Welcome to the All New EllaBakerCenter.org
posted on MARCH 12, 2012 by Hayes Morehouse | 4 comments
The dust has settled. Bugs have been ironed out. New photos have been uploaded. Ella Baker Center's brand new website is finally live!

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Making Good: Let's Get to (Meaningful) Work
posted on FEBRUARY 28, 2012 by Hayes Morehouse | 2 comments
In 2007, Paul Hawken published Blessed Unrest, which documented a new type of movement. One which has no single leader, but in which many people are leading.

TAGS: Billy Parish, Dev Ajula, Making Good
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Use Your Money - Arizmendi Cooperative
posted on NOVEMBER 26, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 0 comments
The Arizmendi Bakeries are on our list of Use Your Money businesses.

TAGS: Arizmendi, cooperative, Use Your Money, worker-owned co-op, In Oakland
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Do Something. Buy Nothing.
posted on NOVEMBER 23, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 1 comment
One day in 1997, I took a day off. I went out and bought absolutely nothing.

TAGS: buy nothing day, Occupy Oakland, Use Your Money
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Thanks a lot, BART
posted on AUGUST 15, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 1 comment
This weekend, I was surprised to find that my name, my email and password were posted on the internet for all the world to see.

TAGS: BART, BART security breach, My BART
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Green: It's Political
posted on APRIL 23, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 0 comments
Today is Earth Day. The day we're all supposed to make the little changes to the way we live that, in theory, will add up to big changes to the big changes that the world really needs. Something I read in Mother Earth News this week gave me pause.

TAGS: Earth Day, Earth Day 2011, green living, Mother Earth news
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It's Not Just About Cleaning Up a Creek.
posted on APRIL 19, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 0 comments
I feel really fortunate to live in Oakland. It's a place that has challenges, but it's also a place that exhibits a remarkable resilience and ability to come together to solve its problems. Like last Saturday, when in honor of Earth Day, I joined about 20 other people to wade around in Arroyo Viejo Creek in East Oakland to clean out the accumulated trash from the rainy season. I love working with other people to make a tangible difference in a particular place.

TAGS: community organizing, Earth Day, Earth Day 2011, events
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Wisconsin: Still Fighting.
posted on MARCH 21, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 1 comment
Today is the first day of spring. When people started standing up for their rights against the anti-union actions of Republican Governor Scott Walker, it was still very much winter. It's been 5 weeks since Gov.

TAGS: Gov. Walker, labor, union, wisconsin
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Oakland Love Runs Deep
posted on JANUARY 03, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse | 0 comments
Team Ella Baker Center at the 2010 Oakland Running Festival

TAGS: marathon, oakland running festival, run, Team Ella Baker Center
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Today is World Toilet Day... No Really!
posted on NOVEMBER 19, 2010 by Hayes Morehouse | 3 comments
If you're reading this on a computer, there's a good chance that you've also got a place to sit. I'm not talking about the chair you're sitting in, though that's also pretty nice. I'm talking about access to a basic human right: the right to clean, safe drinking water. And the only way to get clean water is a working water sanitation system, meaning a toilet.

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