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Celebrating Solutions! Founder Interviewed On Pacifica Radio
July 3rd, 2005
Welcome "Sunday Salon" listeners. If you tuned in to the interview with Ellison Horne about Celebrating Solutions!, we want to hear from you. Please tell us about your solutions!

Igniting Partnerships:
A First for PBS and
United Way of America
June 25th, 2002

The Chief Executives of PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and fifteen public television stations joined executives from United Way of America, United Way of the Bay Area, The San Francisco Foundation, and the Benton Foundation gather at Delancey Street Restaurant for a dinner meeting to discuss and support "Celebrating Solutions! scheduled to air nationwide on PBS during September of 2003.

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S.F. Man Aims for Activism by Media
June 24th, 2002

Ellison Horne and his backers are urging newspapers, radio and TV stations to raise awareness through regular features on community solutions. The Mercury News has committed to the idea.

"It (Celebrating Solutions!) fits with our mission to report on a diverse community and help it grow and prosper," said David Yarnold, Mercury News executive editor. Read the Mercury News story »
By Tia O'Brien, Mercury News

 

At Home for the Holidays

Celebrating Solutions! is the story of what happens when people come together to make a difference in their neighborhoods and communities. Ellison Horne, the project's founder and executive producer, learned this powerful lesson from his father. Although Ellison Horne Sr. never learned to read or write, he was considered a valuable asset to his community. The Seattle Times told his story in a front page article that appeared on his 80th birthday, December 25, 1999. Celebrating Solutions! is dedicated to the legacy of people like Ellison Horne Sr. (1919-2002), who give true meaning to the word, hero.

Read the Seattle Times Story »

 

Get Involved
Celebrating Solutions is now accepting submissions from this website.

Solutions Spotlight
CREATE A PARK: Vandalism, litter, and safety issues used to plague neighbors of downtown San Jose, until they began organizing to turn an abandoned lot into a neighborhood park...
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