Judy's Voice
Personal Essays
Reparations: Yes or no? My family’s dilemma
Los Angeles Times | July 3, 2021
Why Black Folks Are In Such High Demand As TV Weather Forecasters
Still: The Journal | June 2021
The beloved Capitol, a beacon across the river from my Alexandria childhood
Los Angeles Times | January 17, 2021
Interracial friendships can be gratifying, but they’re also complicated
Los Angeles Times | June 27, 2020
SURPRISED THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID-19? I’M NOT
Los Angeles Times | April 26, 2020
As a Black Parent, I Need to Update ‘the Talk’ I Have with My Kids About Police
Los Angeles Times | November 3, 2019
Black People are Better Dressers than White Folks. There’s a Reason
Los Angeles Times | February 17, 2019
One year After San bernadino
The Huffington Post | December 5, 2016
An unspoken barrier to getting more black girls in the pool: the hair factoR
Los Angeles Times | August 23, 2016
Health Shouldn’t Be Based On Where You Live
Los Angeles Times | November 15, 2014
On Sunday, Faith and Freedom
Los Angeles Times | April 7, 2013
A Cycle of Class and Privilege
The Los Angeles Times | 2011
Black Man's Burden
Los Angeles Times | January 16, 2011
Black and White Snapshots
Chicken Soup for the African American Soul | 2004
Big Sky, Open Arms
The New York Times | June 22, 2003
Prison Talk
National Public Radio | 2003
Love with a Tech Weenie
Northwestern University Magazine | 2002
Black and White Snapshots
The Xavier | 2001
Rhododendron ParanoiA
National Public Radio (NPR) | 1992
The Old Old Town
The Washington Post | 1990
Black Killers, Black Corpses: A Survivor’s Story
The Wall Street Journal | l989
BuppieS
San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle | 1985
Short Stories and Poetry
WHAT NAOMI WANTED
Pink Panther Magazine | 2022
MORNING WALK
Untenured | 2022
Swimming lessons ( A Naomi story )
Phoebe Magazine | 2004
BUBBLING UP
The Griffin | 2004
Philanthropy Spotlight
Judy recently served as President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation for nine years, an independent foundation making grants to promote health, wellness education and disease prevention for Californians.
Navigating Place and Space with Judy Belk
Centering Conversations! with Chanda Smith Baker | March 2024
Judy Belk and Debra Nakatomi on leading with lived experience
Can we talk about...? A podcast on leading for racial equity in philanthropy | October 2023
THE HEART OF GIVING PODCAST PT. 1
THE HEART OF GIVING PODCAST PT. 2
BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Give.org | November 23-24, 2020
‘First Step Act’ Aids Newly Released Prisoners, but Philanthropy Is Still Much Needed
Chronicle of Philanthropy | January 17, 2019
Impatience Can Be a Virtue, Too: Rethinking the "How" of Philanthropy
The Center for Effective Philanthropy | December 13, 2016
VOICES: THE POWER TO VOTE IS AWESOME. USE IT
USA Today | October 6, 2016
Guns and Foundation Leadership: A Critique of a Chronicle Column From the California Wellness Foundation’s CE0
Chronicle of Philanthropy | August 18, 2016
Enough! Gun Violence, Promote Wellness
CalWellness | July 8, 2016
ADDRESSING THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC : AMERICA HAS THE WILL; PHILANTHROPY CAN HELP SHOW THE WAY
Grantmakers in Health | March 2016
DON’T BE A WIMP: WHY A NEW FOUNDATION CEO WANTS TO BE THE ‘INFLUENCE LADY’
Chronicle of Philanthropy | October 28, 2015