Social Web for Good: Crowdfunding Better Communities

When the San Francisco Department of Public Health banned Virginia Ramos in June from selling the handmade tamales she'd been peddling for decades in local bars, the office of her city supervisor was inundated with calls from outraged constituents who had come to know and love her

Ramos, an immigrant who started her business to supplement a job cleaning houses, didn't initially know where to turn. "I come in from Mexico, I never go to school because I have to work for my kids, I got seven kids, I learn English, I write a little bit (you can see my twitters they're really bad)," she told SFist at the time. "But if you kids can help me, let me know. Maybe something on the Internet ... then later when I've got more money then I can start my own little place." Read more...