Kelly Olsen
STEM Girl Power | Teen Podcaster Amplifies Women with Tech Stories
Teen podcaster Aarna Sahu has been reaching young women and girls around the globe through her podcast “Aarna’s News.” On her program she interviews women leaders in the technology industry who have e...
Finding Belonging | Kevin Villegas Inspires LGBTQ+ Youth
Since joining San Jose’s LGBTQ Youth Space Speakers Bureau, 24-year-old Kevin Villegas shares his personal story with other young people about growing up between different worlds and not always being...
Outside the Box | Inspiring LGBTQ+ Youth to Embrace Their Identity
As a queer, agender 19-year-old, Wycoff Higgins wants to connect with other young people about their journey. They volunteer as a public speaker as part of San Jose’s LGBTQ Youth Space Speakers Bureau...
Connect the Bay: Latina Coalition Power Savers
SAVE POWER! Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley is getting the word out to the community about PG&E’s Power Saver Rewards program. This initiative asks households to reduce electricity use at times of...
Connect the Bay: AI Chatbots Decoded
Meet Ameca, the ChatGPT-powered conversational robot at the center of the “Chatbots Decoded” exhibit in Mountain View. The Computer History Museum’s Kirsten Tashev engages Ameca in spontaneous convers...
Connect the Bay: Alebrijes in San Jose
Alebrije invasion! In time for Hispanic Heritage month, downtown San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park and surrounding area has been taken over by eight awesomely huge mythological beasts from the fol...
The Trash Punx
Rock On, Trash Out! San Jose nonprofit The Trash Punx was founded by punk rock drummer Justin Imamura, who brings his outside-the-box enthusiasm and passionate commitment to watershed stewardship to o...
BeautifySJ
When San Jose volunteers feel the need to clean, BeautifySJ is there to supply all the tools and services necessary to facilitate their anti-litter activism. Since trash and waterways are a bad look f...

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