Faithful Fools

Faithful Fool Silena Layne shares her many roles and the meaning of motherhood in her family.

Faithful Fools Leah Laxamana shares her family's holiday traditions in the Philippines and the U.S. over the years.

Silena Layne, a member of our Board and a full time Fool, has a family that has the strongest of bonds and the will to thrive--always!

Part 2: Faithful Fool Leah Laxamana spent APA Heritage Month reflecting on her heritage and getting to know her Tenderloin neighbors.

Faithful Fool Leah Laxamana spent Asian Pacific Heritage Month reflecting on her heritage and getting to know her Tenderloin neighbors.

Our beloved friend and Tenderloin poet Jesse Johnson shares how he has gotten to know Kay and Faithful Fools

Faithful Fool Silena Layne expresses the significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to be on the Supreme Court in her life.

Faithful Fools hosted UC Berkeley students for a week of immersion in the Tenderloin. Learn their thoughts on their experience.

Get to know some of the women who have shaped the life of Faithful Fool, Leah Laxamana.

Black History Budgeting: How to Make a Dollar Out of 15 Cents

Continuing reflections on Black History Month

"Women have always been the beacon of light that kept me on and redirected back to the right path when I strayed..."

Today is the first day of Black History Month and we share with you what it means to Faithful Fool, Silena Layne.

Tomorrow, there will be proof positive. Tomorrow, there will be just a little more daylight . . . there will be an ever-so-subtle knowing...

­It’s all too easy to romanticize the dark as I sit warm and dry in my beautiful comfortable home gazing out at the redwood tree dancing...

Remembering our traditional solstice gatherings, may we soon gather again in person. A table sits in the middle of the room filled with...

Today is the second day of Solstice. Everything is quiet. Shall we tell ourselves a little story about a quiet winter evening like this...

Let's say this poem together And the days are not full enough (take a deep breath) And the nights are not full enough (take another deep...

On December 21st at 7:58 AM (if you are in the Pacific time zone), the northern most tip of the earth will be tilted far away from the...

The year 2021 is coming to a close. The sun is lower in the sky. The northern axis of the earth is tilted away from the sun. For those of...