
Blum Center Board Member Erica Stone’s Commitment to the Himalayas
Erica Stone, who has served as president of American Himalayan Foundation for close to 30 years, came to her job through an unusual path. After
Erica Stone, who has served as president of American Himalayan Foundation for close to 30 years, came to her job through an unusual path. After
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
When UC Berkeley alumna Anna Sadovnikova launched her successful social enterprise devoted to helping pregnant mothers overcome the challenges of breastfeeding, she never expected that she would need to reinvent the entire program — transforming an in-person breastfeeding simulator into a virtual training program. But that’s what she and her team did this spring.
By Tamara Straus In 2013 Isha Ray, a UC Berkeley professor and international water expert, received a request from UN Women—to determine whether progress on
Screening for blood diseases like Malaria is typically done in a lab by a pathologist. But for many people in developing countries, going to a