CM Messages

Each July, National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed in order to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face in receiving mental health in the United States. In recent years, this has been especially important because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made [...]

Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day and Jubilee Day, is always a time to celebrate. This annual holiday marks the day that slaves were finally freed from Galveston, Texas, despite the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed by President Abraham Lincoln two years earlier. Although Juneteenth has been celebrated [...]

We write to you with hands on hearts in light of multiple events, most recently the school shooting in Texas. We also believe that we have been collectively and individually navigating multiple experiences of systemic, racialized, and patterned violence from Buffalo, New York, to Palestine to Orange County, California, and [...]

May marks the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This annual observance is a celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in the United States and has been celebrated in its current form since 1992. "The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration [...]

Angel Villalobos is a problem solver. Talk with him for a while and it will quickly become clear that when a challenge presents itself, his evaluation background shines through: he is quick to cut to the core of the problem and suggest solutions. However, he makes sure to do so [...]

With deep-rooted devotion to causes like environmental care and community access to healthy foods, it almost goes without saying that Lauren Vargo carries equity as a core value. We’re pleased to announce that Lauren has joined the Change Matrix (CM) team as a change consultant! She brings with her valuable [...]