Tech Soup
JUNE 4, 2014
Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. 250,000 Grant Winners. The program also helps everyone build credit scores.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. Darius currently serves on the Board of Directors of the McCullum Youth Court in Oakland, CA, and on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, DC. While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. , ordinary heroes book
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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." blog Streetside Stories Mission: "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills."
Have Fun - Do Good
AUGUST 6, 2008
For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines. Hold an annual fundraising event with readings and signings by local writers to benefit a literacy program at a school, nonprofit or library, or to give a grant to an aspiring local writer. . • Be a community gathering space.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 9, 2014
What I like most about this app is that it teaches financial literacy skills by letting users drill down into their expenses and easily keep track of what they're spending. The last app demo was from a former TechSouper, Sameer Siruguri, who is currently developing an app for an Oakland nonprofit, Youth ALIVE! Supporting Youth.
Have Fun - Do Good
MAY 10, 2006
SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We just recently moved to downtown Oakland, and we talk about ourselves as a school to build a movement. And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. So I’m only 26.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. We go on our gut instinct from people's answer to that one question, and then there is literacy testing involved as well. I said, "You write it. You tell your story."
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