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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6% of Oakland residents are living in poverty. Giving Circles are groups of individuals who pool their donations so that they can have a greater impact. Start a Giving Circle to fund local organizations.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Groups like Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice located in Oakland, California, working on the front lines of the reproductive justice movement. And Social Justice Leadership, a group that offers tools and trainings to grassroots organizers in New York City. Cross posted from BlogHer.

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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? SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We place ourselves in the social justice work here in the Bay Area as a training center.

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AUGUST 8, 2008

Accessing sustainable food is easier with for mobile access to databases (Seafood Watch), delivery of hyper local foods (Spud.com), online links for farmers and buyers (Roots of Change), and maps of food grown in your neighborhood (Forage Oakland). Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? including finding a small group of people to support you in your process. The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that facilitates the power of small community groups to create social change. The small group.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. People have organized group gives in Atlanta, Houston, a couple times in Los Angeles, and it will happen tomorrow in San Francisco, that as a group we get together and give away roses to strangers. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge

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