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3 Ways to Support the Asian American Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

Fabricated societal hierarchies placed on us, such as being labeled “the model minority” — a harmful myth used to divide minority groups and to create the illusion that Asians do not experience the same degrees of hardship as other minorities — have only made it more difficult for our voices to be heard. We see you and we hear you.

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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago. Refurbishment and the Environment. Nor are those rumors anything new.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Tech Soup

Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago. Refurbishment and the Environment. Nor are those rumors anything new.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

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. Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. Climate change is on people's minds.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. Environment aside, from a consumers standpoint it makes a tremendous amount of sense. What's going on?

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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

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I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I ended up going to college, trying to be an architect, because, again, I was one of those honor-roll students.

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day. Nonprofit Website Overview.