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Barbara Lee: Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair

Address: 
Berkeley City College, Auditorium and Atrium, 2050 Center Street (between Milvia and Shattuck),
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Berkeley, CA 94704
Cost: 
free

Representative Barbara Lee Hosts

Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair

Date: Monday, July 28

Time: 10-11:30 am: Panel Discussion; after the panel - 2 pm: Green Jobs Career Fair

Cost: free!

RSVP (or just come) or for more information: Maha Ibrahim at 510-763-0370 or maha.ibrahim at mail.house.gov

Location: Berkeley City College, Auditorium and Atrium, 2050 Center Street (between Milvia and Shattuck), Berkeley, CA 94704

Transit: 1 block from Downtown Berkeley BART

Parking: Center St garage across the street or Allston Way Garage

Program Description:

Connecting the Green Dots will bring together green industry leaders, local businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations working to expand the green economy, and prospective employees of green-collar jobs. By collaborating on the Green Jobs Movement in the Bay Area, we will promote the pathways out of poverty and the higher quality of life a Green Economy brings with it. After the panel discussion with elected officials, university presidents, and green jobs leaders, representatives from Bay Area agencies and businesses will be at the Green Jobs Career Fair to discuss career and training opportunities.

Panelists will likely include:

• Peralta Colleges Chancellor Elihu Harris on Sustainable Peralta

• Congressperson Barbara Lee with a federal update

• Assemblymember Loni Hancock with a state update

• Cal State East Bay University President Mohammad Qayoumi on the

university role

• Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates with an East Bay Green Corridor update

• Emeryville Mayor Ken Bukowski and Emeryville Vice Mayor Ruth Atkin on

green start-ups

• Albany Mayor Robert Lieber on the Green Chamber of Commerce

• Alameda County Sustainability Program Manager Carolyn Bloede with what

large businesses can do

• A representative from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

• A representative from the Ella Baker Center Green-Collar Jobs Campaign

on the national Green for All movement and Bay Area pilot programs

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