Advocacy

Advocacy

Using NationBuilder to organize food co-ops

Posted by · February 23

The folks at the Food Co-Op Initiative recently interviewed Peter Frank of the Kensington Community Food Co-op about the organization's use of NationBuilder. The Google+ Hangout covers: Setting up a new events page on yo... Continue reading

Campaign aims to make predatory lending victims 'Less Miserable'

Posted by · February 21

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was down at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills (me, too!) yesterday to premiere a new film trailer parody of Universal's "Les Miserables." The revision of the classic mu... Continue reading

How Arizona grassroots organizers are using NationBuilder to change Arizona's future

Posted by · December 04

Daria Ovide moved to Arizona from the East Coast with a single mission: take down Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The long-time Phoenix sheriff has been heavily criticized for his harsh policies toward illegal immigrants, treatment of... Continue reading

Entrepreneurs aim to create a center that can hold

Posted by · October 17

In less than three months, tax increases from the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and spending cuts resulting from the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are predicted to send the country off a "fiscal cliff" and the ... Continue reading

Bikers and walkers unite! America Bikes fights for federal funding

Posted by · October 11

As an alternative to driving, biking and walking have the potential to help solve many of the social ills that plague the country. If more people made the shift from driving to bicycling and walking, we would see vast impr... Continue reading

Education organizations get organized with NationBuilder

Posted by · October 04

Education is a local issue that hits close to home. When schools are struggling, families and communities are direclty impacted. Many education organizations grow organically out of the efforts of parents and communities t... Continue reading

Creating young leaders - The Roadtrip to End Poverty hits the road on NationBuilder

Posted by · September 25

Right now, over a billion people around the world are living in extreme poverty. According to UNICEF, more than 30 percent of children in developing countries live on less than $1 US dollar per day. Every 3.6 seconds someo... Continue reading

Taking global action to end sexual violence in conflict

Posted by · September 10

Rape and violence against women is just as much a part of conflict around the world as guns and bombs - and a new international campaign wants to illuminate that fact and change it. Last year, thirty-seven armed conflicts ... Continue reading

An animal rescue hero: Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws

Posted by · August 31

Eldad Hager of Hope for Paws Late one night in July, Eldad Hagar got a call about a dog named Gaia that had been abandoned on the side of the road in the California Central Valley. While barely surviving in the middle ... Continue reading