Find a cause at “Volunteer for Oakland" - Saturday, March 10

Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Fri, 9 Mar at 3:22pm.

Want to make a difference in your city? Head out to City Hall this Saturday - March 10 - and learn about the wide range of opportunities for volunteering throughout Oakland's diverse communities.

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Oakland throws it down at Mosswood Park
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Mon, 15 Aug at 8:53am.

After a hard day of volunteering across Oakland cleaning up, planting gardens and helping at libraries, hundreds of Oaklanders got their boogie on Saturday at Mosswood Park for the first "Throw Down for the Town" put on by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

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Mayor Quan having a whirlwind of a term 100 days down
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Mon, 11 Apr at 3:21am.

It's been nearly 100 days since Jean Quan walked into Oakland City Hall as the new mayor.

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What it might be like to volunteer in Mayor Quan's plan to mentor Oakland youth
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 30 Mar at 10:18am.

(Editor's note: The following is a continuation of Tuesday's story by Jen Ward, in which writer Barbara Grady looks at Mayor Jean Quan's push to build a coalition of mentors to help our city's youth.)

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Community activism on the rise, join in (City Hall Scene)
Blog entry by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Sat, 12 Mar at 7:04pm.

In case you missed it, Oakland has been a bubbling hotbed of political and community activism these days.

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Mayor Quan's volunteer initiative: How do you get involved?
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 12 Mar at 11:50am.

So how do you get involved in Mayor Jean Quan's well-publicized effort to recruit 2,000 mentors to help out in Oakland?  After we ran a story on last Friday's rally, we realized that the ways to sign up and get involved weren't obvious--at least, not if you'd missed the event.  So, we went off and inquired, and here's what we learned:<

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Friends of Sausal Creek: Plant Hikes and workdays this weekend and the following
Blog entry by Friends of Sausal....
Last updated at Fri, 3 Sep at 6:25am.
Plant Hikes:
There is a trail re-routing project in Joaquin Miller Park the weekend of September 10th-12th led by V-O-Cal ( http://v-o-cal.org/ ).  Prior to that weekend, we're going to be salvaging plants for the n
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Hundreds of Volunteers Come out to Install Solar Electric Systems in West Oakland
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 4 Aug at 7:29am.

Nine homes in West Oakland turned into producers of solar electricity Sunday morning after about 200 volunteers with GRID Alternatives spent Saturday installing solar photovoltaic systems on their rooftops.

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