Through Solace’s Lens: The EJ Disrupt Design Fellowship

The Tishman Environment and Design Center’s EJ Disrupt Design Fellowship was designed to build movement across generations. EJ Fellows bring decades of community organizing, design thinking, and movement-building experience to the Fellowship, and they bring their families and children into the community as well. Over time, these connections have helped create an intergenerational ecosystem where relationships, stories, knowledge, and creative practices are shared across generations.

EJ Movement FellowshipTishman CenterAugust 14, 2026EJ Disrupt Design Fellowship, blog

Report on Furniture Waste in Oakland Reveals Unexpected Findings

I want to share an emerging area of opportunity: furniture waste. A topic that resonates in its ubiquity and infamy.

For 15 months, I documented the street furniture I came across in my SF Bay Area neighborhood and was stunned by what I discovered: over 50,000 pounds of furniture within two miles of my home, of which, 89% was reusable, with about a third needing repair…

Staff WorkTishman CenterApril 13, 2022blog, Featured Staff, wasteComment

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