The Mesa Refuge

Two of the Mesa Refuge’s best-known alums!

Follow alum Byron Hurt in this new venture!

Mesa alum and friend with wonderful new work. VOTE!

We are proud to claim Susan Anderson as a Mesa Refuge alum!

Right now on KPFA! (a local radio station in Berkeley, CA) https://kpfa.org Caroline Casey interviews Mesa Refuge alums Anna Lappe, Claire Cummings, and Melissa Nelson with Rebecca Spector... The Future of Food: Exploring the Politics, Ethics, and Impacts of Genetic Engineering Based on the recent webinar panel hosted at The New School at Commonweal tns.commonweal.org #commonweal #newschoolcommonweal #futureoffood #realfoodmedia #annalappe #geneticengineering #GMO

Moral Courage Fellow Dahlia Lithwick

At the Mesa Refuge, Mother Mary stands at the center of the rose garden, which contains many deities. We add a new rose for every mother whose life we want to remember and celebrate.

Three Mesa alums together!

The view from the Mesa Refuge, the edge of the North American tectonic plate, looking over the San Andreas Fault to the Inverness Ridge. Always inspirational! Favored by Red-Tailed Hawks.

This is a new world we’re living in, and in response we’re bringing more news about Mesa Refuge to you: We’ll be sending a monthly update on the months in between our quarterly newsletter. This month: Alums on the Front Lines Meet Rupa Marya, MD; Manuel Pastor; andSavala Trepczynski, all working on the front lines in racism, immigrant reform, and Black Lives Matter. New video from Mesa board treasurer and alum Stan Yogi about how easy it can be to remember Mesa Refuge i...n your legacy planning. Upcoming events Our September writing circle is filled, but join us in November for a presentation about using archives to tell new stories. More events coming soon! Greetings, from the Garden Do you miss the Mesa Refuge gardens? We do. Read a short update with photos from the garden in September. Ready the whole update here: tinyurl.com/MesaSeptember #mesarefugevoices #alumsonthefrontlines #mesarefuge #rupamarya, #manuelpastor, #savalatrepczynski