Meet Our Spring Writers-on-the-Edge! Week One
May 8, 2024
This week we launch our $75,000 spring fundraising campaign by introducing you to two incredible alums who are advocating for change in our criminal legal […] ...
Indigenous Knowledges Holder Circles in 2024
February 5, 2024
Thanks to funding from the Indigenous Knowledges Holder Fund (IKHF), a sister fund to Tamalpais Trust, a new cohort model will support Indigenous knowledge holders […] ...
Mesa Refuge Alum/Board Member Finalist in National Book Awards
January 30, 2024
Susan Kiyo Ito, Mesa Refuge alum and board member, has been named a finalist in the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards. The awards, founded […] ...
Leading Edge Cohort Find Inspiration at Mesa Refuge
October 16, 2023
This year we welcomed Leading Edge Fellows including Cat Brooks, Malkia Devich Cyril, Shimica Gaskins and Chaney Turner for week-long residencies at the Mesa Refuge. […] ...
Gratitude, as Our Founder Steps Down
September 20, 2023
After 25 years of visionary leadership, our founder, Peter Barnes, has stepped down from the board. Peter wrote his first book while living on a […] ...
Announcing the Sacred Advocacy Fellowship
August 17, 2023
We are proud to announce a new fellowship at the Mesa Refuge: the Toby Symington Sacred Advocacy Fellowship! This fellowship supports writers who are advocates […] ...
Tannenbaum Fellow in Residence this Summer
July 21, 2023
Tannenbaum Fellow in Residence this Summer This summer, we welcomed back our third Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellow at the Mesa Refuge: Duane Horton. Duane […] ...
This Week, Meet Our Founder, Peter Barnes
June 12, 2023
Our planet, our democracy and our society are all teetering on edges. In such a world, we more than ever need refuges for sanity and […] ...
This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Lisa Morehouse
June 5, 2023
Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Lisa Morehouse “The folks at Mesa Refuge took a chance on me. […] ...
This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Alex Park
May 29, 2023
Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Alex Park “When I applied to the Mesa Refuge, it had only […] ...
This week, meet Alum Raha Jorjani
May 21, 2023
Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Alum Raha Jorjani “As a society, we tout holding people accountable for harming others, but […] ...
Spring Campaign Launch! Meet Shimica Gaskins
May 15, 2023
Mesa Refuge writers and activists focus on pivotal issues facing our world—from healthcare, reproductive rights and mental wellness to mass incarceration, homelessness and the global […] ...