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AUGUST 31, 2008

Today, August 31st, is Blog Day , a day for bloggers to recommend 5 new blogs to their readers, "preferably blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude." Confessions of a Pioneer Woman I heard about this blog at this year's BlogHer Conference. When I travel, I like to visit the local cupcake bakery.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day Art in Action: Youth Leadership Training Program Mission: "Art in Action empowers youth leaders by engaging arts for social change through personal, social, political, and cultural education." Cross-posted from BlogHer. What causes are close to your heart?

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MAY 20, 2009

Yesterday I represented BlogHer on a conference call with bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and Katie Couric. Couric wanted our help getting the word out about the issues being covered in CBS Reports' new series, Children of the Recession.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Change must first happen in the imagination of people before it can take root in a culture. Approaches to change that are about cultivating self-awareness and are grounded in love are the natural immune system response to an organizing culture that is riddled with apathy, despair and burn out. Cross posted from BlogHer.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Last fall, I hosted a Have Fun, Do Good series where 12 bloggers shared how they have fun and do good. Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. They are living the American dream and it’s fun and feels good to support them!

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MARCH 13, 2009

Christmas newsletters and recipes are the social media of their time, and women are the key social nodes of our culture. Panelists: Ken Fisher, Editor-in-Chief , Ars Technica, Alexis Ohanian, Product Manager of Awesome , reddit.com, Drew Curtis, The Member , Fark.com, and Erin Kotecki Vest, BlogHer 10. Great post.

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MAY 10, 2006

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? Their culture. SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. Their method. Their practice.

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JUNE 19, 2009

We found that it became an organizational culture in many ways. Cross-posted from BlogHer. And to also ensure that the lessons that are learned stay learned and are passed down, that we can be very clear about the things that we have done wrong so that we don't do those things again.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

My assumption, because this comes from an indigenous African medicine culture, is that it is related to the moon cycle. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge "Why do you teach it this way?" Because that is how my teacher taught me." I didn't really question the 29 days. by Spirit River Studio.

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JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. The organization's founder, Brande Jackson, took the time to answer my Solutionary Women e-interview questions.

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JUNE 30, 2007

I decided to find out how to bridge the worlds of performance, cultural organizing and radical activism. One of the things for me, in going to protests and demonstrations about different issues, is that I felt that the protests were really boring, dry and preachy, not fun and compelling. It's actually kind of insular and isolated.

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JULY 18, 2007

With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. magazine's daily blog on media and culture.

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