Renewal friend and Social Venture Network Member Van Jones named as Obama's Green Jobs Guru.

Anticipating a pending visit from new US President Barack Obama, "What Obama Can Learn On His Trip To Canada Today" delineates three areas where Canada is a leader--banking, healthcare and foreign worker immigration policy. 

Ocean Robbins, founder and director of YES! and 2008 recipient of the Jefferson Award for outstanding public service, went to the Obama inauguration and made a 10 minute film profiling the voices of young leaders.