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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. The breakfasts are a great way to learn about a few apps for social good and connect with other like-minded people. The first presentation was from Prashant Singh, the CTO and co-founder of LocalData.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

I grew up in Florida in a pretty narrow-minded, and very closed South Asian community. I was teaching in high schools in Miami and the Bronx and San Francisco for some time, and really wanted to be around young people, especially during their high school years, which I thought was an interesting time of their political development.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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And mind you, they weren't all women who wanted to be journalists. The most powerful impact we found was actually in the women's leadership and influence locally. Just here in the Bay Area we have local things like, Oakland Local , Oakland Seen , and Spot.us. So, we started this program. Last year we piloted it, in 2009.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

So yeah, the local church filed for bankruptcy. between social media and everything else, you now have a network that should not just be in your local area or city where you live. So I think that is something to keep in mind as well, is your employer is even able to. Yes, Cam, 100% personal networks. And obviously you have.

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