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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

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All that social inequity is really driving me crazy and was brought to the surface by listening to the story of Mily TreviƱo-Sauceda, from the book, about how women and children are still abused in the fields that are growing our food. Everywhere I go and talk about the book, it's so fun to meet a new community of food producers.

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

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Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. 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: Oakland needs more businesses like Numi.

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Have a Cup of Tea with Fear

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I gave this sermon this morning at First Congregational Church of Oakland. . All of those who are led by the Spirit of God are God's children. Anyway, he's been well trained, and says in his mind, over and over, "Fear is the mind-killer.". . So what does that mean, exactly, "fear is the mind-killer?"

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Have a Cup of Tea with Fear

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I gave this sermon this morning at First Congregational Church of Oakland. . All of those who are led by the Spirit of God are God's children. Anyway, he's been well trained, and says in his mind, over and over, "Fear is the mind-killer.". . So what does that mean, exactly, "fear is the mind-killer?"

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

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The arts are a wonderful way to make a difference in the world because they are fun, engaging, and oftentimes help you to tell stories, all key elements to attracting and keeping people involved in a cause. Just an fyi (: Photo taken by me at March 2003 Iraq War protest in Oakland, CA creativity activism art film craft photography music.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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I ended up discovering a program, at New College of California, a couple of years later, when I was producing arts benefits for social change, especially for women and children living with HIV, this was about 1989 and 1990. One will be for mothers who are mourning the loss of their children who died in gunfights in Oakland.

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Mom in the Movement: Lisa Russ of the Movement Strategy Center

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The Movement Strategy Center is a nonprofit organization in Oakland, CA that is committed to advancing the next generation of leaders for a sustainable progressive movement. I think that's a really important question, and we've been very mindful of that, or tried to be. I think we're still on a learning curve.