Friends of the Earth Workshop
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with the Sierra Club due to the latter's positive approach to nuclear energy. The founding donation of $500,000 (in 2019 USD) was provided by Robert Orville Anderson, the owner of Atlantic Richfield oil company. The Friends of the Earth in each country are themselves many-tiered networks reaching from individual activists up to the national pressure group which campaigns for environmentally progressive and sustainable policies. The groups and activists carry out educational and research activities.
<strong><br /><br />Further Reading:<br /></strong><br /><span>Brian Doherty & Timothy Doyle (2018) Friends of the Earth International: agonistic politics, modus vivendi and political change, Environmental Politics, 27:6, 1057-1078, DOI: </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1462577"><span>10.1080/09644016.2018.1462577.</span></a><br /><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Donald W. Greenberg (1985) Staging media events to achieve legitimacy: A case study of Britain's friends of the earth, Political Communication, 2:4, 347-362, DOI: </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.1985.9962773"><span style="font-weight:400;">10.1080/10584609.1985.9962773</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Jennifer Thomson, "Surviving the 1970s: The case of Friends of the Earth," </span><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Environmental History</span></i><span style="font-weight:400;"> 22, no. 2 (2017): 235-256.</span></p>
Nani Coloretti - 2012 National Public Service Award Winner
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2012 National Public Service Award Winner: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Department of the Treasury, came to the Treasury Department following four years in San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office, initially as a policy advisor and then as the budget director for the final three years. While working in the Mayor’s office, she engaged stakeholders and leadership to create and implement San Francisco’s $6.5 billion annual budget, and developed programs and policies to carry out the Mayor’s priorities in several areas, such as health care and information technology.
Government Matters
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Government Matters
2017
Government Matters
Source: <a href="http://patimes.org/aspa-napa-announce-national-public-service-award-winners/">PA Times</a>. Retrieved May 15, 2015
<a href="https://govmatters.tv/priority-goals-at-the-department-of-housing-and-urban-development/">Government Matters</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Figures
National Public Service, Awards, Nani Coloretti, Treasury, San Francisco, Budget
San Francisco
Remember the Poor: A Salvation Army Christmas Box
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Signs like these accompanied the early Salvation Army Kettles. The words "Keep the Pot Boiling" encouraged passers-by to make a contribution, assuring them that "Every Little Helps." In this particular instance, money was being collected to provide a free Christmas Dinner for 25,000 poor people at the Grand Central Palace in New York.<br /> <br />In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee had the idea to provide a free Christmas dinner to the poverty-stricken of San Francisco. Committed to feeding 1,000 impoverished people, he needed a way to fund the project.<br /> <br />Thinking back to his time as a sailor in Liverpool, England, he recalled a large iron kettle (known as Simpson’s Pot) that was set up where the boats came in. Here, people could contribute their spare coins to help those less fortunate. This gave him the idea for what would eventually become the infamous red Salvation Army Kettles of today.<br /> <br />Captain McFee set up a similar kettle, accompanied by a sign that read, “Keep the Pot Boiling.” Soon, he had raised enough money to feed the needy people at Christmastime.<br /> <br />Years later, the idea spread across the country to Boston, resulting in 150,000 Christmas dinners. In 1901, New York City raised enough money to provide a huge sit-down meal in Madison Square Garden.<br /> <br />Since Captain McFee’s original kettle in San Francisco, the the custom has spread across the world to places such as Korea, Chile, and Europe. In modern times, the funds from Salvation Army kettles help more than 4.5 million people during the holiday season.
Detroit Publishing Company (collection accessed through Library of Congress)
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Library of Congress
1903
Library of Congress
Source: Red Kettles. (n.d.). The Salvation Army. Retrieved October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/VZxX3b">http://bit.ly/VZxX3b</a>.
For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="http://www.salvationarmy.org/">http://www.salvationarmy.org/</a><br /><br />Link: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994004886/PP/">Library of Congress</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Photo
Salvation Army, Christmas, Poverty, Kettle, San Francisco, Anti-Poverty
California
Poster for Sweetheart's Ball at Alcatraz Penitenitiary
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Alcatraz was more than just an island prison on the San Francisco Bay. Since the island was so far away from the mainland, the prison had facilities for all the officers that lived there. They raised families in their own houses, and had their own social functions in their day-to-day lives. They also had a social club with a soda fountain, bowling alley, and a small convenience store. Their children would take the boats out in order to attend school. Though the prison took up most of the island, the people who lived in Alcatraz were more like a small town with a unique job population.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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National Park Service
1953-1963
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
<p>A hand-drawn written poster with cut out images pasted on. It’s advertising a Valentine’s day ball, located in the social hall.</p>
<p><em><strong>For further exploration please visit </strong></em><br /><a href="http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mainpg.htm"><strong>http://www.alcatrazhistory.com</strong></a></p>
Link: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/FederalPrison/Officers/leisureFamily/goga13712_ballPoster2_exb.html">National Park Service</a>
Medium: Poster.
English
Poster
Alcatraz, Prison, San Francisco, Sweetheart's Ball
California