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On November 28, 2009, the New York Times Sunday edition featured an editorial “In Support of Abortion, It’s Personal vs. Political” in the Week in Review. While there were some things I liked about this editorial, there was much to dislike. First and foremost being the fact that Post-Roe women are defined only [...]

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Travel to Oakland!

I have lived in Oakland for more than 10 years and I love it! I plan to stay. It’s home.
Doesn’t mean I can’t laugh at it (with it?) sometimes. This one had me rolling. Enjoy!

Filed under: Oakland Humor

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According to Susan Mernit, co-founder of Pink Garage, a new online community and resource for women entrepreneurs, and a product development, business strategy and social media consultant, she was just awarded a New Voices fellowship to launch Oakland Local.
Oakland Local will be a daily-updated Web site and mobile service with a focus [...]

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On February 27th, I attended Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s briefing on the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. There was only a couple of days notice about the briefing and I had no idea what to expect. When I showed up at the Asian Cultural Center in the Chinatown section of downtown [...]

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I am thrilled and honored to be recognized by KQED as an Unsung Local Hero in celebration of Women’s History Month! Read about me and my hero cohorts on the KQED website.
Me:
Jean Murrell Adams, ADAMS ESQ:
Lieutenant Lea Militello, SF Police Department:
Leslie Simon, City College of San Francisco:
Mary Howe, [...]

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Photos from the briefing at the Asian Cultural Center in downtown Oakland. Carl Chan moderated and he is hilarious! Said Bush finally found his WMD’s and they are subprime loans.

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From $260,000 to $450 million, Oakland has a list of projects. You can find out more about them, rate them, etc… on Stimulus Watch Oakland

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Today, In Oakland: Rain

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I had a lovely lunch with Elisa of Mother Talkers last week. Didn’t expect to be interviewed, but she brought the laptop and we got it done over sushi. She is smart and interesting and I had a great time. Lots to learn about blogging!
Some great comments on the Q & A:
I [...]

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