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Mackenzie Bolger

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Mackenzie is the CivicSpark Senior Program Manager on the National Service team. She joined LGC in 2016 as CivicSpark Regional Coordinator for Southern California. In this role, she oversaw CivicSpark projects in the region, coordinating and providing training opportunities for Fellows, supporting successful completion of service projects, boosting volunteer and community engagement, and expanding LGC’s…

The Essay of My Life

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November Great Story by Steven Kerns, Southern California Water Fellow My great story for this month has to do with an essay I spent 29 years preparing to write. You see, part of the law-school application process is writing a deeply important personal statement, often without a prompt – “Tell us, in 4 pages who…

Happier Outside

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Story by Evan Pierce, 2014-15 CivicSpark Alum, Sierra Nevada Region The temperature is dropping below freezing as I do my best to get a fire going. I throw a log onto the glowing embers and retreat into the relative warmth of my sleeping bag. My colleagues and I are glad the rain from yesterday has abated,…

Rain

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Story by Olivia Hara, 2014-15 CivicSpark Alumna, Sierra Nevada Region I missed clean clothes, clean hands, and baths. It was the second week our community was completely without water. The little water we had for cooking and bathing was just a few inches from sparse rains in our Jojo tank. Just the day before my host…

Embracing the Unknown

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October Great Story by Gabrielle Ostermayer, 2016-17 Central Coast Water Fellow The day I was offered this fellowship position with the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board was the day before I was set to become homeless. It was a Sunday of all days, September 25th. I saw the email from the Local Government…

Finish Line

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October Great Story by Victoria Hernandez, Bay Area Climate Fellow   Can I survive? I’ve committed to an opportunity, both challenging and rewarding; time to thrive. All uncertainty aside, this is part of being alive. Feeling the rush of crazy schedules and idle moments as I work this 8 to 5. Only you know why…

Melanie Chu

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 Melanie Chu is the Climate Change Project Coordinator for the CivicSpark AmeriCorps Fellowship, which is a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program that aims to tackle climate change and water resource management issues through local government programs and community engagement throughout California. Prior to LGC, Melanie was a CivicSpark fellow for the 2014-15 service year in the…

Saying a Goodbye

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August Great Story by Catherine Campbell-Orrock, Bay Area Fellow I just want to tell you how I’m feeling: finishing up CivicSpark is surreal. For many of the fellows, this is our first full time job. The continuity, the forty hour week–it was all coaxing me into this sense of belonging, like it was going to last…

Words to CivicSpark

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August Great Story by Savannah Speerstra, 2015-16 Central Coast Fellow The CivicSpark year has now come to an end Starting a new job is just around the bend Resume complete, ready to send Hopefully many interviews to attend Trying to find my path in life Hopefully my next steps are not full of strife Maybe,…

Piedmont: City cuts greenhouse gas emissions

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Originally posted in the East Bay Times Monday’s Piedmont City Council meeting began with a city proclamation naming Sept. 19 as “Matt Anderson Day,” thanking the Civic Spark intern for his 11 months of service working with environmental issues. (Laura A. Oda/Staff Archives) PIEDMONT — The city has exceeded its goals by 18.4 percent to…
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