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Feel Good Dance Fun

Have Fun - Do Good

I read this article about gospel aerobics in the Oakland Tribune after Christmas and thought it was great. As one student says, "It's a whole approach that the body is your temple as opposed to 'Thin is in,'" John says. I really think exercise classes that reinforce positive body image should be a requirement for girls in school.

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3 Ways to Support the Asian American Community

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This is just step one in creating a healthy, equal environment. . Compassion in Oakland : Compassion in Oakland provides Oakland Chinatown with resources for promoting safety and community through elder chaperoning and community outreach. We see you and we hear you. About the Author. Kaitlin Lee.

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Hospital Volunteering: 3 Things You Didn't Know & How the Web Can Help

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For example, after our conversation, I checked out the volunteer opportunities at one of my local hospitals, the Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland. interview college students via the web so that they can be interns when they come home for the summer). online marketing). Interviews (i.e Orientations and trainings (i.e.

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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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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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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. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem. Climate change is on people's minds.