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Samin Nosrat: Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist

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Her newest project is organizing Chez Panisse Foundation's Eating for Education , a grassroots effort to create national awareness about school kitchen/garden programs. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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Looking for Fun Blogging Gig

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As many of you know, in addition to writing for Have Fun * Do Good, I am also a Contributing Editor, with Beth Kanter , for the Social Change and Nonprofit section of BlogHer. I've been a creative career coach for 10+ yrs, and am the host of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact. Hello Have Fun * Do Gooders!

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How Can You Make An Impact?

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"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America?

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

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At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Full disclosure: I'm the host of Echoing Green's Be Bold podcast. Cross-posted from BlogHer. The key is to turn these moments of opportunity into concrete action." career activism social change

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Notes, Reflections, and People I Met at Podcamp Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love taking a cross disciplinary perspective - education, nonprofit, and corporate. Naming of your blog or podcast - make it generic to your field. Millie Garfield (who I've had the pleasure of meeting at BlogHer) and I had a great talk about our "virtual blogging" friends. I met her through Jane.

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Six Steps to Everyday Activism

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That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. It can be something big, like equal access to education, or small, like healthier lunches at the school down the street.

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast. The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL?