Building Bridges Child Development Center strives to support the diverse groups of children and families of Oakland by providing a safe and nurturing environment where children can thrive in all areas of development.  BBCDC understands the need for working families to have access to high quality infant-toddler care. In order to offer such care we must build community partnerships and public support of early care and education that will allow us to provide the best possible care to our youngest members of society.

BBCDC was created to provide families with quality infant-toddler child care in Oakland, California. We support the healthy development of young children by providing individualized attention and support families by giving parents increased opportunities to obtain and/or sustain full-time employment. A fixed percentage of available spaces will be reserved for low-income families. We are currently in our “growing phase” and plan to open in 2009.

 

Independent Arts & Media is a producer's co-op and media/culture incubator with a mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices.

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Indy Arts was founded in 2000 to provide resources and support for media, arts and cultural programs and producers who are doing important work, but who lack support from existing commercial media outlets and traditional arts institutions.

Our production, sponsorship, promotional, educational and support services are always free or affordable, and strengthen a culture of democracy in which individuals fully participate in their communities through vibrant arts, media and public affairs experiences.

NEWSDESK.ORG is a commercial-free, nonpoliticized news source covering important but overlooked issues from around the world -- and your own backyard.

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Newsdesk's exclusive articles break ground on issues that later become front page news, such as the FCC and net neutrality, faith-based politics, Nigeria's oil strife and veterans' health care.

News You Might Have Missed, our weekly roundup of important but overlooked news from around the world, has been published Wednesdays since February 2002, and draws from dozens of English-language news outlets worldwide.

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The Fabulist is a new home for fables, yarns, tall tales, weird fiction, magic realism, and literary fantasy & science fiction.

Your words, images and other media are welcome. The website is open to readers and contributors. In particular we seek to free the literature of the fantastic from the burdens of genre. But genre is fine if it’s in service to the telling.

The East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation (EBJCTF) is made up of a group of high school students determined to make a difference through the application of tzedakah and other Jewish values. We engage directly in the practice of philanthropy and collaborative grantmaking for the purpose of tikkun olam, repairing the world.

We participate in a weekend retreat (in conjunction with the Bay Area’s Jewish Community Teen Foundations) and seven Sunday meetings from December through June in order to:

Run our own foundation—learn to fundraise and make grants Discuss Jewish values and their application to social justice Gain leadership, teamwork and philanthropic skills
By participating in meaningful activities that offer responsibility and the opportunity to practice Tikkun Olam in a community of peers, the East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation helps to ensure that Jewish youth in the East Bay community carry forth the philanthropic spirit of our heritage well into the 21st century.