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My 10 Second Bio

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Mocha Mama has launched a "You in 10 Seconds" meme for the bloggers attending the BlogHer Conference next week so that they can learn a tiny bit about each other. Even if you aren't going to BlogHer, you can still continue the meme. Here's my blurb: I grew up in Mystic, CT (the town Mystic Pizza was based on) and live in Oakland, CA.

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Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Echoing Green, Jobs for Change, Julia Cameron and 29 Gifts

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29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life Filling the Well: Giving to Yourself Join My Village: Ladies Home Journal Do Good Challenge Make Someone's Day: Write a Letter Whew! 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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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

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Your mission statement says, "The Fund, a collaborative effort led by several private foundations, springs from a shared belief that cultivating a rich inner life is both a worthy end in itself and an overlooked pathway to heightening the impact, effectiveness, and sustainability of social change initiatives." Cross posted from BlogHer.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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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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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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I have multiple sclerosis, and my life was in a very awful place. I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. A lot of wonderful things have happened in my life. It was reflecting in every area of my life. I was broke. My business hadn't made any money in months. I was too sick to work. Her name is Mbali Creazzo.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. BB: Can you share a story of how a family's life has been changed for the better by Fair Trade? Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products?