Tides Applauds Cecilia Muñoz's appointment as Director of the Domestic Policy Council

Tides congratulates civil rights and immigrants' rights advocate Cecilia Muñoz on being named the new White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council by President Obama. This historic announcement marks Muñoz as the first Latina in the position, as well as the highest ranking Latina in the White House.

"I am delighted that President Obama has appointed such a talented and tireless community advocate to this post," said Tides CEO Melissa L. Bradley. "Cecilia Muñoz represents the new emerging majority in...

Tides Applauds Social Citizen Ambassadors

Tides is pleased to join the Case Foundation in congratulating its inaugural cohort of Social Citizen Ambassadors, ten Millennial generation leaders whose passion and engagement in cross-sector work is truly innovating the social change sector.  As the Case Foundation highlights, all of the Ambassadors demonstrate "an appreciation for openness and transparency, a passion for technology, a strong desire to collaborate in new and innovative ways – and all are having a transformative impact in their respective fields."  We...

How Do YOU Define American?

Define American, a project of Tides founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and dedicated to changing the conversation about immigration, today launched a feature that enables anyone, anywhere, to share their personal experiences, thoughts, and beliefs about what it means to be an "American" today. Over 500 stories and definitions have already been submitted by immigrants and their allies, and will be unveiled over the next few days.  As Vargas noted, "I shared my personal story to lay bare the...

Beyond Politics: Navigating a New Reality

Earlier this month, the Tides Learning Community hosted a call with Greenlining Institute's Samuel Kang and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' Ellen Nissenbaum about the ongoing debt ceiling and deficit reduction talks, and the upcoming deadlines from the joint congressional committee.   In addition to providing historical background and fiscal context, Nissenbaum warned of the dangers of possible outcomes that rely too heavily on spending cuts without generating new revenue.  As Nissenbaum noted, Congress...

Tides Returns to Washington, DC

I have just completed my first week as Vice President of Tides. As I prepared to take on this new role, I received warm welcomes from Tides staff, partners, clients, and others involved in the work of this amazing organization.  But far more important than the welcome I received at Tides, is the welcome that Tides has received here in Washington, DC. Members of Congress, Administration officials, and other power players in our nation’s capital responded alike in asking “What took you so long to get here?”  We’ve...

Join Melissa at the Slow Money National Gathering (October 12-14)

Tides is pleased to announce that our CEO Melissa L. Bradley will be a featured speaker at this year's Slow Money National Gathering, held in San Francisco from October 12 - 14.  Melissa will be joining other esteemed leaders from the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, including Vandana Shiva, Wes Jackson, Matt Flannery, Winona LaDuke, and others interested in new ways of thinking about the relationship between food, money, and social change.

The Slow Money National Gathering integrates internationally...

Dave Eggers, a Voice of Witness

Interested in learning more about Voice of Witness's work?  Check out their upcoming Voices From Burma event in New York City or their Inside this Place, Not of It event in San Francisco.

This past August, the acclaimed author and educator Dave Eggers—best known as the author of seven books including  What is the What, as well as the founder of both McSweeney's and  826 Valencia—visited the Tides Learning Community for a  conversation with Tides CEO Melissa Bradley.  Eggers focused on a more recent...

Show Me the Money: Nonprofits Talking Taxes

Editor's note: This post comes from Kim Klein, co-founder of Klein & Roth Consulting and author of Fundraising for Social Change, and Anne Ryan of CompassPoint.

Did you walk on the sidewalk, drive on a road, eat in a clean restaurant, or drink clean water from your faucet today?

Were you thinking: “What a great day to be a taxpayer!”?

We often forget the structures and services we depend on everyday are paid for by taxes.    However, over the past several years, with this year being the worst, the...

30 Years of Fighting HIV/AIDS

This blog post was written by Kathy Bolts, Tides Center Program Manager in Environment & Health, and Harris Kornstein, Tides Communications Specialist.

As many LGBT Pride celebrations take place around this summer (I myself participated in San Francisco, and for the first time, in Madrid), people around the globe also marked the 30th anniversary of the first diagnoses of HIV/AIDS—a milestone that serves as a reminder not only of the millions of lives lost, but also the powerful communities that are still standing up...

Join Melissa Bradley at the 2011 Bioneers Conference

Join Melissa Bradley at the 2011 Bioneers Conference—October 14-16, 2011— to explore the forefront of positive change in deeply inspiring keynote talks, panels, workshops and intensives.  Tides is pleased to host the following session, aimed at connecting our 2011 priority issue areas of Racial Justice and the Environment:

The Tides Foundation hosts a conversation examining the nexus between race and environment. What has worked and not...