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JANUARY 6, 2006

is about living with integrity in all aspects of your life. Everyone Deserves Music by Michael Franti & Spearhead Yay for Oakland native Michael Franti! Where Is the Love? by the Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake Wow. I never realized Justin Timberlake was on that song.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

They're aware of human issues, both here and abroad, and that somehow drove them all into the position that food was a place where they would be advocating for change through their passion, their life work, and through wanting to celebrate not only communities, but also by becoming activists for changing the way we eat. Back to the models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. My Life With NF in Web 2.0 This panel will explore and discuss the impact of tools like Twitter, Qik, Utterz, Ustream, and more on current and future elections. With snacks!

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MAY 10, 2006

SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We just recently moved to downtown Oakland, and we talk about ourselves as a school to build a movement. And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. So I’m only 26. It’s progressive work in progress.

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JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. If life is a chessboard, content is still king.

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JULY 13, 2008

It's interesting, a man from Oakland is doing a documentary on street recyclers, the people who go around and pick up recycling from all of our bins, and that's how they make their living. AD: Honestly, for whatever reason, I am a human being who feels a lot in my life. [laughs] I love that that is one of the most popular questions.

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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. BB: Can you share a story of how a family's life has been changed for the better by Fair Trade? Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products?

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

We love these map layers for local work, but for nonprofits working across nations these are incredible time savers. ArcExplorer Having access to great maps on your desktop is nice, but how can you take this life changing map with you? Now your simple maps can look very professional with no extra cost or effort.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. A team from Circle of Life , and myself, went around and started studying organizing models. He's the founder of this network called The Purpose-Driven Network based on the Purpose-Driven Life book series.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

Even as these companies rake in massive profits and outperform their more traditional competitors, the life of the platform worker is not getting better. For instance, Uber has transformed the taxi industry in the decade following its inception in 2009,and now dominates 69 percent of the ride-sharing market.

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JUNE 30, 2007

In 1995, I'm giving you my life story; I took a class called Challenging White Supremacy. And as Britt said, I also am the Art and Media Director at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , which is based out of Oakland. One will be for mothers who are mourning the loss of their children who died in gunfights in Oakland.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

The Movement Strategy Center is a nonprofit organization in Oakland, CA that is committed to advancing the next generation of leaders for a sustainable progressive movement. The Center helps to build local, regional, and national networks of young activists, across interests, constituencies and geographies.

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APRIL 25, 2007

To start off, I asked Van to talk about the Ella Baker Center's Reclaim the Future program and how Oakland could become a model green city. People, when you have a lot of crisis in your life, hearing about an even bigger crisis is just depressing. Oakland, among other places, sued, got a four-point-something million dollar settlement.

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JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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