02/17/2026
We need more than a Valentine’s Day–Vox is experiencing a whole SEASON of self-love and team fellowship! We spent last week at the grantee partner gathering and over the weekend with our fantastic coaches, both connected with The Lenny Zakim Fund.
ID 1: Voxers at The Lenny Zakim Fund grantee gathering in front of a blue backdrop. Smiling from left to right from : Sam Gould, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman with salt and pepper hair, who wears a purple blouse, purple leather jacket, purple f***y pack across her shoulder and Vox lanyard. Christopher Robinson, an African-American man with black hair, medium locs, and a seasonal beard wears purple glasses, a lilac shirt, beige sportcoat, grantee lanyard and VOX pin. Teddy Hendricks, an Indigenous man with short white hair wears a purple dress shirt, shiny purple tie, grantee partner lanyard and some of his black pants show. Maria Hendricks, a brown-skinned Afroindigenous woman with curly black hair in braids wears purple earrings, purple shiny print blouse, dark zip up jacket, grantee partner lanyard and some of her dark pants show, with an orange and yellow manicured hand on hip.
ID 2: Maria and Sam in a blue lit area at the gathering standing in front of lit up marquee letters that stand 4-feet tall on the ground, spelling out “LZF30” for 30 years of The Lenny Zakim Fund. The letters are lit up with photos of past and present grantee partner organizations in action shots and group photos. Maria’s black heeled boots, and Sam’s black combat boots and black skirt and leggings in view.
ID 3: Vox staff and board members with its strategy coaches in a conference room with stained glass windows behind/above them. Smiling from left to right: Kristin Johnson, a Deaf white woman with short brown hair wears a lilac turtleneck, silver shell pendant necklace, Vox jacket, and black pants with hands behind her back. Ej seibert, a a light-skinned mixed race nonbinary person with dark brown eyes wears a brown beanie, two-toned round blue glasses, a mustard hoodie scarf, brown shirt, blue pants and timberland boots with hands behind their back. Sam wears a purple Vox zip up with purple pants and purple sneakers, one hand resting on her stomach. Marianne Yoshioka, a mid-aged Japanese woman with salt-and-pepper hair worn shoulder length with an undercut wears a white shirt, gray cardigan, brown belt, jeans and dark boots, hands held in front of her. Maria wears purple glasses and purple Vox jacket throwing up a peace sign. Ingrid O’Dell, a tall white woman with auburn hair, blue eyes and freckles wears a purple turtleneck and black pants. Olivia Reinebach, a Hard of Hearing mixed Latina with olive skin and dark curly brown hair in a bun wears lilac glasses, red beaded heart earrings, a purple Vox shirt, black sweatpants and a magenta scarf around their waist with hands at their sides. Christopher wears a gray beanie, purple glasses, purple Vox shirt, black belt and leans into the group.
