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Friendship, 5-Minutes, Appreciation, Action, Integration, Things: More Reverb 10

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As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. Visit with pal, Gabriela Masala, and her family as they passed through California. What’s your next step? Prompt by Scott Belsky ).

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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

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I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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How I Got Here

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I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. In my first six months, I got to help research and install a temporary exhibition, manage youth and adult programs, start a podcasting program, and learn how to run department budgets. There is lots of room for new voices online.

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How to Make Your Big Vision Real: Jennifer Lee of Artizen Coaching

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Jennifer is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. Below is the edited transcript from my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jennifer Lee from January 22, 2009. I know you particularly work with entrepreneurs and artists, yes? I am an artistic, creative person. I tend to attract that.

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

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for the Big Vision Podcast. 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 in the next six months you have to announce that and make that public. And it'll probably be to Southern California, Los Angeles, next. Yes, definitely.

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Balancing People, Profit & Planet: An Interview with Reem Rahim of Numi Tea

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Obviously, I'm a big fan (: Below is a transcript from my interview with Reem from the Big Vision Podcast. My brother and I started Numi about seven years ago, from here in Oakland, California, and we started in my small apartment up the street, near Piedmont Avenue. Britt: Your training is as a fine artist. Kennedy University.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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Below is an edited transcript of our conversation for the Big Vision Podcast which you can listen to online , or download from iTunes. We host an event series each season at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve?