Connecting entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, hackers, autodidacts and educators who are willing to challenge the status quo of Higher and K12 educational structures. A community of people creating solutions.

Shingon Mikkyo Kunimiyama Daikokuji America(previously Mikkyo Zen Eimeiji) was established in June 2010 under the Chief Priest Eimei Kawakami’s strong belief: In order to ensure world peace we must purify the U.S., and that we must establish an educational institute where ones could be taught on gratitude and compassion regardless of any specific religious faith. Through the opening of the branch temple in the heart of Silicon Valley where the strong spiritual power of the Monjyu-bosatsu resides …

We started as a group of women gathering to take charge and “lift the fog” on our personal finances. We have now developed into a community of women who are shifting our relationship with money from a consumption-driven paradigm to one of giving, caring and ‘enough’ to co-create an economic future for humanity that sustains life on earth.  We do this by exploring our stories and beliefs around money, by continuing to educate and develop ourselves and by building community.  If you are interested …

The SF Edtech Meetup is the hub for the amazing keynotes, panel discussions, edtech mixers, member spotlights, and hands-on learning experiences that inspire teachers, entrepreneurs, technologists, education reformers, and edtech enthusiasts to connect, collaborate, and innovate. We meet monthly to explore various topics at the intersection of education and technology, to learn about the latest technologies that are supporting teachers, and to hear from teachers about the problems in education t …

The UniversityNow Campaign aims to make a debt-free college degree available for everyone who seeks it. Join our community and help us change the conversation about what's possible in higher education.

Meet up for awakened ground crew members of the Family of Light. Held the Second Thursday of each month from 7:00-9:00 at Avalon Visions Bookstore, Capitola Now is the time to meet one another, share wisdom and aid in the dimensional birthing of the new generation in the age of awakening. For the first time in thousands of years, a window will be opened between the Ascended Masters world and ours, starting May 25 through December 2012. Please join us for a monthly meeting In which we will raise …

After meetings and multiple discussions this group is now evolving to an investment group that focuses on projects over $500,000. With all the competition and aggravation on the lower end properties it makes sense to focus on the higher dollar deals that make larger returns. Let's network and work on some deals together!

In December 2011, I was sitting in a three-day, 13-hours-a-day Landmark Education self-improvement seminar in San Francisco, and all I could think about was escaping through one of the hermetically sealed windows and making a dash for Nob Hill, the only thing resembling a steep incline in the area. It was during the dinner break during the final day of the seminar that I conspired with Paul Schutzman and Mai-Ling Garcia -- two of the very cool people with whom I'd made a connection during our th …

Are you an investor that wants to learn how to create safer investments that generate passive income? Do you want to learn how to use your IRA to invest in ways that will earn higher returns than you thought possible? Have you heard about people using Real Estate to build wealth? How about learning the techniques that Banks use to create and make money. Have you ever heard of Trust Deed Investing or Private Money? For Real Estate Investors that are Fixing and Flipping or buying and holding, do y …

This group is for anyone interested in learning more about how money and investing works. From basic financial concepts to understanding various retirement saving, college saving, investments and insurance products. We focus on financial education, concepts not typically taught in schools. Concepts useful to the general population (the 99%) regardless of economic status.

Hmong Village Women Meetup is a call for all the Hmong women to come together, in a safe atmosphere, to learn, share and inspire one another to reach their full potential. This group is for you if you have a strong desire to… * Learn how to own your power and reclaim your authentic self * Connect and surround yourself with women who will lift you higher * Support and inspire other women with your message and wisdoms Hmong Village Women Meetup will have: • Monthly meetup (Location and time are op …

Calling all international student and scholar advisors in the Bay Area! Let's get together for wine and regs AND regs and wine! Hoping to create additional opportunities for us to get together outside of NAFSA conferences and BAPIER meetings to connect and discuss tricky advising situations and regulatory changes. I'd love to start off with having a monthly meet up - 3rd Wednesday of each month? Depending upon the level of interest - more info coming soon!

We are a group of parents and educators seeking to open a charter early college high school in West Oakland. Even though Oakland remains plagued by astronomical dropout rates, a high school diploma is no longer a sufficient target for our kids. It's time to aim higher. At The Town High School Early College, our mission will be to take the same youth that some expect to drop out of high school and graduate them in four years with an associate's degree. Innovative, teaching-focused scholars will i …

For those of us who didn't go into academics in the humanities but wonder what it's like to teach a class, this Meetup is a chance to explore that road untraveled. Here's the idea: every month (or week?), one member makes up a syllabus for a class -- you know, like the ones we got in college, with the title of the course, a brief description, a reading list, an outline of the course's structure, maybe even the titles of individual lectures, etc. Print it out, make copies, distribute it at the me …