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Case Study in Local: Oakland Local

Amy Sample Ward

Oakland Local is launching today! Oakland Local is a news & community site for Oakland, CA, USA, focusing on social justice issues including climate change, air quality, food access, arts as activists, and identity, race & ethnicity. About Oakland Local. Getting Local.

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Save Your Libraries: They're Good for the Economy

Have Fun - Do Good

Collecting petitions Last week I stood outside of my local library collecting signatures to save libraries in Oakland. In South Carolina, the total direct and indirect return on investment for every $1 spent on the state's public libraries by South Carolina state and local governments is $4.48 - nearly 350 percent.

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Determined to Trend - Guest Post by James Leventhal

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Local Oakland Tweeter @trafficologist Standing Beside Her Profile Pic in the Twitterstream. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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iPads for Emergencies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

CARD is a nonprofit agency, based in Oakland California. There are also hundreds of useful apps that CARD staff can use as first responders in emergencies. iPads will also help CARD be a more efficient and connected non-profit.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

Fund, the San Francisco Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation, have long partnered with power-building organizations such as Oakland Rising and statewide networks like PICO California. A number of funders, including The California Endowment, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

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3 Ways to Support the Asian American Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

Unwilling to sit by and watch, I took action in my local community by patrolling San Francisco Chinatown with Asians in America, Inc. Patrol volunteer offering PPE to local Chinatown residents. to deter violence and crime. . In addition to individual action, there is great power in turning to my Salesforce.org community for support.

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Open Data Tools Let You Peek Behind the Campaign Finance Curtain

Tech Soup

On a local scale, our neighbors at OpenOakland are exposing the campaign finances of Oakland mayoral candidates. The finance data was self-reported by all Oakland mayoral candidate controlled committees. Percentage of amount of itemized contributions from Oakland. OpenOakland: Keeping Oakland Transparent.

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