Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
5 Ways You Can Support Your Local Parks
I recently attended a SF Chamber of Commerce forum with Rec & Parks Director Phil Ginsburg. Phil shared the impressive work of he and his staff to keep our city’s parks and recreation programs from crisis.
The bottom line: San Franciscans LOVE their parks, but federal, state and local budget deficits trickle down to mean millions [...]
Trees and Communities Need One Another
Over the weekend, Rosa Parks Elementary, a school in the heart of the San Francisco’s Western Addition, hosted a group of volunteers who planted trees alongside the school. The SF Chronicle highlighted the good work of Friends of the Urban Forest, the efforts of neighbors to beautify their streets, and the power of volunteerism to transform [...]
You’re in Charge: Run The World!
This week the micro but mighty team at IfWeRanTheWorld.com launched their microactions site at TED2010. Our friend Cindy Gallop debuted the site in its alpha state to an audience whose likely seen it all.
IWRTW promises to keep track of all those little things we want to do for the world and connect [...]
NYC At Your Service
The folks in Bloomberg’s office are doing great things to lead a prominent service initiative as part of the nationwide Cities of Service effort. We love this because it’s so closely aligned with our Foundation’s ongoing participation and support of AllforGood.org.
“Last spring, Bloomberg introduced NYC Service, an office that coordinates 38 separate initiatives [...]
Catalyst for Community Vitality
It’s essential that every nonprofit organization have something akin to a “theory of change.” After all, we are all held in the public trust and granted special privileges and tax breaks because we are doing something for the public good somewhere.
At Craigslist Foundation, for example, we believe that engaged communities and neighborhoods are the cornerstone [...]
How Can We Build On One Another’s Successes?
This week we had some guests. Amazing, brilliant thinkers who joined us to share ideas about…ideas. Specifically, can stories and ideas about successful community change help others achieve success in their own communities? And, is that information currently getting where it needs to go?
This was part two of a dialog we began in Washington DC [...]
Civic Engagement through Government Inquiry
I get frustrated with the seemingly intractable problems of local government — why are Muni fares going up while on-time rates are so poor? Why is it hard for families to get assigned to great public schools they like? I complain and debate with friends about these and other challenges of our great city, but [...]
MLK Day: A Day On, Not a Day Off
“Life’s most persistent questions is: What are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Service is a really important aspect to our mission here at Craigslist Foundation. Everyday, we work to connect people and organizations to the resources they need to strengthen communities and neighborhoods.
Over the past year, we’ve volunteered our [...]
Build-A-Bed Project in Kentucky
The folks at Build-a-Bed are doing great things. We met Melissa from Build-a-Bed last year at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Their project was one of 50 chosen for the Clorox Clean Up Facebook Challenge. The top five projects will receive $10,000 and a spread in People magazine.
In May [...]
Nominate an Innovator for a Purpose Prize
The 2010 Purpose Prize is now accepting nominations for innovators 60 years or older who are creating new ways to solve our most pressing social issues. Ten awards of up to $100,000 will be given.
Nominations are open until March 5, 2010 – and you can nominate yourself!
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