Categorized as: Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Women LEAD on April 14, 2018. Related Grantee: Women LEAD.
Women LEAD By Brienne Skees, Program Officer and VP of Research and Data Management We at Skees Family Foundation are always looking for new nonprofit stars that work to alleviate poverty through education or job creation. We were so thrilled when Women LEAD crossed...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: Board Members, California, Family, Suzanne Skees, Working remotely on March 24, 2018.
Suzanne interviewing a local job-creation partner and his employee in Assam, India with Upaya Social Ventures. Arindam (right) and his wife tell their love-and-work story in Chapter 2 of MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World, Book 1, our foundation’s...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Family Engagement, Pacific Aviation Museum on March 10, 2018. Related Grantee: Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Alex Skees, Skees Family Member Let me first introduce myself – my name is Alex (Ali) Skees, I am 29 and one of the oldest of the 3rd generation of the Skees tribe. While I haven’t been on the frontlines of any of our foundation...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: Interns, MY JOB book, My Job videos, Storytelling on February 24, 2018.
MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World is a compilation of vivid first-person accounts of people in unique jobs from a diverse range of cultures and sectors. Never before has such a collection of stories been gathered. Building upon the legacy of Studs...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on January 6, 2018.
Editor’s Note: And so, it is here. A New Year has arrived and for many, this year represents a chance to turn a page and start anew. For our family and for many in our community, 2017 was a year of great loss and turmoil. We meet 2018 with a renewed sense of...Read more