Joan Blades
Joan Blades
Joan Bladesis an American businessperson and progressive political activist. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company known for marketing the After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. After selling Berkeley Systems in 1997 for $13.8 million, Blades and Boyd founded the liberal political group MoveOn.org...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
thinking people information
People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.
presidential voter-turnout voters
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
our-future
We are mortgaging our future.
jobs kids blue
What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?
moving issues people
We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.
country real optimism
I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.
meaningful book people
A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.
mother parent purpose
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
powerful toxic stories
Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.
children issues parent
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
mother believe issues
Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.