We had the opportunity to sit down with new SRA Board member, Dipti Gorur Sirisinahal, People Partner at Google. Dipti is responsible for setting the talent strategy and people priorities for Google’s Chrome Operating System Organization. Her passion revolves around …
Students Rising Above hosted the first ever Virtual Career Development Winter Workshop Part 1 on Saturday, January 16, 2021 on Zoom. Thank you so much to all our students, volunteers, and staff for a great event! Organized by the incredible …
About Edylwise: Edylwise Romero is a Students Rising Above alum from the class of 2015. She graduated from Carleton College in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Her pursuit of broadening her global experience led to her minors in …
Dear Community, The Racial Wealth Gap Since the beginning of times, people of color have faced discrimination and loss of wealth. Will people of color have worked hard for many years, white Americans have continued to grow their income. As …
Students Rising Above is absolutely delighted to share that SRA Student, Alondra Vázquez López has been selected as a 2021 Rhodes Scholar. Alondra O. Vazquez Lopez is a first-generation student from San Rafael. Alondra is a part of SRA’s Rising Stars …
Dear Community, Black Trans Lives Matter. About the Art Even within the black lives movement, there are going to be groups of people excluded. Black trans women are purposefully invisible because they are killed at a disproportionate rate every year …
Students Rising Above Senior Director of Program Strategy and SRA Alum Lorna Contreras-Townsend Joins Gap, Inc. Equality & Belonging Team Driving Systemic Change For A More Equitable and Inclusive Society For All SAN FRANCISCO, CA – November 13, …
Students Rising Above is pleased to announced the continuing support from The Golden State Warriors. The Warriors Community Foundation will donate $1.825 million in grants this season to fifty-three Bay Area nonprofits, including Students Rising Above. The Warriors Community Foundation …
Dear Community, Performative Activism Has Got to Stop. Intro: We are living in a time of civil unrest. Black people are getting murdered because of the color of their skin in broad daylight. Black people are dying at the hands …
Dear Community, My Artwork, My Experience. My Artwork I drew this art piece because I felt that we are one. I felt that we needed something to show others that we can come in different shades. With all the protests …