Award California Literacy 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 16, 2013
Multiple senators called the secretary of education asking for explanations of how earmarked funding ended up in the hands of “nobodies from California” who had never lobbied Congress. We were up against immense political pressure to rescind the award. That’s when I called that advocacy firm, a “luxury” that soon became indispensable.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 2, 2012
The event was hosted by Google on its campus in Mountain View, California, which is home to some of the most cutting edge technologists in the world. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. and that risk paid off.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 2, 2007
I was awarded one of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowships. These awards are based not so much on past achievements, as an expectation that you will do something exciting in the future. My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago).
Tech Soup
JUNE 4, 2014
We were shocked when we saw the 25 winners of the big $100,000 to $500,000 Google Impact Challenge Awards. Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. The guiding principle of the awards is to “apply a Silicon Valley mindset to social innovation.
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The first grants are to be awarded later this year. Community engagement: Nonprofits can support initiatives that engage the public in the news-making process, such as town hall meetings, citizen journalism projects, or community media literacy programs. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 21, 2008
Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. Now, all students and schools can achieve the level of success experienced by one of our student users, Tyler Norwood, a seventh grade student at the Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.
Kindful
AUGUST 9, 2021
California Community Foundation. Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. California Community Foundation. Areas served: Los Angeles/California. Kars4Kids Foundation. Lumina Foundation. The NEA Foundation. Robin Hood.
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