Final Market of Aya Community Markets’ Season on November 19th from 11am-5pm
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A Launch to Remember
Hello Folks, Thank you so much for supporting Aya Community Markets and making our Inaugural Launch one to remember. We received so many well wishes, compliments and great advice from so many folks in the community that we cannot express our thanks enough. We made a short video (click here) just to show how much [...]
And we’re back…Starting More than a Car
After the trip to Madrid, Spain as finalists of the Ford Global Test Drive we are back in DC and ready to start more than a car! In Spain we test drove the 2012 Ford Focus (see the video here), now we will have the Focus for 6-weeks to drive around DC while accomplishing Dreaming [...]
An appeal to the dreamer in you…
Dear Friends, I am Fred Smith, Chairman of the Board of Dreaming Out Loud, Inc. Dreaming Out Loud (DOL) began in 2008 in the founder and executive director, Christopher Bradshaw’s apartment, with a computer his mother gave him and a dream he had to inspire young people to improve their communities and them- selves, hence [...]
Charter Schools
Publicly and privately funded, charter schools operate with more freedom than traditional public schools. With greater independence and funding, charter schools often produce better results than traditional public schools. In the article “Good Data for Charter, but Some Urge Caution,” Meg McSherry Breslin discusses the successes of Chicago-area charter schools as well as the areas [...]
Oil spills: Bad for birds, good for Ethics Mirrors
In my previous blog, I talked about the interconnectedness of different countries. As it turns out, the planet itself is interconnected. The recent and devastating oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico proves this point precisely. One incident, an explosion on an oil rig, has had massive implications for several surrounding regions. The offshore drilling [...]
