head out for the holidays, I wanted to share a TED talk I gave about One Degree’s big plan to create a public utility for social services. Special thanks to the inaugural TEDxOakland team for inviting us to speak. Watch the TED talk here. Make an impact for more families in need &helli... Read more...
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One Degree’s Plan to Become a Nationwide Public Utility
What would it look like if we built a public utility for social services? Public utilities give us the pipes so that we can easily drink water. One Degree wants to build the infrastructure so that people can easily access social services. It’s not enough for people to just get information about th... Read more...
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Building the Public Utility for Social Services
The holidays can be a stressful time. While the season is about family and festivities, it can be difficult for our neighbors and friends who are struggling to take care of their families’ needs. Recently we worked with a community member from Berkeley, who I’ll call Bill, who was struggling to find... Read more...
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Growing to New Heights: One Degree’s Annual Impact Report
I’m excited to share One Degree’s Annual Impact Report for 2016-2017. As you know, One Degree’s mission is to empower people to create a path out of poverty for themselves and for their communities, and over the last year we expanded throughout all nine counties of the Bay Area, launched our expansi... Read more...
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One Degree in UCSF Health Policy Report + We’re Hiring!
One Degree stands with DREAMers. While the fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is in peril, we believe that every young person has tremendous potential, and we are working to make sure everyone affected by the recent changes in DACA has the resources they need to thrive. If you ar... Read more...
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One Degree featured in UCSF Health Policy Brief
Last month we were highlighted in UCSF’s Health Policy Brief. One Degree was showcased as an innovative approach to working with the health care delivery system to promote health equity and address the root causes of health disparities for adolescents and young adults. Download the full Health Polic... Read more...
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One Degree Partners with Los Angeles County To Help Low-Income Residents Thrive
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 27, 2017 – One Degree today announced the culmination of its work with the Los Angeles County Health Agency to provide its customized online and mobile app platform that connects at-risk families with services and resources like affordable housing, food assistance, ... Read more...
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LIFT-LA & One Degree: Partnering to Bring Modern Tech for Poverty Alleviation
Sadly, 1 in 3 Los Angeles residents lives in poverty, suffering overwhelmingly from common low-income community ailments such as heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Thankfully, there are 17,500 community resources addressing these issues throughout the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles (Spanni... Read more...
