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32 Articles match "2008","California"
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Friday, July 31, 2009
in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big. was a 2008 Knight News Challenge Winner . We launched in November of 2008. Another one that I wanted to do would be, and that I'm actually looking into, is it's California law that if you lay off 50 people or more "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help."
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey. Is it only younger people who are using social media. I answered no. I told the story about posting a video interview
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Friday, January 16, 2009
think that's something I want to leave with everyone is that we have the ability to do many things, not just what is within our categories, or our boxes." --Favianna Rodriguez Below is the edited transcript of a Big Vision Podcast interview from November 13, 2008 with Favianna Rodriguez, a political digital artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California. Utne Reader named Favianna one of their 2008, 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World , and she recently received a Sisters of Fire Award from the Women of Color Resource Center . "I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Reason #258 I'm glad to live in California: Cultural Connections . Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. This week, they hosted "Let Them Be Heard: Visitor Participation in the Museum Experience," featuring four presentations on incorporating visitors' content into museums.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Starting a for-profit in California took me one or two weeks, and I think it's still that fast. Setting up as a nonprofit is not easy. But, setting up a nonprofit and getting 501(c)(3) status can take a year or more and cost ten or twenty thousand dollars (unless you get pro bono legal help). Many folks doing starting up nonprofit work might be better off finding a fiscal sponsor. This is a qualified nonprofit (i.e.,
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Monday, September 22, 2008
It was underwritten with the generous support of The California Endowment t, Edna McConnell Clark , and Robert Wood Johnson foundations. Photo by Fred Dawson
??? Come On In. The Water's Fine. An Exploration of Web
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Friday, November 7, 2008
The Bloggers Unite site has Bloggers Unite for Refugees digital badges you can add to your blog or website, as well as links to information about refugee issues: UK Refugee Services Lutheran Refugee Services Aotearoa-New Zealand Refugee Services United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrant Children Church World Service Immigrant & Refugee Program Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children UNHCR: Protecting Refugees Wikipedia's entry for Refugees Wikipedia entry for Statelessness BBC News: Road to Refugee All kinds of blogs are spreading the
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Friday, January 4, 2008
They can be big things, like I'm thankful that I have a warm, dry place to live in the midst of this crazy California rainstorm, or small things, like I had a really yummy hot chocolate the other day. An activist friend of mine recently asked, "How do you get over it when life is unfair in a really big way?" I told her, "Keep a gratitude journal." I can't remember where I first saw this idea.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
I am on the board of the Zerodivide Foundation, which is an extremely cool foundation serving the underserved of California with technology. We work to transform California communities and the lives of the people who live in them. Board Role and Responsibilities Board Members act in the best interests of the corporation and its mission to serve all of the underserved communities of California, including populations who are We're seeking new board members. ZeroDivideâ„¢ Board of Directors Position Description ZeroDivide is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term commencing on February 1, 2009.
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Friday, November 7, 2008
I just pledged a small amount to fund a story on California's educational system, something I'm very interested i Spot.Us - Community Funded Reporting Intro from Digidave on Vimeo .
I've I've been reading Dave Cohn's blogs or " DigiDave "
for for sometime now and even got a chance to meet him last June at Netsquared where we interviewed each other. (
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Science of Fear , currently on display at the California Science Center. It’s one thing to experience and or be confronted by content that is uncomfortable, either in the form of an exhibition or a program. But what about interactive exhibits that give visitors active roles in the uncomfortable situation? Two examples, both from science museums. The first is Goosebumps!
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Groups like Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice located in Oakland, California, working on the front lines of the reproductive justice movement. In a previous post, Spirituality, Religion and Activism: What's the Connection? , I mentioned the work of the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation . The Fund supports organizations that are using
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008. In the first three months As many folks know, I try to send out quarterly updates on what's new at Benetech. Regular Beneblog readers will know most of this, but it's always handy to pull it together all in one place.
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