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Springboard Innovation Launches New Social Investing Conference in Portland, Oregon
Revisioning Value (ReVV 2010): The Intersection of Purpose and Profit April 26-27 2010

Save the date for a compelling new conference that brings promising strategies from the global stage about how we can create and finance effective change organizations. “Delivering social change at scale will require more capital than philanthropy and public resources can provide.” – Rockefeller Foundation

ReVisioning Value 2010: A Conference at the Intersection of Purpose and Profit will bring together leaders from the varied fields of impact investing and social innovation to share how new models for both are increasing the flow of capital to the creation of a more just and sustainable world. The one-day conference is followed by a day of hands-on workshops and strategic action roundtables designed to help participants apply the ideas offered at the conference to their own organizations and to create actionable tools and strategies for the future.

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The push for Green Jobs in Portland continues this weekend.

From Lacey Riddle
Focus Oregon/ Northwest Coordinator:
Focus the Nation: Seizing the Opportunities of the New Energy Economy; Portland State University- Hoffmann Hall, 1833 SW 11th Ave., Portland, OR
April 17th- 6-9 p.m.

Focus the Nation will hold our local kick-off town hall (1 day before the rest of the country launches about 170 other town halls). Congressman Earl Bluemanuer, Rep. Jules Bailey, Rep. Ben Cannon, Mayor Sam Adams, Commissioner Jeff Cogen will be in attendance for this town hall to discuss the city and state’s role in the transition to the new energy economy.

Mayor Adams will be unveiling the City of Portland & Multnomah County’s Climate Action Plan at this event, and will open it up for the first time to public comment at the Focus the Nation town hall! This will be a great time to bring YOUR input to the table and to make sure YOUR values are captured by this action plan!

Check out http://focusthenation.org/nation/oregon/oregon-district-1 for more information. Please send all questions regarding the event to Lacey Riddle at lacey@focusthenation.org.

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