← News & Resources Blog All Class 54 Class 55 CALF Events Life Long Learning DC Exchange Blog Articles Class 55 Learning to Wobble: What San Rafael Taught Me About Leadership By Kiaran Locy Reuniting after a summer break felt like the first day of school, but the kind where you’re heading into junior year, know the ropes, and are genuinely… Blog Articles Class 55 Casting a Vision: Navigating California’s Water Future with Curiosity and Connection By: Morgan Campbell, Class 55 A blast of dry heat hits me as I open my truck door in Los Banos, reminiscent of opening an oven door. As I step… Blog Articles Class 55 Finding Your Voice in the Central Coast There is something disarming about San Luis Obispo. Maybe it’s the rolling hills still green from winter rains, or the way Cal Poly sits at the edge of the city… Blog Articles National Class 55 Weaving Twenty-Four Loose Threads into one Leadership Tapestry On the final afternoon of our Washington, D.C. seminar, Class 55 scattered across the National Mall on a leadership quest. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture,… Class 55 Blog Articles Seeing and Influencing the Systems That Shape Agriculture One of the most meaningful takeaways from our time in Washington, D.C. was learning to focus on the systems that shape outcomes in agriculture. Policy, research, agency implementation, and congressional… Blog Articles National Class 55 Fragile Hope Picture a perfect pink haze riding the top of the nation’s capital on a warm April night. Joggers running every direction, protestors filming themselves for some publicity, and Class 55… Blog Articles National Class 55 What Chicago Leaves Behind Chicago is not a city that lets you leave untouched. It has too much to say, too many layers to press into you before you go. By Thursday morning, after… Blog Articles National Class 55 Who Tells Your Story? Chicago doesn’t let you stay on the surface for long. We set out that morning with a question that sounded simple at first: what makes something last? In small groups,… Blog Articles National Class 55 Leadership Block by Block Many of us began the morning the way Chicago deserves to be experienced – on foot. We invested a few hours in exploring the Fulton Market District, a recently modernized neighborhood of former warehouses and factories now filled with the kind of energy that only cities generate: good… Load More
Blog Articles Class 55 Learning to Wobble: What San Rafael Taught Me About Leadership By Kiaran Locy Reuniting after a summer break felt like the first day of school, but the kind where you’re heading into junior year, know the ropes, and are genuinely…
Blog Articles Class 55 Casting a Vision: Navigating California’s Water Future with Curiosity and Connection By: Morgan Campbell, Class 55 A blast of dry heat hits me as I open my truck door in Los Banos, reminiscent of opening an oven door. As I step…
Blog Articles Class 55 Finding Your Voice in the Central Coast There is something disarming about San Luis Obispo. Maybe it’s the rolling hills still green from winter rains, or the way Cal Poly sits at the edge of the city…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Weaving Twenty-Four Loose Threads into one Leadership Tapestry On the final afternoon of our Washington, D.C. seminar, Class 55 scattered across the National Mall on a leadership quest. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture,…
Class 55 Blog Articles Seeing and Influencing the Systems That Shape Agriculture One of the most meaningful takeaways from our time in Washington, D.C. was learning to focus on the systems that shape outcomes in agriculture. Policy, research, agency implementation, and congressional…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Fragile Hope Picture a perfect pink haze riding the top of the nation’s capital on a warm April night. Joggers running every direction, protestors filming themselves for some publicity, and Class 55…
Blog Articles National Class 55 What Chicago Leaves Behind Chicago is not a city that lets you leave untouched. It has too much to say, too many layers to press into you before you go. By Thursday morning, after…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Who Tells Your Story? Chicago doesn’t let you stay on the surface for long. We set out that morning with a question that sounded simple at first: what makes something last? In small groups,…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Leadership Block by Block Many of us began the morning the way Chicago deserves to be experienced – on foot. We invested a few hours in exploring the Fulton Market District, a recently modernized neighborhood of former warehouses and factories now filled with the kind of energy that only cities generate: good…