Food justice and the food justice movement invoke in the popular imagination such concepts as fair trade, organic, and urban agriculture. The movement is sometimes perceived as a privileged environmental struggle. Yet food justice, as all of us who are passionate about it know, is inherently about social justice; this is inextricable from its ecological [...]
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How it Works: OAG’s Model
OAG has been working hard behind the scenes this Summer to improve our user experience, make it more inviting to come write for our blog, and to make OAG’s mission & model more transparent for you(th). We’ll, after a little bit of reflection on our roots, and a healthy dose of sunlight, this is what [...]
OAG Vision Meeting
This month were gathering together before the start of the next school year for an OAG Vision Meeting. This is your chance to inject all your visionary wisdom into Our American Generation, and hear the hopes and possibilities of current leaders. If you are just curious about OAG, come to the first hour of [...]
Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series – Episode 3
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Cost of Inequity Listen now with the media player below! Download the Schools 2 Prisons series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: SCHOOLS 2 PRISONS-FROM PUPIL TO PRISONER (PDF) Summary: The last segment explored the economic, social and cultural cost of educational inequity. [...]
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Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series – Episode 1
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Opportunity Gap & the School to Prison Pipeline Listen now with the media player below! Download the podcast series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: Schools 2 Prisons 1 The Opportunity Gap (PDF) Summary: In this first podcast of the three-part series, we’ll introduce [...]
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GIFT: The Takeover Volume 3
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A Balmy, Social Entrepreneurship Night
It is with great excitement that SEC invites you to our annual Social Entrepreneurship Night at the University of Washington! You may wonder, “what IS social entrepreneurship?” The Skoll Foundation states it as: On May 19th we invite you to learn more on this burgeoning field of social entrepreneurship by joining like-minded innovators in social justice. [...]
OAG Thang 6 Photos
Thanks for coming to the Thang! Lots of new peeps out this month and we’re so glad to see it! The next OAG event is our Wine & Cheese fundraiser this Saturday! Tickets are $10 and support the work of OAG, not to mention it will score you some delicious wine, cheese, and other party [...]
BOOM Summit
Build Our Own Movement: You’re Up! Talk about it. Be about it. The 3rd Annual B.O.O.M. Youth Summit Southwest Community Center on May 14, 2011. The B.O.O.M youth summit began in 2009 as a youth-driven project of the Youth Media Institute. Initially, it was conceived as an opportunity for youth to discuss community issues, gain [...]
