We had an overwhelming turnout on April 22nd for the screening of Join or Die.…

April’s pub crawl marked the second revival of a cherished tradition—and this time, the theme…

Most of us think of community as something that happens somewhere else—at events, in organizations,…

In Greystones, a town in Ireland of roughly 20k, parents and schools made a collective…

A couple of weeks ago we set out for a familiar destination—the redwood grove up…

As Executive Director of Aqus Community Foundation (501c3), I’ve been invited to the annual Social…

Last November, during a walk through Helen Putnam Regional Park, I came across a posted…

We had a huge turnout for last Wednesday’s annual Nonprofit Gathering and Mixer. It was…

A healthy community, like a healthy watershed, depends on what flows through it—and what we…

Meaningful conversations create the threads in the fabric of community. Petaluma Conversations is a face-to-face…

As many of you know, Aqus Community Foundation launched the Just Join Something campaign last…

The world is fragmenting before our eyes as it is becomes more and more obvious…

Last November we relaunched the famous Petaluma Pub Crawl from 20 years ago as The…

At one of our recent monthly member meetings at the Hermann Sons Hall, I started…

Last February, we hosted a screening of Join or Die, the documentary about the decline…

Reprinted from the original Bohemian Article printed in 2005 By Jordan E. Rosenfeld When it…

This past weekend, Morgan K. and Aqus Café in Petaluma hosted the first Speed-Friending event…

With so many friend visiting Ireland I thought I'd put a list of my favorite…

  In Sonoma County, the financial toll of traditional punitive systems—court costs, incarceration, and school…

It’s no secret that something has gone missing in our public life: the ability to…

I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Suzanne Maggio who is the host…

There’s a consistent and well-documented finding in disaster research: the better you know your neighbors,…

Like many people, I grew up with a deep fear of public speaking. The thought…

We often think of democracy as something that happens at the ballot box. But democracy…

Some twenty years ago, amidst the daily scramble of getting my two boys to school,…