Literacy Local Oakland 
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
If the person you write about has a website, or someone has done a story about them in the local paper, it would be great if you included that link as well. a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. Please include your email so I can contact you if you win. While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. ,
Have Fun - Do Good
AUGUST 6, 2008
For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines. Organize other local businesses. Create a "Buy Local" holiday shopping weekend with fellow vendors like the San Francisco Small Business Commission's Shop Local First campaign. Donate to your community.
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Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
People's Grocery Mission: "Our mission is to build a local food system that improves the health and economy of the West Oakland community." I Love Libraries Mission: "Friends of I Love Libraries was created to provide a means for library advocates to strengthen grassroots efforts in support of America’s libraries. Mission: "Spot.Us
Tech Soup
JANUARY 20, 2015
I was lucky enough to attend CityCamp Oakland earlier this month to see this collaboration in action. Not so in Oakland. Mai-ling Garcia, the city of Oakland's online engagement manager, put it succinctly: "We're not here to build applications for you, we're here to build applications with you.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 9, 2014
First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). Supporting Youth. Youth ALIVE!
Have Fun - Do Good
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Streetside Stories "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills." Just an fyi (: Photo taken by me at March 2003 Iraq War protest in Oakland, CA creativity activism art film craft photography music.
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