Oakland Skills Teach 
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 4, 2017
Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides.
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Have Fun - Do Good
MAY 21, 2006
Last Thursday I went to hear Majora Carter from Sustainable South Bronx , Paul Hawken , author of Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce , Van Jones from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , Geralina Fortier from People's Grocery , and Bruce Cox of the Alliance for West Oakland Development speak at the first Solutions Salon.
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! Youth ALIVE!
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. We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things. So I’m only 26.
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. We do a garden nutrition program at our two school sites and at the YMCA site, which is basically for children, at these sites, teaching them about gardening and about nutrition.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 25, 2008
I think it is a really interesting time because we have a young staff, and a staff that is very enthusiastic about taking on their own leadership roles, doing more writing, getting more politically involved, and developing their own skills of management and leadership within the organization. Then, I moved into the world of teaching.
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