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Michael Rabkin
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Nonprofit Executive | Strategic Leadership in Fundraising, Governance, and Innovation | Helping Organizations Drive Impact and Deliver Excellence
What gives you hope?

Not what makes you optimistic, but rather gives you the courage to hope?
September 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I think it’s safe to say that Dylan Cease is past his prime. In what universe do the Padres lose to the White Sox?
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The new album from the California Honeydrops is excellent. In one word: luscious. Go listen to it.

open.spotify.com/album/7df0PS...
#music #californiahoneydrops
Redwood Highway
The California Honeydrops · Album · 2025 · 8 songs
open.spotify.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“when the Jewish community’s safety is treated as negotiable, we’re left with no choice. Pride should be a place of healing and inclusion — not one that turns its back on a community in pain.” —Dr. Jennifer Anger, who resigned from Pride as med. director

timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Jewish organizations withdraw from San Diego Pride amid Kehlani controversy
In response to San Diego Pride’s decision to keep Kehlani as a headliner despite her repeated promotion of violent, antisemitic rhetoric, all participating Jewish organizations and synagogues — many o...
timesofsandiego.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Michael Rabkin
San Diego Pride must reject antisemitism and champion true inclusion - Activist Andrea Beth Damsky who speaks out against hate wants Pride to be safe for all - including Jewish people timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: San Diego Pride must reject antisemitism and champion true inclusion
San Diego Pride's decision to feature Kehlani — an artist who has amplified antisemitic rhetoric — has left many LGBTQ Jews feeling excluded and unsafe.
timesofsandiego.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What’s with the haters? Luis Arraez since ‘22:
• MLB-best .331 AVG
• 3 straight batting titles (AL ➡️ NL)
• K rate 5.8 % (league 22%)
• MLB-best 636 hits

Low homers ≠ low impact. Ask pitchers how fun it is to face a human barrel finder. #HitMachine #Padres
June 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Michael Rabkin
🔁 @SammyLev retweeted
@PatrickDLyons In the history of baseball, only four times has a team scored 20+ runs and pitched a shutout.

CLE: 22-0, 9/16/1976
CHC: 21-0, 4/23/2022
NYY: 21-0, 8/13/1939 (G2)
DET: 21-0, 9/15/1901
MIL: 20-0, 4/22/2010

Padres are up 20-0 on the Rockies in the seventh.
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I miss Fred Rogers.

I miss having a national hero who modeled virtues like empathy, humility, compassion, grace, and kindness.

The bullies have stolen the national spotlight. Bravado may be celebrated now, but it is destructive — causing only pain and humiliation.

Let’s move the spotlight.
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Turns out listening to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim is a great way to start the day with calm and clarity amidst the chaos in the world.
February 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM