We specialize in helping passionate individuals and groups to create successful and effective projects, programs, events and organizations in their communities. Current Projects
Drawdown Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area
(an organizational development client and fiscally sponsored project - 2020)
The Bay Area's greenhouse gas emissions can be dramatically reduced with concerted citizen action, p
roactive business engagement, and strategic government collaboration. Drawdown Bay Area is a coordinated regional campaign to help people take more meaningful climate action...at home, at work, and in the community. Praxis is serving as the project's fiscal sponsor and providing organizational development services. www.drawdownbayarea.org
Project Lifeline - Tiberon, CA
(an organizational development client and fiscally sponsored project - 2018-present)
Founded in July 2018 at the height of the separated children crisis by Hope Frye, an immigration and human rights lawyer and longtime advocate for immigrant children, and Dr. Dona Kim Murphey, a neurologist and community activist, Project Lifeline is dedicated to upholding the dignity and freedom of undocumented immigrant children through legal and medico-legal partnerships and targeted education and advocacy. Project Lifeline’s partners include, among others, Cornell University Law School - Farm Worker Legal Assistance Clinic, Physicians for Human Rights, Lawyers for Good Government, ProBAR, cartoonist Tom Chalkey, ACLU of Texas, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and the University of the Incarnate Word. www.ProjectLifeline.us
Adopt-a-Doll
(an organizational development client and fiscally sponsored project - 2020)
When Lauren Rivera was younger, she loved playing with American Girl dolls. She designed clothes for them, created fun videos and took them everywhere. She wanted to share this happiness with young girls who are experiencing a difficult time in their lives. Since seventh grade, Lauren has been volunteering at Family House with Oakland Children's Hospital by providing meals to the families staying there. She saw how challenging it can be when a loved one is sick in the hospital. In addition to providing food, she wanted to do more to help bring a little bit of joy to the kids during this time. When Lauren realized that there were lots of beautiful dolls collecting dust in people's homes, and lots of little girls who would just love the chance to own a special doll, she decided to launch Adopt-a-Doll to bring them all together! Thanks to many generous donors, Adopt-a-Doll has been able to place dolls in new, loving homes with young girls in need. Currently, Adopt-a-Doll partners with organizations such as Family House, Oakland Children's Hospital, Shelter Inc., Shepherd's Gate, and Running with Love to connect with new adoptive "moms". www.adoptadoll.org
Digital Safari Innovation Project - Concord, CA
(an innovation initiative - 2004-present)
For over 20 years, the Digital Safari Academy - a multimedia career academy at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA - has been developing and refining innovative project-based learning strategies including the Innovation Project, a highly successful multi-discipline project-based learning program that integrates entrepreneurship with economics, english and multimedia curricula. The Innovation Project culminates with the annual Digital Safari Innovation Fair (14 years!) - an exciting "tech expo" and business plan competition for student-run companies with scholarships awarded to winning teams. The Fair is co-sponsored by the City of Concord, the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce and the Campbell Foundation. Praxis is actively seeking channels for taking the Academy's Innovation Project Model to other schools. www.InnovationFair.org
Sustainable Bay Area Network - San Francisco Bay Area
(an organizational development client - 2017-present)
Founded in May 2017, the Sustainable Bay Area Network works The Sustainable Bay Area Network (SBAN) is a casual association of “sustainable community” organizations around the San Francisco Bay Area. These organizations are communities of citizens, educators, innovators, and organizations designing and building pathways to ecologically sustainable, economically vibrant, and socially just communities for all. Praxis also developed and hosts SBAN's website. www.SustainableBayArea.org
Sustainable Contra Costa - Contra Costa County
(an organizational development client - 2009-present)
Sustainable Contra Costa is a non-profit organization working to create more sustainable communities in Contra Costa County. SCOCO community activists are part of a growing coalition of individuals, families, businesses and organizations who are committed to making personal changes toward more sustainable living and working while also addressing broader issues and practices that affect our communities. Praxis is providing organizational and technical support and served as its fiscal sponsor in 2011. SCOCO is now an independent 501(c)(3) organization. www.SustainableContraCosta.org
