Podcasts by ALFs The Dialogue
ALF presents The Dialogue, an ongoing series of conversations featuring members of the ALF Senior Fellow network. Podcasts feature some of the most interesting and influential leaders in Silicon Valley discussing their personal leadership journeys, how they navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century, and their hopes for the future vibrancy of our communities, the nation and the world.
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A Conversation with Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell from 2022-02-04T05:10:36
Recorded live during our Jan. 13 event featuring Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, ALF Senior Fellow (Class VIII) and author of Her Honor: My Life on the Bench… What Works, What’s Broken, and How to C...
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A Conversation with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation from 2021-11-04T21:35:38
Recorded live during our October 19, 2021 event: A Conversation with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.
ALF Senior Fellows, Fellows, and guests heard from Darren Walker in di...
Climate Action and Sustainability from 2021-10-07T17:30:26
ALF Silicon Valley CEO and host of The Dialogue Podcast, Suzanne St. John-Crane, is joined in this episode by Senior Fellows Jayne Battey (Class XXIV) and Mark Bahaus (Class XX) to discuss what we ...
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Extraordinary People, Transformative Year: featuring Toni Vanwinkle & Miguel Marquez from 2021-07-16T22:36:22
Extraordinary people. Transformative year. It's a phrase we often use here at ALF to describe the Fellows Program, and it's a description that takes on added meaning for ALF Class XXXIX.
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Why Equality Is The Future of Work: Preparing For The Post Pandemic Workplace from 2021-07-14T20:12:04
Recorded live during our June 11 event, Why Equality Is The Future of Work: Preparing For The Post Pandemic Workplace, the ALF network joined author Michelle King and host Jon Hicks to discuss bein...
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The Dialogue Special Episode: Celebrating Pride from 2021-06-18T03:29:06
In celebration of Pride Month, we've turned The Dialogue podcast microphone over to three Senior Fellows who join us to discuss a brief history of the LGBTQ+ community in Santa Clara County.
Senior Fellow Spotlight: Robert Sapien from 2021-05-21T01:38:36
In this episode, we continue with our Senior Fellows Spotlight series, where we offer a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of some of the most remarkable Senior Fellows in the ALF ...
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Stop AAPI Hate: A Conversation with Dr. Russell Jeung from 2021-04-28T09:37:12
Recorded live during our April 22nd event, Stop AAPI Hate: A Conversation with Dr. Russell Jeung. Featuring Dr. Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Chair, Asian American Studies at San...
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Revolutionary Love in a Time of Rage with Valarie Kaur from 2021-03-29T18:11:35
Recorded live during our March 24th event, Revolutionary Love in a Time of Rage with Valarie Kaur. Featuring Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project and author of See No Stranger, ...
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Dog Whistle Politics, Racism, and the Housing Crisis with Ian Haney López from 2021-03-06T01:12:22
Dog Whistle Politics, Racism, and the Housing Crisis: recorded live during our February 24th virtual event featuring Ian Haney López, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at U.C. Berke...
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Ken Coleman from 2021-02-26T06:08:48
With this episode, we're launching the first in an ongoing series of podcasts where we offer a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of some of our most remarkable Senior Fellows. We'...
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A Conversation with ALFSV Lead Facilitator Laura Weaver from 2021-01-15T04:41:56
In this special episode, CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane is joined by ALF Lead Facilitator Laura Weaver for the first time on the podcast. We learn about Laura's very own leadership journey, including...
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We The People with Eric Ward: Building an Inclusive Democracy from 2021-01-07T23:21:07
Recorded during ALF's We The People with Eric Ward event on December 3, 2020.
Eric K. Ward, Civil Rights Leader and Executive Director, Western States Center in conversation with Muhammed...
Money As Medicine: A Dialogue with Edgar Villanueva from 2020-11-18T23:12:54
On November 16, ALF Silicon Valley and ALF National hosted a virtual dialogue with the award-winning author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva! In this episode, we're sh...
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ALF Senior Fellows in the Fight Against Homelessness from 2020-09-08T21:29:04
ALF-SV CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane sat down in June (via Zoom) with key players in the emergence of a cross-sector systems change over the last decade in the approach to housing and homelessness in ...
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Call Me In: The Intersection of Race, Privilege, and Leadership from 2020-04-23T20:09:30
In 2016 a group of non-profit CEOs came together to explore how to put equity at the center of their organizations and how to navigate the sometimes challenging conversations that accompany signifi...
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Russ Hancock: A Deep Dive on the Silicon Valley Index from 2019-08-09T22:28:30
In the past few years, Silicon Valley’s economy has reached new levels of employment, income, innovation, and investments as major companies are fundamentally altering the character and evolution o...
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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Liberty and Justice for All from 2019-05-08T20:51
From an early age, ALF Senior Fellow Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Class XVI) has taken on leadership roles that catapulted her to the center of creating a more just, equitable and inclusive world. Her ec...
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Leading with Purpose: Ela Gandhi, Dolores Huerta and Ellen Grace O'Brian from 2018-12-14T21:35:10
In November of 2018, ALF Silicon Valley hosted Leading with Purpose, a live event featuring Ellen Grace O’Brian, Author and Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, and Ela Gan...
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Santa Clara County Affordable Housing Bond Update from 2018-11-21T23:14:57
In November of 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved a $950 Million affordable housing bond projected to fund 120 new affordable housing developments over ten years, including 4800 new units for...
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Security, Safety and the Second Amendment: A Dialogue on Guns from 2018-08-16T20:35:34
In April of 2018, SCC Supervisor Dave Cortese’s office hosted a firearms and safety summit where over 300 community members came together to talk about – guns. He enlisted ALF’s help in facilitatin...
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Silicon Valley Philanthropy: The Disconnect and Opportunity from 2018-05-01T19:25:22
In 2016, a report on philanthropy in Silicon Valley revealed a major disconnect between donors and the local community. The report found that 90% of philanthropic dollars leave the region and of th...
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Frustration to Fast Track: An ALF Urban Network Story from 2018-01-30T22:51:43
Four unlikely partners were brought together through ALFSV's Urban Innovation Network. What happened as a result changed the conversation - and policy - around the City of San Jose's event permitti...
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Mindfulness at East Side: A Cross Sector Collaboration from 2017-12-10T23:19:35
Through a series of intersections and dialogues brought about by American Leadership Forum’s Education Innovation Network, ALF Senior Fellows Chris Funk, Superintendent of East Side Union High Scho...
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Dr. Robbie Pearl, Author and Healthcare Revolutionary from 2017-09-08T20:33:24
Senior Fellow Dr. Robbie Pearl (Class XVII), recent CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, discusses his second book, Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare (and Why We're Usually Wro...
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Fr. Jon Pedigo, ING's Maha Elgenaidi and Rabbi Dana Magat from 2017-05-19T04:32:40
These ALF Faith Leader Affinity Group members talk at a very personal level about race, bigotry and the power of listening. These unlikely allies came together to support one another, and in the pr...
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Heather McLeod Grant discusses "The Giving Code" from 2017-03-16T23:53:40
Why are Silicon Valley community-based organizations struggling to meet demand in one of the wealthiest and most sophisticated regions in the world? Why aren’t more Silicon Valley philanthropists d...
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Taking Stock - A Guided Meditation from 2017-01-28T01:25:45
Consultant/Coach and ALF Senior Fellow Amari Romero-Thomas (Class XVI)guides you to let go of what no longer serves you and turn your focus to the ONE thing. A perfect follow up to ALF's Taking Sto...
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ALF Faculty Member Jane Wei-Skillern from 2016-12-08T17:37:51
ALF Faculty Member Jane Wei-Skillern discusses her research of nonprofit networks, examining how leaders that focus less on building their own institutions and instead invest to build strategic net...
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SCC Supervisor Cindy Chavez and Destination Home's Jen Loving from 2016-10-29T00:15:58
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez (Class XII) and Destination Home Executive Director Jennifer Loving (Class XXV) share their story of bringing public, private and non-profit stakeholders ...
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Episode 1: Ann Ravel from 2016-10-19T15:29:54
Senior Fellow Ann Ravel (Class XI) talks about the very deliberate choice she made to go public about the Federal Election Commission's dysfunction.
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