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Press Release: Buy A Song To Support A Cause

This effort supports Coalition on Homelessness, WRAP & Literacy for Environmental JusticeJay Trainer Band has partnered with Artfulchange on a new campaign called Power Of The Arts and is aimed towards promoting local San Francisco causes as well as financially contributing to their work. The band is donating 50% of the proceeds of select track sales off their new EP, when purchased through the Artfulchange Power of the Arts campaign. 

Artfulchange is a collaboration of artists and environmentalists. They seek to construct thoughtful alliances in hopes of solving some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social problems. Artfulchange utilizes the arts as a catalyst for social change. Their aim is to provide opportunities to everyone to incorporate activism into their lives in the framework they have constructed.

Jay Trainer Band and Artfulchange are currently partnering with three local nonprofits on this initiative and are working diligently to grow the list of beneficiaries. As Jay puts it, "The core principle behind Artfulchange is using our passion for the arts to have an impact on these issues.  We are creating opportunities for people to enjoy the arts and at the same time know that the money they are spending is going to make a difference."

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Connect the Dots is Greening Nonprofits: An Interview with Founding Director Maikhanh Nguyen

Environmental sustainability is important for every organization, but not everyone knows where to start or how to make it happen. For non-profits focusing on a specific social mission with limited time and funds, it can be a challenge. Connect the Dots, a Bay Area nonprofit exclusively serving the nonprofit community, disseminates environmental sustainability practices to nonprofit organizations to help them meet their social missions in an environmentally responsible manner.

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350.org Events: Green & Tonic

This Saturday, October 24 is 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action. Artfulchange will be hosting a carbon neutral online concert fundraiser all day on our website and an after-party that night at the Box! We hope you can all come. Many other Bay Area organizations are doing great events that day as well and we are doing a series this week to highlight those projects.

I had the chance to talk with Velvet Volez from Green & Tonic about how they are teaming up with Carrotmob to put on a 350.org event this Saturday at Shotwell's.

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350.org Events: Poems for the Planet

This Saturday, October 24 is 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action. Artfulchange will be hosting a carbon neutral online concert fundraiser all day on our website and an after-party that night at the Box! We hope you can all come. Many other Bay Area organizations are doing great events that day as well and we are doing a series this week to highlight those projects.

I had the chance to interview Phyllis Meshulam, who is organizing “Poems for the Planet,” a group meeting at the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday to hand out poetry in support of the 350.org Day of Climate Action.

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