Tech Soup
JUNE 21, 2015
Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. LGBT MD was showcased at the most recent Caravan Studios Social Good Apps Breakfast.
Tech Soup
JUNE 10, 2013
Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. ReWrite Oakland. Caravan Studios' Sarah Washburn attended ReWrite Oakland , which focused on rebuilding the Oakland City website to make it easier to use and more accessible. Image 3: ReWrite Oakland, Caravan Studios.
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Tech Soup
JUNE 4, 2014
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. GLIDE is a faith-based homeless services program in San Francisco that supplies hot meals, violence prevention, and education services in one of worst neighborhoods.
Tech Soup
MARCH 9, 2010
Twenty years ago, I was building computer training labs in homeless shelters with no hardware budget. I developed a small refurbishing operation with a bunch of homeless guys who were much better at fixing things than I.
Have Fun - Do Good
DECEMBER 5, 2005
For each item she sells, she donates a scarf or blanket made of recycled polar fleece to an organization that serves people who are homeless or in transition.
Tech Soup
MAY 15, 2015
Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need. The prototype of the software is already being used in five cities, including Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California. Results That Matter.
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 3, 2006
Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues. I was like, "It's cool doing it," but I recognize that regardless of how hard I worked in the homeless shelter, that every day there were more and more people, who were forced to come to the shelter because they had nowhere else to go.
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