I need to stop holding my cell phone up to my ear ... need to start using my hands-free device.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Picturing the Power & Potential of Women around the Globe
art: International Minerals, Ltd. Arusha, Tanzania, 2008. Mixed media photography collage by Mathilde Jansen
Picturing Power & Potential is the latest special project of Economica: Women and the Global Economy, and features photographs of women around the world exercising their power as change-agents in the global economy.
The organizers received hundreds of images from artists around the world. The jury chose 55 works from 20 global photographers to be displayed online and at San Francisco City Hall.
The exhibition will be on view on the ground floor of City Hall June 15 to August 27, 2010. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 8am - 8pm. Admission is free.
art: Kutch. Gujarat, India. 2007. Medium format. By Ariko
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Jason & Tristan on their passion for the Ocean. With Surfrider CEO Jim Moriarty.
photo: Tristan Prettyman & Jason Mraz, by Jim Moriarty.
One of my favorite songs "All I Want for Christmas is Us" was co-written by Tristan Prettyman & Jason Mraz in 2005-ish. Yeah, a Christmas song in June ...
"Wishing for you is like wishing for snow in Southern California."
A studio version is available for purchase somewhere, but I can't find it right now. In the meantime here's a live recording of the song that you can stream, since the video above isn't the full song.
I was prompted to post this today because Surfrider Foundation CEO Jim Moriarty did a great podcast interview with Tristan and Jason recently about their passion for the ocean, surfing and the Gulf spill. You can listen to the interview here, on Jim's blog.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Go Team USA! Love Cullen Jones!
Thanks to Nancy Merritt, a former member of the Lehigh Swimming Team, and the Director of Lehigh Student & Young Alumni Programs, who told me about this!
According to this May 2010 Wall Street Journal story, the USA Swimming 2010 diversity study found that 70% of African American children and 58% of Hispanic children report low to no swim ability.
Since 2007, the USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash program has taught basic swimming skills to 325,000 kids. The program gets a lot of support from Team USA Gold Medalist swimmer Cullen Jones, an African-American whose mother made him learn to swim after a near-drowning at age 5.
LOVE Cullen! Here's a recent interview with him:
Cullen's story was told in this 2007 film "Parting the Waters" - check out the synopsis and then the trailer:
Not sure where to find the full-length film.
Here's the official website for the film. Not much info there, though - check out this Facebook page for more info.
According to this May 2010 Wall Street Journal story, the USA Swimming 2010 diversity study found that 70% of African American children and 58% of Hispanic children report low to no swim ability.
Since 2007, the USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash program has taught basic swimming skills to 325,000 kids. The program gets a lot of support from Team USA Gold Medalist swimmer Cullen Jones, an African-American whose mother made him learn to swim after a near-drowning at age 5.
LOVE Cullen! Here's a recent interview with him:
Cullen's story was told in this 2007 film "Parting the Waters" - check out the synopsis and then the trailer:
Parting the Waters from Louise Rosen on Vimeo.
Not sure where to find the full-length film.
Here's the official website for the film. Not much info there, though - check out this Facebook page for more info.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
I guess it's OK for Kids to Play in, but not Wildlife
Filmed during the afternoon of June 23rd on a Florida beach:
Grabbed it from this Fast Company June 24 article.
Grabbed it from this Fast Company June 24 article.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Transforming Lives $40 at a Time
Dana Whitaker spent 3 years traveling the world meeting and collecting stories about women microentrepreneurs. She wrote a book about it Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo, which was published in 2007.
from Amazon:
The book is filled with vivid color photographs and stories (based on interviews) bringing readers face-to-face and heart-to-heart with some of the world's poorest women (and a few men) from 13 countries on five continents who, through relentless hard work and microfinance, are pulling their families and entire communities out of poverty's dehumanizing grip.
I need to go check it out ... Book Passages at the Ferry Building carries it. I'll be there during my lunch break next week.
Her suggested reading list looks good, too.
from Amazon:
The book is filled with vivid color photographs and stories (based on interviews) bringing readers face-to-face and heart-to-heart with some of the world's poorest women (and a few men) from 13 countries on five continents who, through relentless hard work and microfinance, are pulling their families and entire communities out of poverty's dehumanizing grip.
I need to go check it out ... Book Passages at the Ferry Building carries it. I'll be there during my lunch break next week.
Her suggested reading list looks good, too.
It's all Happening ... in Kibera
Got home from Sparkseed's awesome ARE YOU DANGEROUSLY AMBITIOUS? Happy Hour last night and after turning on my laptop, first thing I did was look up the video for The Script's "Breakeven." (If you listen to pop radio then you know it; currently #15 on Billboards Pop Singles chart.) Took me a while to locate the video because I thought it was an Adam Lambert song. My excuse? I haven't followed American Idol since the night in May 2008 that my favorite, David Archuleta lost to David Cook:)
But I digress.
After bopping along to Katy Perry's video for "California Gurls" I moved onto an email thanking me for volunteering at Do Something's Social Action Boot Camp this past Saturday. The email mentioned that Do Something will be announcing the winner of their $100k grant, as a part of a live show on VH1 on July 19th at 6 pm. I clicked on a link in the email, and a few clicks later found myself on a Do Something website reading about The Kibera School for Girls and Shining Hope Community Center, founded by Jessica Posner, Wesleyan '09 and Kennedy Odede, '12.
Here's an interview Wesleyan did with Jessica and Kennedy, where they talk about their venture and how it came to fruition:
I like this from Jessica: "We have a responsibility to the world because we went to Wesleyan, you know we got this type of education and we should use that to reinvent, reimagine how things are."
I found Jessica and Kennedy's organization on Facebook and saw that Jessica and Kennedy are in Echoing Green's 2010 fellows class! How did I miss them when I was blogging about the fellows 24 hours ago?
Their Echoing Green video:
By reading about Jessica and Kennedy, I learned that Kibera, the home of their venture, is the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya and the second largest urban slum in the world. It's home to 1.5 million people, yet it's smaller than the size of NYC's Central Park.
Kibera seems to be everywhere, this week.
Last Tuesday PBS showed the Acumen Fund documentary "The Recruits", which I recently blogged about. I watched it online this past weekend. It profiles 3 Acumen Fund fellows, including Suraj Sudhakar, a native of Mumbai, India. As an Acumen Fund fellow, Suraj worked with Ecotact, a Nairobi, Kenya-based sanitation company. In "The Recruits" Suraj visits Kibera and encourages Ecotact founder David Kuria (an Ashoka Fellow himself, I just discovered) to build toilets in Kibera. It was a great eye opening film, and the first time I'd gotten that close to Kibera.
While I had never seen a video tour of Kibera, I was recently involved with a community project that benefits the community.
While attending my friend Lesley's baby shower three weekends ago in Monterey County, I learned that one of her fellow teachers, Caitie Ireland, was about to leave for Kenya, to volunteer at the Daraja Academy of Kenya. Caitie and I caught up at the party, and a few minutes into our conversation I found myself volunteering to collect women's running shoes for the secondary students at the private boarding school for girls - Kenya's first. Some of the students at the school are from Kibera.
After emailing a few select Bay Area fellow runners, and posting it as my "status update" on Facebook, I collected 50+ pairs of women's running shoes in less than 2 weeks from many friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends' co-workers!
Caitie and I met up for a hike at Big Basin Redwood State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California on Sunday, so that I could give her the shoes I'd collected. She shipped them to Kenya a few days ago, and is now enroute to the Daraja Academy of Kenya.
photo: myself and Caitie with some of the shoes destined for the Daraja Academy
photo: me with some of the shoes
So that was my tiny contribution and brush with Kibera.
But now, Kibera is everywhere - late last night, thanks to Facebook, I stumbled upon an article about a solar power project set for Kibera, related to the World Cup.
Also thanks to Facebook yesterday I learned about this TED video: Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums. I admit I haven't had a chance to watch it, yet.
Also just found out that Suraj organized a TEDx for Kibera last fall. Check it out here.
I am certain that there are many other ventures either already underway or planned for Kibera ... Jessica, Kennedy, Caitie, and Suraj just got me started:)
But I digress.
After bopping along to Katy Perry's video for "California Gurls" I moved onto an email thanking me for volunteering at Do Something's Social Action Boot Camp this past Saturday. The email mentioned that Do Something will be announcing the winner of their $100k grant, as a part of a live show on VH1 on July 19th at 6 pm. I clicked on a link in the email, and a few clicks later found myself on a Do Something website reading about The Kibera School for Girls and Shining Hope Community Center, founded by Jessica Posner, Wesleyan '09 and Kennedy Odede, '12.
Here's an interview Wesleyan did with Jessica and Kennedy, where they talk about their venture and how it came to fruition:
I like this from Jessica: "We have a responsibility to the world because we went to Wesleyan, you know we got this type of education and we should use that to reinvent, reimagine how things are."
I found Jessica and Kennedy's organization on Facebook and saw that Jessica and Kennedy are in Echoing Green's 2010 fellows class! How did I miss them when I was blogging about the fellows 24 hours ago?
Their Echoing Green video:
By reading about Jessica and Kennedy, I learned that Kibera, the home of their venture, is the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya and the second largest urban slum in the world. It's home to 1.5 million people, yet it's smaller than the size of NYC's Central Park.
Kibera seems to be everywhere, this week.
Last Tuesday PBS showed the Acumen Fund documentary "The Recruits", which I recently blogged about. I watched it online this past weekend. It profiles 3 Acumen Fund fellows, including Suraj Sudhakar, a native of Mumbai, India. As an Acumen Fund fellow, Suraj worked with Ecotact, a Nairobi, Kenya-based sanitation company. In "The Recruits" Suraj visits Kibera and encourages Ecotact founder David Kuria (an Ashoka Fellow himself, I just discovered) to build toilets in Kibera. It was a great eye opening film, and the first time I'd gotten that close to Kibera.
While I had never seen a video tour of Kibera, I was recently involved with a community project that benefits the community.
While attending my friend Lesley's baby shower three weekends ago in Monterey County, I learned that one of her fellow teachers, Caitie Ireland, was about to leave for Kenya, to volunteer at the Daraja Academy of Kenya. Caitie and I caught up at the party, and a few minutes into our conversation I found myself volunteering to collect women's running shoes for the secondary students at the private boarding school for girls - Kenya's first. Some of the students at the school are from Kibera.
After emailing a few select Bay Area fellow runners, and posting it as my "status update" on Facebook, I collected 50+ pairs of women's running shoes in less than 2 weeks from many friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends' co-workers!
Caitie and I met up for a hike at Big Basin Redwood State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California on Sunday, so that I could give her the shoes I'd collected. She shipped them to Kenya a few days ago, and is now enroute to the Daraja Academy of Kenya.
photo: myself and Caitie with some of the shoes destined for the Daraja Academy
photo: me with some of the shoes
So that was my tiny contribution and brush with Kibera.
But now, Kibera is everywhere - late last night, thanks to Facebook, I stumbled upon an article about a solar power project set for Kibera, related to the World Cup.
Also thanks to Facebook yesterday I learned about this TED video: Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums. I admit I haven't had a chance to watch it, yet.
Also just found out that Suraj organized a TEDx for Kibera last fall. Check it out here.
I am certain that there are many other ventures either already underway or planned for Kibera ... Jessica, Kennedy, Caitie, and Suraj just got me started:)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
It's Time to Learn to Swim!
Having grown up at the beaches and in the coastal waters of Long Island, NY and at the Frost Valley YMCA which has it's own lake and a camp scholarship program, these young social entrepreneurs' stories are really special to me.
I found out about Laura White's venture, Wild and Water Swimming, which she founded at age 16 while reading an Ashoka e-book yesterday.
Laura's story reminded me of Jennifer Gavlin's film that I'd gone to see at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, called Free Swim.
This award-winning documentary chronicles a project to bring Bahamians a sense of empowerment by developing a very special skill: surviving in the ocean that surrounds them. After a boy’s tragic drowning, young Americans help Bahamian kids cope with fears both real and imagined, and minimize the threat that increasing tourism might further alienate them from their coastal identities.
Watch the trailer here.
The film spotlights another venture founded by 2 young American women who also founded their organization, Swim to Empower after hearing that the children of their Bahamas community could not swim.
To find similar volunteer opportunities in your own community check out the Sierra Club's Inner City Outings Program.
The Sierra Club has 50 volunteer-run ICO groups spread throughout the United States. Every year, these groups conduct more than 800 outings that serve approximately 14,000 youth.
I've volunteered with them through the San Francisco Chapter of the Sierra Club - good stuff! Check it out:
I found out about Laura White's venture, Wild and Water Swimming, which she founded at age 16 while reading an Ashoka e-book yesterday.
Laura's story reminded me of Jennifer Gavlin's film that I'd gone to see at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, called Free Swim.
This award-winning documentary chronicles a project to bring Bahamians a sense of empowerment by developing a very special skill: surviving in the ocean that surrounds them. After a boy’s tragic drowning, young Americans help Bahamian kids cope with fears both real and imagined, and minimize the threat that increasing tourism might further alienate them from their coastal identities.
Watch the trailer here.
The film spotlights another venture founded by 2 young American women who also founded their organization, Swim to Empower after hearing that the children of their Bahamas community could not swim.
Swim to Empower from Jayson Jackson on Vimeo.
To find similar volunteer opportunities in your own community check out the Sierra Club's Inner City Outings Program.
The Sierra Club has 50 volunteer-run ICO groups spread throughout the United States. Every year, these groups conduct more than 800 outings that serve approximately 14,000 youth.
I've volunteered with them through the San Francisco Chapter of the Sierra Club - good stuff! Check it out:
Join "Hands Across the Sand" - Worldwide, Sat June 26
Tens of thousands of people who support clean energy and oppose offshore drilling are expected to participate in more than 700 Hands Across the Sand events this Saturday, June 26.
The events are open to everyone - no RSVP required!
Events will take place in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and more than 20 countries, beginning in Auckland, New Zealand and work its way across global time zones finishing on the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii.
A complete list of events, all of which begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, can be found here.
Some of the groups supporting Hands Across the Sand:
350.org, 1Sky, Audubon, Alaska Wilderness League, Center for Biological Diversity, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Endangered Species Coalition, Energy Action Coalition, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, MoveOn.org, Oceana, Ocean Conservancy, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Surfrider Foundation.
Aw, Welcome Class of 2014!
Details on all of the Lehigh Freshman Sendoff Parties, and how to register here. Parties are open to all members of the Lehigh family - incoming students, current students, parents, and alumni.
Additionally, the Lehigh San Francisco Alumni Club will be holding an event this fall to welcome the members of the Class of 2010 who have moved to San Francisco. Details will be announced on our Club's Facebook page.
New Film: Bicycle Bride - San Francisco Screenings
Looking forward to seeing this new film Bicycle Bride!
Indian-American Girl meets Swedish Boy: A San Francisco Love Story. Here's a review.
Trailer:
If you live in San Francisco, CA then catch it at VIZ Cinema in Japantown beginning with the premieres this Friday, June 25. It closes at the VIZ on July 1. I can't figure out how/where you can see it if you live in another city, but I did see a mention on the film's Facebook page that it's screening internationally.
Two special San Francisco screening events at VIZ Cinema on June 25 will feature a live Q&A session with Bicycle Bride’s director, Hassan Zee, as well as the film’s actors. A reception featuring hors d’oeuvres and live traditional Indian dancers and music will take place following each June 25 screening at 5:00pm and 8:00pm. (Links will take you to advance tix sale pages.)
VIZ Cinema expands its commitment to innovative filmmaking with the launch of the Bay Area Film Series, an new showcase for the region’s burgeoning community of multicultural independent filmmakers. The first movie of this series is Bicycle Bride.
Check out this fun footage of another Bicycle Bride premiere:
Bicycle Bride Premiere Gala from Perpetual Flicker on Vimeo.
While on the VIZ Cinema website I saw that the theater is screening the 1936 69 minute film "Sisters of the Gion" this Thursday night. I can't make it to the event but am looking forward to watching it online here (broken up into 8 parts.)
Synopsis: Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradition-minded Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geishas in the working-class district of Gion. Mizoguchi’s film is a brilliantly shot, uncompromising look at the forces that keep many women at the bottom rung of the social ladder.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
We don't accept the World as It Is. We see what it Can Be. And we are Just Getting Started.
Meet Echoing Green's 2010 Fellows! This is the intro video that explains a little bit about Echoing Green, and introduces viewers to a few of the fellows:
To view each of the 2010 fellows' videos go here.
This one interests me - reminds me of the Life Investment discussion.
I also particularly like this one:
To view each of the 2010 fellows' videos go here.
This one interests me - reminds me of the Life Investment discussion.
I also particularly like this one:
A little Depressed about the State of the Environment? There's (still) Hope in a Changing Climate.
Check out this documentary "Hope in a Changing Climate" produced by the Environmental Education Media Project - came out last year. Good stuff.
Trailer:
To watch the whole film go here. Can't embed it.
Trailer:
To watch the whole film go here. Can't embed it.
Ashoka Storytelling
Stories of Change is Ashoka’s new electronic book series. Through these publications we will share the stories of the changemakers in the Ashoka community: Fellows, Youth Venturers, staff and partners. People who are producing system change solutions for social problems, inspiring innovation and creating an Everyone A Changemaker™ world. We hope you enjoy and share these stories. But most importantly, we hope these stories will inspire you to continue creating change in your community.
Book 1: Fellows & Their Journeys - can be read here.
Book 2: Youth Making a Difference - can be read here.
Book 3: 20/20 Vision - Predictions for the Decade - can be read here.
Also check out their recently-released 2010 Impact Study. It's a study of how Ashoka Fellows are impacting society. 172 Fellows from 32 countries participated in the study, which measured 5 types of systemic change ranging from market dynamics, to public policy.
With the help of a robust global nominator network, consisting of partner organizations, businesses, and community leaders Ashoka Fellows are elected and provided with financial support to be able to pursue his or her vision full-time. Candidates must present a new idea that has the potential to transform a whole field, rather than an isolated charitable project.
Obama Campaign's video advice for Nonprofits
photo: Arun Chaudhary, New Media Road Director for Obama for America, shares his thoughts on how to produce quality online video under tight constraints.
This Net Squared blog post is over a year old, but still awesome! I just stumbled upon it.
Tuition-Free Global Online University
Hey! This was one of my ideas - someone I've never met was reading my mind:)
Shai Reshef is one of Ashoka's seventeen 2010 fellows.
Shai is the founder and president of the University of the People, the worlds first tuition-free global online university specifically created to serve poor, remote, and disadvantaged populations. As a pioneer in the emerging field of free online education, Shai hopes to give people solutions to transform society by combining entrepreneurship, education, and political activism. UoPeople currently serves students from 49 countries. With operations currently housed in Tel Aviv, Shai envisions global offices in California, India and Africa.
How it works:
Shai Reshef is one of Ashoka's seventeen 2010 fellows.
Shai is the founder and president of the University of the People, the worlds first tuition-free global online university specifically created to serve poor, remote, and disadvantaged populations. As a pioneer in the emerging field of free online education, Shai hopes to give people solutions to transform society by combining entrepreneurship, education, and political activism. UoPeople currently serves students from 49 countries. With operations currently housed in Tel Aviv, Shai envisions global offices in California, India and Africa.
How it works:
Monday, June 21, 2010
Making Medical Care more Accessible in India
Love this.
In October 2009 Ashoka launched a new privately-funded social enterprise, Healthpoint Services, as part of its strategy to launch transformative hybrid models to help billions of the world's poor reach full economic citizenship.
In October 2009 Ashoka launched a new privately-funded social enterprise, Healthpoint Services, as part of its strategy to launch transformative hybrid models to help billions of the world's poor reach full economic citizenship.
The 2010 Youth Vote
From this year's Bonnaroo:
HeadCount's Executive Director Andy Bernstein published an interesting "youth vote" piece on the Huffington Post last week, referencing this Jay-Z shout out. Check it out here.
HeadCount's Executive Director Andy Bernstein published an interesting "youth vote" piece on the Huffington Post last week, referencing this Jay-Z shout out. Check it out here.
Social Enterprise Series @ the Commonwealth Club
The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco is hosting a special series "Social Entrepreneurship in America" this year, continuing on into 2011. The series features leading innovators and pioneers who are utilizing entrepreneurial passion and rigor to solve societal problems.
Upcoming Social Entrepreneurship in America Events:
JUNE 22, 2010
Conchy Bretos
CEO, MIA Consulting Group, Ashoka Fellow
JULY 27, 2010
Sally Osberg
President & CEO, The Skoll Foundation
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Christopher Gergen
Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, Duke University
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Mary Houghton
President, ShoreBank Corporation
OCTOBER 26, 2010
Bill Drayton
Founder & Chairman, Ashoka
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
William Foote*
Founder & CEO, Root Capital, Ashoka Global Fellow
DECEMBER 8, 2010
Premal Shah*
Co-Founder & President, Kiva
JANUARY 12, 2011
Jacqueline Novogratz
CEO, The Acumen Fund
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Matt Bannick
Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Jed Emerson
Author, Blended Value
MARCH 8, 2011
Louise Burnham Packard
Executive Director, Trinity Boston Foundation
MARCH 29, 2011
Kriss Dieglmeier
Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford University
More info - including how to purchase tickets - here.
If you cannot attend the events (held at the Club's Nob Hill San Francisco location) then I believe that you can listen to a live stream of the event here.
I attended the first event of the series on May 24th. It featured Muhammad Yunus,
Founder, Grameen Bank and Grameen America, Nobel Laureate.
"Whenever I see a problem that I want to address, that I want to solve, I create a business." - Muhammad Yunus
Watch excerpts from his lecture here.
photo: Muhammad Yunus speaking on May 24. I snapped this one from my seat!
Upcoming Social Entrepreneurship in America Events:
JUNE 22, 2010
Conchy Bretos
CEO, MIA Consulting Group, Ashoka Fellow
JULY 27, 2010
Sally Osberg
President & CEO, The Skoll Foundation
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Christopher Gergen
Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, Duke University
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Mary Houghton
President, ShoreBank Corporation
OCTOBER 26, 2010
Bill Drayton
Founder & Chairman, Ashoka
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
William Foote*
Founder & CEO, Root Capital, Ashoka Global Fellow
DECEMBER 8, 2010
Premal Shah*
Co-Founder & President, Kiva
JANUARY 12, 2011
Jacqueline Novogratz
CEO, The Acumen Fund
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Matt Bannick
Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Jed Emerson
Author, Blended Value
MARCH 8, 2011
Louise Burnham Packard
Executive Director, Trinity Boston Foundation
MARCH 29, 2011
Kriss Dieglmeier
Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford University
More info - including how to purchase tickets - here.
If you cannot attend the events (held at the Club's Nob Hill San Francisco location) then I believe that you can listen to a live stream of the event here.
I attended the first event of the series on May 24th. It featured Muhammad Yunus,
Founder, Grameen Bank and Grameen America, Nobel Laureate.
"Whenever I see a problem that I want to address, that I want to solve, I create a business." - Muhammad Yunus
Watch excerpts from his lecture here.
photo: Muhammad Yunus speaking on May 24. I snapped this one from my seat!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
The Power of (Jack Johnson's) Music
I can't embed this brand new 13 minute long video interview with Jack about the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and the Kokua Festival, but check it out here.
I am so inspired by Jessica Jackley Flannery
I gave my mom a Kiva gift certificate for Christmas, and wanted to send her some information about Kiva - well, about the people behind Kiva. I read some articles and selected these 2 for my mom to read:
*Small Change, Big Payoff
*How I Became a Social Entrepreneur (I printed this one out, and attached to the inside of my journal.)
Then, thanks to www.Facebook.com/SocialInnovations, I found out about this podcast with Kiva founder Jessica Lansky. Just finished listening to it. Jessica is awesome.
Finally, if you're looking for a more thorough overview of the org - I haven't read it yet, but just stumbled upon the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) case study for Kiva.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Are you Unreasonable? (In a good way, of course)
Wow. Thanks so much to Sparkseed founder Mike Del Ponte for Tweeting about this today.
More info here.
Unreasonable Series: Episode 1 - The Beginnings from Unreasonable Institute on Vimeo.
More info here.
In the Shadows of the World Cup
I have been reading and hearing a lot about sex trafficking lately. Just the other day I read this upsetting article in TIME Magazine about the boom in South African sex trafficking thanks to the World Cup.
When I learn about something upsetting, my inclination is to find someone who is doing something about it, and learn how I can help - or at least learn more about the problem from them.
When I read the article "Baghdad's Underground Railroad" in the Utne Reader (while waiting in line at the very awesome San Francisco Rainbow Grocery) I learned of a larger problem - what do these women do, once they escape from their captors?
Then today, thanks to envisionGood on Facebook, I learned about 3 former roommates Anthony, Liem and Chad and their org, The Blind Project.
Check out this video to learn more about what the org does:
And then learn what YOU can do.
When I learn about something upsetting, my inclination is to find someone who is doing something about it, and learn how I can help - or at least learn more about the problem from them.
When I read the article "Baghdad's Underground Railroad" in the Utne Reader (while waiting in line at the very awesome San Francisco Rainbow Grocery) I learned of a larger problem - what do these women do, once they escape from their captors?
Then today, thanks to envisionGood on Facebook, I learned about 3 former roommates Anthony, Liem and Chad and their org, The Blind Project.
Check out this video to learn more about what the org does:
And then learn what YOU can do.
OK Oil Guys, talk your way out of This One
Thanks, Jon Stewart for picking up on this Mother Jones story that reached Facebook circulation yesterday.
Excerpt from Mother Jones:
BP's 583-page Gulf plan, last updated in June 2009, included references to how to protect walruses and sea lions, which, as US Rep Ed Markey noted, "have not called the Gulf home for 3 million years." The plan also included the phone number of a sea turtle expert who has been dead for 5 years.
Watch Jon Stewart's coverage here. HILARIOUS.
Like Dr. Atkins, you could still use his diet and cut down on carbs, but I wouldn't list him as your emergency contact. - Jon Stewart
Imagine living your life trapped inside of a plastic container, floating in the Atlantic Ocean
This was filmed in the ATLANTIC Ocean. (The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is in the ... well, Pacific Ocean:) Plastic garbage patches exist in every ocean in the world. We just haven't collected as much data about the other oceans' garbage patches, yet. Explorations like this one are doing just that.
Think we can escape this by recycling our plastic? Not really.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Commedy Central will fork over cash to Gulf Restoration if you Tweet ...
Comedy Central is donating $1 to the Colbert Nation's Gulf of America Fund every time someone re-tweets @stephenathome's message "in honor of oil soaked birds tweets are now gurgles."
In order to do this, you must be registered on Twitter, and you must be a follower of @stephenathome. Then go here and re-tweet this message.
Check out Colbert discussing the campaign - hilarious - as always.
There is a Road that we all Follow. And the Detours that set us Free.
I haven't seen this 2009 Taylor Steele film "The Drifter" yet, but the trailer alone is worth 2 minutes of your viewing time.
We are an Unstoppable Oil Dependent Machine
Jon Stewart did a great piece last night in response to Obama's Tuesday night Gulf Coast update. I can't embed it here, but click here to watch it online.
Also check this out from the Rachel Maddow show - same theme - "That was Then This is Then" from her March 26 show:
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Dangerous Levels of Lead found in Children's Juice Boxes & Canned Fruit
The San Francisco based nonprofit the Environmental Law Foundation has discovered that many bottled juices, juice boxes and packaged fruits exceed the federal limits for lead, for young children.
Excerpts from this NPR story:
The test results - which came from an EPA-certified lab in Berkeley, CA - were particularly troubling because the levels were calculated on a single serving, not the multiple juices and packaged fruits that an average five-year-old might consume in a given day. And there's no questioning the potency of the substance involved. Lead has long been known to cause physical and mental developmental problems.
Megan Schwarzman, a family physician and associate director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of California Berkeley, says children are especially vulnerable.
The organization has sent notices of suspected violations of state law to California's attorney general, Jerry Brown. The org's president, Jim Wheaton, says that such tests can go a long way toward changing company behavior.
From the June 9, 2010 notice of violation - a list of the products found to be containing dangerously high amounts of lead:
1 365 Everyday Value Organic 100% Juice Concord Grapes
2 Beech Nut 100% Apple Juice
3 Best Yet Bartlett Pear Halves in Heavy Syrup
4 Best Yet Chunky Mixed Fruit in Pear Juice
5 Best Yet Yellow Cling Peach Halves in Heavy Syrup
6 Chef's Review Fruit Cocktail
7 Del Monte 100% Juice Fruit Cocktail
8 Del Monte Chunky Mixed Fruit in 100 % Juice (peach, pear, grape, etc.)
9 Del Monte Diced Pears in Light Syrup
10 Del Monte Freestone Peach Slices in 100 % Juice
11 Del Monte Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup (peach, pear, grapes)
12 Del Monte Fruit Cocktail No Sugar Added
13 Del Monte Lite Fruit Cocktail in Extra Light Syrup
14 Del Monte Pear Halves in Heavy Syrup
15 Del Monte Pear Halves, Bartlett Pears in 100% real fruit juice from concentrate
16 Del Monte Sliced Yellow Cling Peaches in 100 % Juice
17 Del Monte Sliced Yellow Cling Peaches in heavy syrup
18 Dole Diced Peaches, Yellow Cling in light syrup
19 Dole Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup
20 Dole Pear Halves in Juice
21 Earth's Best Organics Apple Juice
22 Eating Right Fruit Cocktail packed in Sucralose
23 Eating Right No Sugar Fruit Cocktail
24 First Street 100% Apple Cider from concentrate
25 First Street Apple Juice from concentrate 100% juice
26 First Street Diced Pears
27 First Street Fruit Cocktail in heavy syrup
28 First Street Grape Juice from concentrate 100% juice
29 First Street Sliced Bartlett
30 First Street Yellow Cling Peaches in heavy syrup
31 Full Circle Organic Apple Juice
32 Full Circle Organic Bartlett Pear Slices
33 Gerber 100% Juice - White Grape Juice
34 Gerber 100% Juice Apple Juice
35 Gerber 3rd Foods Peaches
36 Gerber 3rd Foods Pears
37 Golden Star Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup (peach, pineapple, pears)
38 Golden Star Peach Halves in Heavy Syrup
39 Great Value 100% Grape Juice
40 Great Value 100% No Sugar Added Apple Juice
41 Great Value Bartlett Pear Halves in 100% Juice
42 Great Value Bartlett Sliced Pears in Heavy Syrup
43 Great Value No Sugar Added Fruit Cocktail
44 Great Value Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches
45 Hansen's Natural Apple Juice
46 Kedem Concord Grape Juice 100% pure grape juice
47 Kroger 100% Juice Apple Juice
48 Kroger Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup
49 Kroger Grape Juice 100% Juice
50 Kroger Lite Fruit Cocktail in Pear Juice
51 Kroger Value Fruit Mix (Peaches, pears, grapes)
52 Langers Apple Juice 100% Juice
53 Langers Grape Juice (Concord)
54 Langers Red Grape Juice
55 Libby's Fruit Cocktail No Sugar Added (Sweetened with Splenda)
56 Libby's Yellow Cling Peach Slices No Sugar Added (Sweetened with Splenda)
57 Market Pantry Diced Peaches in light syrup
58 Market Pantry Diced Pears in light syrup
59 Market Pantry Mixed Fruit in light syrup
60 Maxx Value Fruit Mix in Light Syrup (peach, pear, grape)
61 Maxx Value Pear Pieces in Light Syrup
62 Minute Maid Juice Apple - 100% Apple Juice
63 Motts 100% Apple Juice
64 Mrs. Brown's Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup (peaches, pears, grapes)
65 O Organics Organic Grape Juice from concentrate
66 O Organics Organic Unfiltered Apple Juice Not From Concentrate
67 Old Orchard 100% Apple Juice
68 Parade 100% Juice Apple
69 Polar Mixed Fruit
70 Polar Peach Slices
71 Polar Pear Halves in light syrup
72 R.W. Knudsen Just Concord Grape Juice
73 R.W. Knudsen Organic Just Concord
74 Raley's 100% Grape Juice
75 Raley's Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup
76 Raley's Premium 100% Apple Juice not from Concentrate
77 Raley's Sliced Yellow Cling Peaches in Heavy Syrup
78 S&W Natural Style Fruit Cocktail in Lightly Sweetened Juice
79 S&W Natural Style Pear Slices in Juice
80 S&W Natural Style Yellow Cling Peach Slices in Lightly Sweetened Juice
81 S&W Premium Peach Halves Yellow Cling Peaches in light syrup
82 S&W Sun Pears Premium
83 Safeway 100% Juice Apple Cider
84 Safeway 100% Juice Apple Juice
85 Safeway 100% Juice Grape Juice
86 Safeway Diced Peaches in Light Syrup
87 Safeway Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup
88 Safeway Light Sugar Fruit Cocktail
89 Safeway Lite Bartlett Pear Halves in Pear Juice
90 Safeway Lite Fruit Cocktail in Pear Juice
91 Safeway Organic Grape Juice
92 Safeway Pear Halves in Light Juice
93 Safeway Yellow Cling Peach Slices in Pear Juice
94 Santa Cruz Organic Concord Grape Juice
95 Simple Value Yellow Cling Peaches in light syrup
96 Stater Bros. 100% Juice Apple Juice
97 Stater Bros. 100% Juice Grape Juice
98 Stater Bros. 100% Juice White Grape Juice
99 Stater Bros. Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup
100 Stater Bros. Yellow Cling Peach Halves
101 Stater Bros. Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches in heavy syrup
102 Sunny Select 100% Apple Juice
103 Sunny Select 100% Grape Juice
104 Sunny Select Fruit Cocktail in Juice
105 Sunny Select Pear Halves in Pear Juice
106 Sunny Select Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches in Pear Juice
107 Trader Joe's Certified Organic Apple Juice, pasteurized
108 Trader Joe's Concord Grape Juice made from fress pressed organic concord grapes
109 Trader Joe's Pear Halves in white grape juice
110 Trader Joe's Yellow Cling Peach Halves in while grape juice
111 Tree Top 100% Juice Apple Cider
112 Tree Top 100% Juice, Grape
113 Truitt Brothers Pacific NorthWest Bartlett Pear Halves, in pear juice from concentrate
114 Valu Time Grape Drink from Concentrate
115 Valu Time Irregular Bartlett Pear Slices
116 Valu Time Yellow Cling Peach Slices
117 Walgreens Apple Juice from concentrate 100% juice
118 Walgreens Grape Juice from concentrate 100% juice
119 Walnut Acres Organic Concord Grape
120 Walnut Grove Market 100% Apple Juice
121 Walnut Grove Market Grape Juice
122 Walnut Grove Market Natural Peaches Sliced Yellow Cling in Light Syrup
123 Walnut Grove Market Natural Pear Halves in Heavy Syrup
124 Welch's 100% Grape Juice (from Welch's Concord Grapes)
125 Welch's 100% Red Grape Juice from Concentrate
You can fight Oil Spills @ Home ... check your Bathroom
Saw this on Facebook today. Thanks Organic Consumers Association.
From this Huffington Post article "The Oil Spill in the Bathroom" :
Up to 40,000 barrels of oil have been pouring into the Gulf of Mexico each day since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up and killed 11 BP workers on April 20. With U.S. liquid fuel consumption at about 20 million barrels a day, that's about 4 percent of U.S. oil consumption poisoning the oceans and washing up on our beaches every day. Coincidentally, that's also the same amount of U.S. daily oil consumption that is used to produce the petrochemicals common in conventional cosmetics.
The USDA's National Organic Program protects consumers from false organic claims on food. Only foods that are third-party certified to the USDA's organic standards can be advertised as organic.
Not so with non-food products. The USDA allows health and beauty products to be certified to USDA organic standards, but it doesn't require all products that are marketed as organic to be certified.
The result is that organic integrity varies from aisle to aisle in the grocery store. When shopping for health and beauty products, shoppers are bombarded with organic claims on products that aren't actually certified organic. Unless the product is certified organic, it's almost impossible to tell what percentage of the ingredients are organic and which ingredients are synthetic, petroleum-derived or dangerous. And, as our tests for 1,4 dioxane have shown, the petroleum-based formulations of some mislabeled "organic" products can even produce hidden toxins that don't appear on the label.
UPDATE June 17: Just saw this. Thanks Organic Consumers Association e-newsletter.
The new Whole Foods Market policy on "organic" labeling personal care products states: "We believe that the "organic" claim used on personal care products should have very similar meaning to the "organic" claim used on food products, which is currently regulated by the USDA's National Organic Program. Our shoppers do not expect the definition of "organic" to change substantially between the food and the non-food aisles of our stores."
Whole Foods new policy mandates that "Organic Product" or "Product made with Organic [specified ingredients]" claims must be certified under the USDA National Organic Program, just like food. A more limited "Contains Organic Ingredients" claim for personal care may be certified under the NSF ANSI 305 standard, which has additional allowances for personal care products. All organic claims which are not certified, including "Organics" in branding must otherwise be dropped. Brands have been told they have until August 1, 2010 to explain how they will change their labeling or formulations to comply with the new standard. Those that don't submit an explanation are expected to be dropped from store shelves over the coming year while those that comply will have until June 1, 2011 to be in full compliance with Whole Foods new policy.
Rachel Maddow's "Fake President" Gulf Spill Speech
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Waves of Oil
I grabbed this photo from the UK's Guardian - originally printed on June 14.
photo: A wave breaking on Orange Beach, Alabama, more than 90 miles from the BP oil spill.
This afternoon President Obama held a press conference at which time he updated us on the outcomes of this morning's meetings with BP execs. BP has agreed to set up a $20 Billion fund for businesses and residents affected by the Gulf Coast spill. The fund and the application and review process will be overseen by a 3rd party.
So can birds, dolphins, turtles, fish ... the ocean ... apply for cash, too?
"It's Only Paper." Indeed.
photo: A wave breaking on Orange Beach, Alabama, more than 90 miles from the BP oil spill.
This afternoon President Obama held a press conference at which time he updated us on the outcomes of this morning's meetings with BP execs. BP has agreed to set up a $20 Billion fund for businesses and residents affected by the Gulf Coast spill. The fund and the application and review process will be overseen by a 3rd party.
So can birds, dolphins, turtles, fish ... the ocean ... apply for cash, too?
"It's Only Paper." Indeed.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Sierra Student Coalition accepting apps for their UN Climate Change (COP16) Cancun Delegation
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) will take place in Cancun, Mexico from November 29th - December 11th, 2010.
To apply to join the Sierra Club Student Coalition delegation, go here to review the SSC Youth Delegation Application Packet, and then fill out this application form. Apps are due at 12noon EST on July 2.
Read about Mary Shindler's experiences at COP15 with the Sierra Student Coalition here.
photo: Mary Shindler
To apply to join the Sierra Club Student Coalition delegation, go here to review the SSC Youth Delegation Application Packet, and then fill out this application form. Apps are due at 12noon EST on July 2.
Read about Mary Shindler's experiences at COP15 with the Sierra Student Coalition here.
photo: Mary Shindler
Sunday, June 13, 2010
We were always meant to Fly
Sarah Kay is a 2010 Brown University graduate, NYC native, Spoken Word poet and the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E., a national movement that celebrates and inspires youth self-expression through Spoken Word poetry. This is the first part of her performance at Acumen Fund's *spark! event, a benefit recently hosted by the NYC Chapter.
Frogs as an indicator of Human Health
what's wrong with this picture?
I stumbled upon a PBS documentary, "Frogs: The Thin Green Line" that has some of the answers.
Here are the highlights -
UC Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes' work:
Yale University Professor David Skelly's work:
More info about pharmaceutical impacts on our water supply in this New York Times article.
What can you do?
First, try to purchase/consume less pharmaceuticals:)
But if you have expired/no-longer-needed prescription/over-the-counter gels, creams, pills or liquid meds then call your city's waste disposal office to find out if the city has a process for safely disposing of meds. You could also check with your local pharmacy - they sometimes accept meds (even ones they didn't sell you) for safe disposal. At the very least, don't flush your drugs down the toilet/straight into our water supply.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Boooooooooooo Subway!
From yesterday's news:
Heidi Heise, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was fired from a Subway restaurant for helping two neighbours left homeless and hungry after an apartment fire.
Last week's apartment fire did not affect Heidi Heise's unit, but left some neighbours homeless, and she offered them her place.
Heise says when the neighbours came to thank her at the nearby Subway restaurant she works at, she gave them each one free six-inch sub to alleviate their hunger.
But when she went to work on Wednesday, she said she was told she was fired for giving away the subs.
"They were like, ‘We went over the cameras and we (saw) you on the weekend, give away a free sub,'" she told CTV Atlantic.
The two six-inch subs are the equivalent of one 12-inch sub, which Subway employees are entitled to as a staff lunch, which must be marked down.
She said because of everything going on, she forgot to mark it down.
Read the rest of the story here, and watch the news clip. (Can't embed the video here.)
Then give the company a piece of your mind, here.
Hip Hop Caucus & Drake host Stop Offshore Drilling Rally @ 9:30 Club this Sunday
Words from Drake:
The Sunday, June 13 Rally was initially going to be held right outside of Washington, DC's 9:30 Club, starting at 8pm. However due to safety/security concerns the 8pm Rally will now be held inside of the 9:30 Club - and you must have a ticket to the concert to participate in the Rally - and the show is sold out. Bummer!
However, the Hip Hop Caucus has another way you can participate:
The "Stop Offshore Drilling!" Mixtape will be released on Sunday.
So if you want to be a part, no matter where you are, host a mixtape listening party. Email us at team@hiphopcaucus.org and we will send you an embargoed copy of the mixtape for you to use at your party, as well as some information you can share with your guests about getting involved to take a stand against Big Oil. - head over and pick up the “Stop Offshore Drilling Now!” Mixtape.
The Sunday, June 13 Rally was initially going to be held right outside of Washington, DC's 9:30 Club, starting at 8pm. However due to safety/security concerns the 8pm Rally will now be held inside of the 9:30 Club - and you must have a ticket to the concert to participate in the Rally - and the show is sold out. Bummer!
However, the Hip Hop Caucus has another way you can participate:
The "Stop Offshore Drilling!" Mixtape will be released on Sunday.
So if you want to be a part, no matter where you are, host a mixtape listening party. Email us at team@hiphopcaucus.org and we will send you an embargoed copy of the mixtape for you to use at your party, as well as some information you can share with your guests about getting involved to take a stand against Big Oil. - head over and pick up the “Stop Offshore Drilling Now!” Mixtape.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
When Coffee Spills ...
from UCBcomedy.com
Director: Peter Schultz & Brandon Bassham
Writers: Gavin Speiller, Eric Scott, Erik Tanouye, & John Frusciante
Editor: Peter Schultz
Starring: Eric Scott, Nat Freedberg, Kevin Cragg, Gavin Speiller, Kate McKinnon, John Frusciante, Zhubin Parang, Devlyn Corrigan, Erik Tanouye, Rob Lathan
Producer: Todd Bieber
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Recap of the 2010 Global Philanthropy Forum :: San Francisco, CA. June 22.
Wish I could have attended the Global Philanthropy Forum, but this sounds pretty good, too!!
Many of the issues that philanthropy is tackling today, such as climate change, access to food and water, health, and education are impossible to draw boundaries around. Additionally many corporations also now operate in multiple locations around the globe. As a result of these and other factors, increasingly foundations of all sizes and types are expanding the scope of their grantmaking to serve global needs.
Earlier this spring, the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) held its annual conference here in the Bay Area to share the latest lessons learned and emerging tools at work in global philanthropy. This panel, made up of local grantmakers who participated as presenters at GPF will provide an overview of some of the cross-cutting issues raised at the GPF conference that may impact grantseeking trends in the future, such as competition-based philanthropy, emerging technologies that may catalyze philanthropy and nonprofit innovation, and the growing field of social entrepreneurship.
Panelists:
Jill Freeman, vice president, Global Philanthropy Forum
Kari Dunn Saratovsky, vice president, social innovation, Case Foundation
Kevin Starr, director, Mulago Foundation
June Sugiyama, director, Vodafone Americas Foundation
Tuesday, June 22
2:00-4:00 pm
The Foundation Center-San Francisco
312 Sutter Street
2nd Floor Conference Room
San Francisco, CA 94108
This event is free, but register here.
Many of the issues that philanthropy is tackling today, such as climate change, access to food and water, health, and education are impossible to draw boundaries around. Additionally many corporations also now operate in multiple locations around the globe. As a result of these and other factors, increasingly foundations of all sizes and types are expanding the scope of their grantmaking to serve global needs.
Earlier this spring, the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) held its annual conference here in the Bay Area to share the latest lessons learned and emerging tools at work in global philanthropy. This panel, made up of local grantmakers who participated as presenters at GPF will provide an overview of some of the cross-cutting issues raised at the GPF conference that may impact grantseeking trends in the future, such as competition-based philanthropy, emerging technologies that may catalyze philanthropy and nonprofit innovation, and the growing field of social entrepreneurship.
Panelists:
Jill Freeman, vice president, Global Philanthropy Forum
Kari Dunn Saratovsky, vice president, social innovation, Case Foundation
Kevin Starr, director, Mulago Foundation
June Sugiyama, director, Vodafone Americas Foundation
Tuesday, June 22
2:00-4:00 pm
The Foundation Center-San Francisco
312 Sutter Street
2nd Floor Conference Room
San Francisco, CA 94108
This event is free, but register here.
I don't know what BP's been looking at ...
NRDC shared this on Facebook today.
Edited by: Lisa Whiteman; Production Assistant: Sherry Goldberg; Photography: AP, (c)Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace, NASA
Edited by: Lisa Whiteman; Production Assistant: Sherry Goldberg; Photography: AP, (c)Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace, NASA
(free) Social Action Boot Camp :: San Francisco June 19, Los Angeles July 17.
I just signed up to give the Boot Camp participants feed back during the one-on-one pitch sessions at the San Francisco Boot Camp.
Do Something Boot Camps bring together a diverse group of young community leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs for a day of networking and training dedicated to giving each attendee the tools to grow and sustain their community action ideas, projects and organizations.
Date: SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH
Place: Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF 1675 Owens Street, Suite 251, San Francisco, CA 94143
Time: 9:00am to 5:30 pm (Breakfast and Lunch Included)
Cost: FREE (*Attendees are responsible for travel and accommodation costs.)
There's also a Boot Camp in Los Angeles on July 17.
If you're under 25 and want to participate in Boot Camp, then go here. Deadline is June 10 for San Francisco Boot Camp, and July 10 for Los Angeles Boot Camp.
If you're over 25 and want to join me in giving the participants feedback, then go here.
Do Something Boot Camps bring together a diverse group of young community leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs for a day of networking and training dedicated to giving each attendee the tools to grow and sustain their community action ideas, projects and organizations.
Date: SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH
Place: Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF 1675 Owens Street, Suite 251, San Francisco, CA 94143
Time: 9:00am to 5:30 pm (Breakfast and Lunch Included)
Cost: FREE (*Attendees are responsible for travel and accommodation costs.)
There's also a Boot Camp in Los Angeles on July 17.
If you're under 25 and want to participate in Boot Camp, then go here. Deadline is June 10 for San Francisco Boot Camp, and July 10 for Los Angeles Boot Camp.
If you're over 25 and want to join me in giving the participants feedback, then go here.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
"Rogue Cities" like San Francisco? Words from our likely Republican Candidate for Governor
I could not believe my ears when I heard this spot being broadcast from a Bay Area radio station the other morning.
Monday, June 7, 2010
I don't know, I don't know. But I don't know that we're meant to know.
my favorite Jack Johnson song off of the new album "To the Sea" ...
Friday, June 4, 2010
Congressman Brian Bilbray says he can spot an Illegal Alien by their Shoes.
Wowsers. If only I was making this stuff up.
Congressman Bilbray represents California's 50th District - just north of San Diego.
Congressman Bilbray represents California's 50th District - just north of San Diego.
Jonathan Morduch, author of "Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day" Event :: San Francisco, CA. June 22, 2010
From the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network e-mail list ...
This Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 and will feature Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Managing Director fo the Financial Access Initiative, and author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day.
Omidyar Network
1991 Broadway St
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94063
6pm - 8:30pm
Published in 2009, Portfolios of the Poor is the culmination of a research project that spans ten years and three countries, and examines the cash flow of almost 300 households among the poorest of the world. The result is a humanizing insight into the economic lives of the global poor, and a valuable resource for attempting to improve those lives. Jonathan Morduch’s book is one of the most highly regarded texts on economic development in the microfinance sector and is used as a textbook in university classes across the nation.
SVMN is proud to present this unique opportunity to hear Jonathan Morduch discuss his book and answer our questions. We look forward to seeing you there!
Purchase an advance ticket here.
This Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 and will feature Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Managing Director fo the Financial Access Initiative, and author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day.
Omidyar Network
1991 Broadway St
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94063
6pm - 8:30pm
Published in 2009, Portfolios of the Poor is the culmination of a research project that spans ten years and three countries, and examines the cash flow of almost 300 households among the poorest of the world. The result is a humanizing insight into the economic lives of the global poor, and a valuable resource for attempting to improve those lives. Jonathan Morduch’s book is one of the most highly regarded texts on economic development in the microfinance sector and is used as a textbook in university classes across the nation.SVMN is proud to present this unique opportunity to hear Jonathan Morduch discuss his book and answer our questions. We look forward to seeing you there!
Purchase an advance ticket here.
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