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Performer Profile: Ron Artis II
"To me, music is about giving. When I'm performing, I let go of everything. I look out into an audience and ask: What do they need right...
Bread & Roses Presents
Jun 22, 20203 min read
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Circle of Advisors Profile: Jason Rezaian
Jason Rezaian is a husband, a son, a brother, an author and a journalist for The Washington Post in Washington DC. He is on our Circle of...
Lisa Starbird
Jun 18, 20206 min read
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Board Profile: John Botti
Since 2015, John Botti has played a major role in Bread & Roses mission of uplifting the human spirit by presenting free, live music and...
Francesca Lee
Jun 18, 20204 min read
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Facility Profile: The Redwoods
Mission: To maintain a creative, affordable community that promotes good health, well-being and security for a diverse group of elders....
Carolyn Gauthier
May 11, 20203 min read
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Performer Profile: Tony Saunders
Last February Tony Saunders was doing a show at Holderman Hospital at the Veterans Home in Yountville for a Black History program when a...
Carolyn Gauthier
May 8, 20203 min read
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Board Profile: Raj Gopal
Heidi James, vice president of development, recently had the opportunity to interview Raj Gopal, Chief Risk Officer (SEVP) for Bank of...
Heidi James
May 8, 20203 min read
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Staff Profile: Marian Hubler
Marian Hubler was first introduced to Bread & Roses in 1995. She read a cover story by Joan Smith in the SF Examiner Sunday Magazine...
Francesca Lee
Apr 29, 20204 min read
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Facility Profile: Saint Vincent’s Day Home
Saint Vincent’s Day Home is a non-profit organization located in the heart of West Oakland in the same Victorian house where it was...
Lisa Starbird
Apr 29, 20202 min read
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Performer Profile: Tom Johnston
Carolyn Gauthier, Vice President of Programs, caught up with donor and supporter Tom Johnston this week to talk about his long history...
Carolyn Gauthier
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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Board Profile: Cathy Less
Catherine Less has been Co-Chair of Bread and Roses Board of Directors for the past 16 months. Prior to that, as Board Treasurer, she...
Diane Pickell-Gore
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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Facility Profile: San Quentin State Prison
Got the lockdown blues? Yes, it is a challenging and difficult time for us all with our personal COVID19 lockdowns. I am reminded that...
Lisa Starbird
Apr 13, 20206 min read
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Performer Profile: Lyle Belger
Lyle Belger is a senior at Redwood High School who has devoted her time as a volunteer performer for Bread & Roses Presents since the...
Francesca Lee
Apr 13, 20207 min read
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Performing for Bread & Roses: Hello in There
I’ve been a supporter of Bread & Roses for just a few years. I helped MC its fund-raising acoustic festivals in 1979 and ‘80, at the...
Ben Fong-Torres
Apr 13, 20203 min read
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Staff Profile: Francesca Lee
Francesca Lee graduated from Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Music) in 2002...
Diane Pickell-Gore
Mar 30, 20204 min read
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Facility Profile: St. Anthony’s Dining Room
St. Anthony’s Dining Room in the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district serves 3,000 hot lunches 365 days a year. In San Francisco,...
Carolyn Gauthier
Mar 26, 20201 min read
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Performer Profile: Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard - Bread & Roses Ambassador Nationally acclaimed motivational speaker, comedian, social worker and teacher. Michael...
Lisa Starbird
Mar 26, 20202 min read
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