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Green Jobs Corps

Submitted by Dena on 05/02/2009
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Oakland launches a sustainable economic employment model
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http://www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php

The Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, supported by the Ella Baker Center, is building California's movement for a green-collar economy that truly provides opportunity for all while also building sustainable communities. The campaign advocates for the creation of "green-collar" jobs in low-income, diverse communities in industries such as renewable energy, water and energy efficiency, green building, habitat restoration and sustainable agriculture. Almost all jobs are quality, career-track, skilled and hands-on.

*In Oakland, the first cycle of the program is currently training 40 young adults and will place graduates in full time jobs with solar firms and green construction contractors.

*Nationally, the Campaign played a central role winning the "pathways out of poverty" provision in the federal Green Jobs Act of 2007, which authorizes $125 million annually for green job training (and which inspired $500 million in related green job training funds in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).

 

Their Description: 

The Green-Collar Jobs Campaign is helping build California's movement for a green-collar economy that truly provides opportunity for all. We advocate for the creation of "green-collar" jobs (quality, career-track, skilled, hands-on jobs in industries like renewable energy, water and energy efficiency, green building, habitat restoration, sustainable agriculture, and more), especially for low-income communities and communities of color.

We do our work statewide in California, as well as in Oakland and the surrounding Bay Area.

Our work has "Three P's":

  • Partnerships: We build vibrant, cross-sector coalitions that include leaders from unions, green businesses, environmental organizations, social justice groups, and education and training institutions.
  • Policy: We craft -- and win -- cutting edge public policy solutions.
  • Pilot Programs: We champion groundbreaking demonstration projects that prove what's possible.
Contact: 

<div class="rteleft">Ella Baker Center for Human Rights<br />
344 40th Street<br />
Oakland, CA 94609</div>

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Hello Dena,

I've attached the Ella Baker Center logo and the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign logo. It's fine to use it for the purposes you describe below.

Let me know if you need anything else.

-Hayes

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