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Nov 19, 2025 | Church News • Foundation News
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Kamaria J. Ventura, MLIFE Co-Founder and Vice President of Programs. All are invited to celebrate her life this Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Ingleside Presbyterian Church at 11 AM.
Oct 10, 2025 | Foundation News • Foundation Event
Your generosity opened doors: 15 San Francisco youth traveled to Kenya to discover identity, culture, and leadership, while hundreds more thrived in MLIFE programs in Kilifi, Nairobi, and Accra. Come, and hear their stories on center stage.
May 6, 2025 | Foundation News
MLIFE launches a 30-day campaign to send 15 San Francisco youth on a heritage trip to Kenya that redefines identity, purpose, and leadership.
Nov 12, 2024 | Foundation News • Foundation Event • Program - Ecclesia
The 7th Annual MLIFE Gala celebrated founder Mwangi Mukami’s 40th birthday this past Saturday and has raised $73,600 toward a $400,000 goal to empower youth.
Aug 15, 2024 | Foundation News
Join us for a night of tribute and celebration! Learn about our founding story as we salute our founder, Mwangi Mukami, on his 40th birthday celebration.
Aug 1, 2024 | Foundation News
Join us for a night of tribute and celebration! Witness the impact of your giving – empowering our community here and abroad.
Jul 17, 2024 | Foundation News
In response to the ongoing political unrest in Kenya, MLIFE has suspended in-person meetings in Nairobi and Kilifi, including the Human ‘24 and 2024 MLIFE Heritage Tour.
May 16, 2024 | Foundation News • Program - Spaces Of Grace
Celebrate Youth Ambassadors Presenting Africa! Join us on June 22, 11 am. Be inspired by our journey, witness empowerment in action, and encourage our youth to be their best.
May 16, 2024 | Foundation News • Program - Spaces Of Grace
MLIFE’s 2024 cultural odyssey to Kenya begins on July 26 and ends on August 5. California youth will explore their roots, break barriers, and create lifetime connections. Support us to make this dream a reality.
May 16, 2024 | Foundation News • Program - Ecclesia
Human ‘24 brings truth-tellers, spiritualists, rebels, and leaders in for-profit and non-profit organizations for three days of storytelling, leadership development, networking, and building lifelong connections to create systems change.
Jan 1, 2024 | Foundation News • Program - Spaces Of Grace
Highlights from MLIFE’s, Mwangi Mukami’s interview on KRON4's Live in the Bay to learn about MLIFE's Black Renaissance project, transforming intercultural understanding, nurturing leadership, and empowering Black and brown youths across California.
Sep 7, 2023 | Foundation Event • Foundation News • Church Event
Join us this November 11, for our 6th Annual MLIFE Fundraising Dinner & Award Ceremony, a special occasion where we honor Mwangi Mukami's 39th birthday and those who've played a significant role in MLIFE's journey.
Jul 27, 2023 | Foundation News • Foundation Event
MLIFE Foundation’s Leaders of Openness, Virtue, and Empathy (MLOVE), will host "The Future is Human Retreat" from July 31 through August 2, 2023, at the Savelberg Retreat Center on Muringa Rd, Off Elgeyo Marakwet Rd.
Apr 17, 2023 | Foundation News
Jennifer Carolyn King, president of Rugged Elegance Foundation, announced today that Rugged Elegance would sponsor the first three of the fifteen youths chosen for MLIFE’s Life-Changing Trip to Nairobi, Kenya, in June this year.
Feb 17, 2023 | Program - LEAP • Foundation News
The NIE enables students access to Kenya’s periodicals, the Daily Nation and Taifa Leo, and the New York Times Learning Network.
Feb 14, 2023 | Foundation News
MLIFE announces a new collaboration between MLIFE and the County Government of Muranga in Kenya today.
Nov 29, 2022 | Foundation News
The drought in Kenya has impacted 900,000 school-going children. Kids in our program are dropping out because they are too hungry to learn due to prolonged drought. There're ways you can help.
Nov 5, 2022 | Church Event
We are turning five this year! Join us as we celebrate our work and impact in the Bay area, California, and Nairobi, Kenya.
Oct 25, 2022 | Foundation Event • Church News
MLIFE's president, Mwangi Mukami, shared his upbringing and passion for education in disinvested communities with Olivia Horton on Live! in the Bay.
Sep 30, 2022 | Foundation News
Built off the successful model of similar programs conducted by MLIFE in Kenya, The Healing Circle is a 1-year program for Black-identifying youth in the Tenderloin, Mission, and Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhoods for healing, empowerment, arts, and leadership.
Jul 22, 2022 | Foundation Event
Juja, Kenya – MLIFE Foundation broke ground on Monday to construct the MLIFE Center, a cutting-edge Transitional Age Youth Hub, in Juja, Kenya.
Jul 21, 2022 | Church News • Liturgy
The things that were once a contradiction empowered me to find Moses, amplify others, leverage my social capital, and become....
Jul 20, 2022 | Church News • Liturgy
My Grindr date is a worship leader too. We are praying together, and I am comforting him some more...
Jul 12, 2022 | Foundation News • Program - MLOVE
MLIFE launched The Future is Human Symposium in Vegas, Nevada, in 2017 as the Summer Leaders’ Summit (SLS)...
Jun 28, 2022 | Foundation News • Program - LEAP
San Francisco, California – MLIFE Foundation today donated 12 laptops to San Francisco’s Black young leaders in partnership with Project Level...
Jun 1, 2022 | Church News • Liturgy
Twelve years ago, I wrote my coming-out letter. I told my family and close friends that although I was bisexual and straight-passing...
May 11, 2022 | Foundation News
San Francisco, California – MLIFE Foundation received a $20,210 grant from the Rugged Elegance Foundation (REF) to support its general budget and operations.
Jan 3, 2022 | Foundation News • Program - LEAP
San Francisco, California – MLIFE Foundation today announced that the Homeless Children's Network had provided a $10,000 grant to support its...
Jan 2, 2021 | Liturgy • Church News
One hundred years ago, the British Empire ruled 1 in 4 people globally in a month such as this. In perspective...
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
