October Soup Stone Supper w/ Oakland Local 10/19/2009
 October 19th, 2009 7pm-10pm Thanks! Mary Featured Project Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local, a news & community hub for Oakland, CA focused on environmental, food, development and social justice issues, and the recipient of a 2009 New Voices grant from J-Lab at American University. A former VP at AOL and Netscape, and a former Yahoo Senior Director, Mernit was the consulting program manager for The Knight News Challenge in 2008-09, as well as a consultant to organizations including Salon.com & TechSoup Global, where she led the re-design of their portal. A popular trainer and speaker, Mernit works regularly with The Knight Digital Media Centerat USC's Annenberg School, and with The Maynard Institute, and is the Keynote program chair for the October 2009 Online News Association conference in San Francisco. Oakland Local lauched on the same day as our October Soup Stone Supper so we got a first glimpse of the site. Photos from the event: Click to set custom HTML CommentsLeave a Reply | Soup Stone EventsWe're hosting monthly Stone Soup Dinner Parties where guests bring ingredients for a meal, and good ideas for the conversation. Each month we feature a new project that is either in the works or just off the ground. Guests also get a chance to talk about what they are doing and ask for support from the group. Get Involved> Join our Mailing List to get an invitation to the next event  Archives |
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