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Van Jones Tapped As White House Special Adviser
Congratulations to 1994 Echoing Green Fellow Van Jones on his recent appointment to the White House Council on Environmental Quality as a special adviser. The news hit the wires yesterday and has been covered today by The New York Times, U.S.
March 10, 2009 - 5:28pm
Updated! – Cheryl Dorsey and Van Jones on CSPAN
Echoing Green is set to take over Capitol Hill tomorrow, as President Cheryl Dorsey and 1994 Fellow Van Jones are slated to testify before the House Education and Labor Committee.
February 24, 2009 - 12:49pm
Van Jones Profiled In The New Yorker
Earlier this month, Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker wrote an portrait of 1994 Echoing Green Fellow and Founder of Green for All, Van Jones. Van gets plenty of press coverage, but this in-depth profile offers that distinctive and colorful New Yorker lens onto his personal background, activist philosophy, and social change career.
January 26, 2009 - 3:05pm
New Social Entrepreneurship Book: The Tactics of Hope
Looking for stories about social entrepreneurship? Author Wilford Welch has written an inspiring new book, featuring stories from twenty-seven social entrepreneurs—including Echoing Green Fellows Van Jones, Priya Haji, Sasha Chanoff, and Karen Tse.
Welch and his team have also built a tool called My Circle to help young people pursue their passions. Definitely worth checking out: www.tacticsofhope.org/
December 15, 2008 - 7:33pm
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