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Apps for Youth, By Youth

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Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

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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. Liberating Ourselves Locally.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

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She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free. Sergio Medina, an attendee from the nonprofit Covenant House in Oakland, California said that events like these are a great way to get connected to the technology community. Crowdfunding Help. Why Nonprofits Should Get Involved in App Development.

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

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Communities need to band together to support their local hospitals to fill in where the traditional resources are not enough by providing service, providing funding, advocating and governing (on Boards of Trustees). She said that there will never be enough resources from current funding sources (i.e.

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

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The primary need, obviously, in our community, West Oakland, is a lack of access to healthy and affordable foods. If we can begin to build that at a local base, we can begin to create jobs that are associated with that new structure that we create. These are a lot more of the sort of peripheral aspects of this problem.

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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. These include: Local events calendar. iThrive Games is a nonprofit devoted to developing educational games and resources to help teens reach their full potential. Top Nonprofit Website: iThrive Games.