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Institute Design
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Director Diane Mailey is leading with an innovative approach that puts the Institute at the Golden Gate on a promising path.

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Resources fanned
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Welcome! Whether you’re familiar with the Institute’s previous work or you’re just discovering us, we want to take this opportunity to reintroduce ourselves and give you a sense of what to expect from us in the future.

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Smart Parks Toolkit
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The Institute is examining the role of technology in our parks and public lands as it becomes more embedded in our lives and technology-free spaces become more difficult to find.
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During my fellowship, I had the opportunity to speak with different park professionals and stakeholders, from park police to social service providers, regarding homelessness in the parks. This allowed me to examine the issue from many angles, and one thing I learned is that any approach involves many moving parts.
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The 2017 Homeless Point-In-Time Count and Survey revealed that in San Francisco there is a total of 7,499 homeless men and women, and a staggering 58% of them are unsheltered.
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In January, I went to a workshop on homelessness in parks hosted by the National Recreation and Park Association. After a rich panel discussion, one homeless advocate shared a bit of wisdom that is still sticking with me.

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Selma to Montgomery March
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Parks, like our nation’s history, are far from stationary. They’re fluid, changing with the times and the people infusing new meaning into them.

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Historic voting photo
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Sometimes, visiting National Parks and Monuments can be a triggering experience. Sometimes, it’s a reminder of a painful past. But what can be most painful is not seeing your story anywhere. 

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Home Land Security Exhibit
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The ability to talk about complicated issues in a compassionate, nuanced way is a skill that seems to be atrophying.

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Wellness Trail Event
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Minority communities are almost always on the wrong side of the freeway. This didn’t happen by coincidence; American freeways were planned before our civil rights act.