Apr 11, 2019 | CVCF News, Scholarships
unsplash-logoLonely Planet By Laura Ramos, Community Engagement Associate The Central Valley Community Foundation manages over 30 scholarships annually. These opportunities are funded by local individuals, families, businesses and organizations that have acted on a...
Mar 28, 2019 | C.O.R.E. Initiative, CVCF News, This Day Fresno
By Elisabeth Parra, CVCF Intern In 2012, Richard Burrell, founder and CEO of Live Again Fresno (LAF), and his wife Roxanne Burrell went to Parkway Drive and what they found touched their hearts and changed lives for years to come. When the Burrell’s first went to the...
Oct 18, 2018 | Arts and Culture
Orlando Gomez was born and raised in Fresno, a place he will always call home, despite leaving at various times to pursue career opportunities. He has run his own production company, Stellar Lense Productions, Inc. for over 13 years and appreciates the opportunities...
Oct 17, 2018 | Arts and Culture
Carissa Garcia is an interdisciplinary artist who approaches her work as a storyteller and poet. She considers herself a “greñuda filmmaker”, working on untamed methods of documenting and reversing erasure as a decolonial means of creating and recuperating knowledge....
Oct 16, 2018 | Arts and Culture
For most of us, rock bottom exists only in the deepest corners of our imagination; a nightmare scenario that fuels our fears and motivates our actions. We learn to spend our lives building safety nets to prevent such tragedies. But for those who have watched their...
