Denmark Diaz
Denmark Diaz is the Men’s Health & Sexual Violence Prevention Educator at San Francisco State University – Health Promotion and Wellness.
Dana Cilono
Dana Cilono is the Director of CARES for Learning “With the majority of children of color across the country lacking the privileges and power that education should provide, leveling the…
Xavier Buster
Xavier Buster is the Director, Alumni Engagement at Teach for America. “Surge by definition is a rush of power that shifts from one side to another, and that power shift…
Elaina Amos
Elaina Amos is an Assistant Principal at Oakland Unified School District. “I want to be in a community with other people of color to talk about the blatant racism written…
Welcome the 2021 Surge Oakland Cohort!
“Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.” ― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements It is incredible to think that over two…
August 2020 JuDonne Hemingway
August 2020 2019 Surge Chicago Alum JuDonne Hemingway will be moderating at the 2020 InnoPower Minority Business Conference. She will be a part of a discussion on “Education CEOs: The…
August 2020 Sonya Mehta
2018 Surge Oakland Alum Sonya Mehta was featured on an episode of on PRI’s The World! She, along with others, spoke with reporter Rupa Shenoy about how they feel as…
August 2020 Cristina Marquez
2020 Surge Academy Kansas City Alum, Cristina Marquez, has recently accepted a new role the Founding Social Worker at Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy.
August 2020 Ulric Shannon
August 2020 2020 Surge Chicago Fellow Ulric Shannon has been accepted into the The Chicago Urban League’s IMPACT Leadership Development Program for emerging African-American Leaders in Chicago.
August 2020 Ty-Licia Hooker
“It takes a village, and our babies need the excellence and support that you have to offer.” 2019 Surge Oakland Alum Ty-Licia Hooker has recently published her first article in…