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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks. Not just restricted to technology, LOL!'s

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

Have Fun - Do Good

Hospitals need to supplement the traditional "pink lady," with volunteer opportunities for teens, baby boomers, and people in their 20s, 30s, 40s. 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.

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

The primary need, obviously, in our community, West Oakland, is a lack of access to healthy and affordable foods. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime. It's not just for West Oakland; it's for young people throughout the Bay Area. We have a program called, "Collards and Commerce."

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Solutionary Women: Nola Brantley of the Scotlan Youth and Family Center

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Nola is as old as the Center she works for, thirty, and over the past two years, she has become an expert on sexually exploited minors in Oakland and has watched as the population grows. When I asked her why teenage prostitution is so prevalent in Oakland, she said, "Because they can do it here. It can't happen fast enough."

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day. iThrive Games is a nonprofit devoted to developing educational games and resources to help teens reach their full potential. Top Nonprofit Website: iThrive Games. Nonprofit Website Overview.