Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. My brother and I started Numi about seven years ago, from here in Oakland, California, and we started in my small apartment up the street, near Piedmont Avenue. Britt: Oakland needs more businesses like Numi.

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People Profit Interview Oakland 43

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Michael Jackson had just died, and I was at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, where they hastily erected an exhibit of the jacket and glove he wore in the Thriller video. People lining the street on the Tuesday afternoon when the boards arrived from the Port of Oakland, cheering as the crates came off the truck.

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Museum Hawaii History America 20

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

The primary need, obviously, in our community, West Oakland, is a lack of access to healthy and affordable foods. It's not just for West Oakland; it's for young people throughout the Bay Area. Oakland has changed its laws in the last few years where you have to pay per transfer.

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People Podcast Oakland Local 43

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

I have multiple sclerosis, and my life was in a very awful place. I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. A lot of wonderful things have happened in my life. It was reflecting in every area of my life. I was broke. My business hadn't made any money in months. I was too sick to work. Her name is Mbali Creazzo.

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Challenge Interview Giving Los Angeles 42

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. Kathleen showed lots of participatory elements in the redesigned Oakland Museum of California. You can view and download all the slides here. In this case, a heck of a lot.

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Slides Museum Los Angeles San Jose 22

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

You can imagine how excited I was to find out about Fat Bottom Bakery , a vegan bakery in Oakland, CA (where I live) that makes all kind of desserts, including cupcakes! You can also listen to it on the little player below, on the Big Vision Podcast website , or on the iTunes Music Store.

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San Francisco Delicious Fun Blogspot 41

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

What came to Eric was this vision of this beautiful place that had an organic restaurant in it, and there was a community center there, and there was a garden there, and people from the community were getting together and they were eating, and sharing, and learning, and playing music, and talking, and engaging in conscious, healthful living.

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Podcast Interview Awareness Cancer 40

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Data theft, cyberattacks, and government surveillance are a growing fact of digital life, and it looks like 2015 will only be more of the same. There you can find projects to fund gas money for someone to attend a music event, buy a new set of roller skates, win a bodybuilding contest, and take a much-needed vacation. Just unconnect.

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News Tech Netsquared Canada 68

Have Fun - Do Good

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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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40