Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

transparent government advocates are working hard to shed light on campaign finances and influences. Special interest groups with fat pockets can influence campaigns in ways that individual citizens cannot. On a local scale, our neighbors at OpenOakland are exposing the campaign finances of Oakland mayoral candidates.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

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. Climate change is on people's minds. So, we're mindful of that. Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products? Are we being used? We're aware of that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

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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