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
american-businessman broadcast comments forum people post
Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.
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.
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.
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.
our-future
We are mortgaging our future.
presidential voter-turnout voters
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
responsibility support politics
When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.
activist occasions
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
common-sense basics our-future
Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.
long voting voters
Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.
strong way election
I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.
ability given manifesto
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
american-businessman unless
What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.
american-businessman deliver experience members offices
When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.