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John McCain: Saddleback Forum 08/16/08

2008-08-27T08:50:26Z

John McCain
Saddleback Civil Forum
lake Forest, CA 08/16/08

TRANSCRIPT:
RICK WARREN: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 allows religious organizations, not just churches but faith-based organizations to keep and hire the people that they believe share common beliefs with.

MCCAIN: Yes.

WARREN: Would you insist that faith-based organizations forfeit that right to access federal funds?

MCCAIN: Absolutely, not. And if you did, it would mean a severe crippling of faith-based organizations and their ability to do things so successfully.

LABEL: JM CA 08-16 (KF#8) CLMPX -- ClipJ

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On-the-Spot Volunteerism - Ben Rigby

2008-07-03T16:35:31Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Ben Rigby, founder of Mobile Voter, describes his "Grand Experiment" which allows users to practice "on-the-spot volunteerism" in ten or twenty minutes by connecting to organizations via their mobile phones.

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Open Innovation in Civil Society featuring panelists from Volunteer Now!, CorpWatch, Ask Your Lawmaker. This event was moderated by Trabian Shorters of the Knight Foundation.

This year's NetSquared Conference, a Mashup Challenge, brings together a unique mix of people from the public and private sectors to develop and release Mashups designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues affecting communities around the globe.

Ben Rigby graduated from Stanford University with Honors, Distinction, and Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to co-found Akimbo Design, a web design firm that created and managed the consumer web sites for The North Face, Beringer Vineyards, and California Pizza Kitchen and completed award-winning projects for Nokia, Sony Pictures, MGM, Calvin Klein, and Macromedia.
His company produced three Web design books, won dozens of awards, and had work featured in major media publications such as Newsweek, the New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today.

In 2002, Ben took a position as CTO of DFILM, a youth entertainment company creating web and mobile applications. At DFILM, he managed the launch of a youth-focused communication platform in partnership with KPN, the largest wireless operator in the Netherlands. He also launched a viral application that is consistently used by 300,000 unique users per month and has been licensed by Yahoo!, Sam Adams, IBM, the Sierra Club, and Old Navy.

In 2004, Rigby founded and became co-executive director of Mobile Voter.

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Gary Hart - Time for a New NATO?

2008-06-16T09:32:11Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart calls for a NATO-style international organization of liberal democracies to address global issues.

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Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart discusses his new book Under the Eagle's Wing: A National Security Strategy of the United States for 2009.

Gary Hart is currently Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado, distinguished fellow at the New America Foundation, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A thoughtful treatise, Under the Eagle's Wing makes a compelling plea for our upcoming leaders to embrace a new world order, one in which the U.S. and other nations draw strength from a united approach - Tattered Cover Book Store

Gary Hart is an author, lecturer, teacher, scholar, attorney, and former US Senator from Colorado. A candidate in 1984 for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, during 1970-1972 he managed Senator George McGovern's presidential campaign. He has also served as an appellate attorney in the Justice Department, a special assistant at the Department of the Interior, and senior counsel to the international law firm Coudert Brothers.

He co-chaired the US Commission on National Security/21st Century as well as the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Homeland Security. In the Congress he founded the Military Reform Caucus, served on the Senate select committee to investigate the intelligence agencies, and introduced a collection of environmental measures for energy independence.

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Authors@Google: Rod Beckstrom

2008-06-07T09:33:28Z

Author Rod Beckstrom, discusses his book "The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations", as part of the Authors@Google series. An entrepreneur who founded his first company at age 24, Beckstrom has also helped to start a number of non-profit groups and initiatives, including Global Peace Networks and SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture). Beckstrom holds an M.B.A. from Stanford and was a Fulbright Scholar in Switzerland. This event took place June 19, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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