Metta Fund Announces $1.7M in Grants to Address Social Isolation in Older Adults

Today, San Francisco-based Metta Fund announced twenty-three grants totaling $1,690,000 to advance the health and wellness of older adults. As people live longer – well into their 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond — older adults have come to represent our nation’s fastest growing population group. In San Francisco alone, nearly 30% of residents will be age 60 or … Continued

I’m the youngest of four siblings in an African American family that migrated from East Texas to California in the 1940s in search of a better life — away from Jim Crow, away from regional, arcane laws and limited access to economic opportunity. Upon arrival in California, our family first landed in Richmond, California before … Continued