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Blue Bear School of American Music was founded by a rock band in the early '70's. Why not teach Rock instead of Bach, the Blues instead of Beethoven? Including solid music theory courses along with professional mentoring, electric Band Workshops and Songwriting courses, Blue Bear continues to offer high quality popular music education at affordable prices to music lovers of all ages. Scholarships are awarded annually to promising talent ages 12-22, funded by contributions from individuals, music industry professionals and businesses. Blue Bear has an active outreach programs serving at-risk kids in the Bayview and Tenderloin districts and runs after-school music programs at over 15 sites in San Francisco. Our mission statement is: Empowering people to play the music they love!

At the Buck, we aim to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations. We bring together the most capable and passionate scientists from a broad range of disciplines to study mechanisms of aging and to identify therapeutics that slow down aging. Our goal is to increase human health span, or the healthy years of life. Located just north of San Francisco, we are globally recognized as the pioneer and leader in efforts to target aging, the number one risk factor for serious diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, macular degeneration, heart disease, and diabetes. The Buck wants to help people live better longer. Our success will ultimately change healthcare.

The mission of the Civic Leadership Training Council is to identify, motivate and continually develop new and emerging leaders from business, non-profit, and public sectors to affect change in the quality of civic, cultural, and economic life in Wyandotte County.

Our mission is to develop powerful, selfless, fearless leaders who can thrive in these disruptive times and be a force for positive change. It's time. Never has the need for more awakened leadership been greater or more obvious. For leaders facing into all this change, never have they needed the embodied resilience and non-dual wisdom of Zen leadership more. Our training goes to the bones, transforming leaders from inside out, that they can sense and serve the whole picture from their authentic self. That’s Big.

Extending the reach of Life Coaching to underserved communities in a sustainable way

The Inland Empire Hispanic Leadership Council (IEHLC) is a regional non-profit organization comprised of community leaders who have come together to collaborate in order to improve the quality of life for the Hispanic community in the Inland Empire region. The council has centered its work in the areas of Business, Education & Public Policy.

To provide an equitable collegiate experience to adults with special needs who historically have not had access to college education. Vision: Empowering the Student Body to Creatively Transform the Way the World Perceives Individuals with Disabilities.Mottos:* Creating successful contributing citizens through the arts, health, & wellness.* Lifelong equitable collegiate experience through exposure, education, & friendship.* Showcase Ability!

We match high-potential, under-resourced youth with community mentors and provide collegial experiences to encourage and support students to maximize their leadership and their personal, academic, and future success.

The mission of the Women's Foundation of Southern AZ is to foster equity and opportunity for women and girls. Our vision is a world where women and girls are able to achieve their full potential and pursue their dreams.

Latino Literacy Now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in North San Diego County. The mission of the organization is to promote literacy in the community in all forms: reading, educational, financial, health, and community awareness. We strive to achieve this through partnerships with appropriate other organizations as well as with our own programs. To date, over one million people have been involved in some way with the organization’s programs which are divided among two main program areas: Author Programs, and Education and Literacy Programs.

The Center for Election Science advances smarter electoral systems to improve social good in the public and private sectors by providing scholarship, election-related resources, and informed advocacy.

VoteRiders is a non-partisan non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that all citizens are able to exercise their right to vote. VoteRiders informs and helps citizens to secure their voter ID as well as inspires and supports on-the-ground organizations, local volunteers, and communities to sustain voter ID education and assistance efforts.