Serving San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties

SPEECHES & ARTICLES

Speeches and articles by Silicon Valley Community Foundation staff are available in a downloadable .pdf format by simply clicking on the publication title below.

We welcome your questions and comments to info@siliconvalleycf.org.

Speeches

Global Citizenship and Social Justice (2008) (PDF)
Commencement Address by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., to the 2008 graduates of University of California, Santa Barbara.

An Endangered Species in Desperate Need of a New Generation of Leadership (2008) (PDF)
Commencement Address by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., to the 2008 graduates of Morehouse College.

A Vision for Silicon Valley Community Foundation (2006) (PDF)
Remarks by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., CEO and president at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Community Foundation Silicon Valley

Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility to Social Equity Investing: A Business Case for Action (2006) (PDF)
Speech by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. to the League of Corporate Foundations in the Philippines

Articles

Does Race still matter? PRO: Obama nod doesn’t mean racism’s dead, gone
Written by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.; appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 8, 2008

CON: Racism not dead, but socioeconomics is the bigger issue
Written by Cynthia Tucker; appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 8, 2008

The Black and Brown Divide: What Is It, What’s Causing It, and What Can Philanthropy Do About It (2006) (PDF)
Written by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.; appeared in Perspectives, a publication of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Beyond Relief and Recovery, by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. (2006)
Written by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.; discusses philanthropy’s biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Presentations

Presentation by CEO and President Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, July 22, 2008

Statement (PDF)
San Mateo County Impact (PDF)
Press Release: Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards Grants Within San Mateo County (PDF)
Grants In San Mateo County Jan. 1, 2007 – July 15, 2008 (PDF)
San Mateo Conference Center Monthly Usage Reports Jan. – July 2008 (PDF)