Sanaa Thompson covers community development, nonprofit leadership, and social impact with the rigor it deserves from her home base in Oakland, California. After earning her MPA from UC Berkeley, she spent ten years directing programs for a Bay Area workforce development organization. Now she writes for Silver Journal about grassroots organizing, grant writing, and the structural challenges facing mission-driven organizations. Her work amplifies the voices of leaders who rarely make the headlines but effect real change every day. Sanaa is also a trained restorative justice facilitator and brings that lens to her reporting on conflict and collaboration. She spends her Sundays at a local urban farm and her Monday mornings making complex policy feel human.
