Pride in Place with Fred Blackwell
What do we inherit from the places that shape us?
Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, joins Priya to explore the family and community forces that shaped his life. He traces a legacy of activism, service and determination from his grandparents to his childhood in Oakland, where bike rides across dramatically different neighborhoods first sparked his curiosity about who gets to be in the room when decisions are made.
Fred also reflects on what he's chosen to leave behind, what it took to bring more of himself into his work, and what he hopes to pass on to the next generation -…
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