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Women's Initiative for Self Employment: Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
Women's Initiative for Self Employment is a Bay Area non-profit which provides high-potential, lower-income women the training, resources and on-going support to start and grow their business. The business management training, technical assistance, and financial services we provide — in English and Spanish — improve the quality of life for the women we serve, their families and our communities.
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SEC Quarterly Meeting - The Foreclosure Crisis: Opportunities for a New Economy

03/12/2010 - 9:30am
03/12/2010 - 12:00pm
City: 
Oakland
Address: 
James Irvine Conference Center at the East Bay Community Foundation - 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Cost: 
Free

The Foreclosure Crisis: Opportunities for a New Economy

For our next Social Equity Caucus quarterly meeting, we will be broadening our understanding of the foreclosure crisis to illuminate strategies by which community groups and the public sector can work together to move from reaction to action, seizing the moment to make concrete gains in economic equity for the most burdened communities in the Bay Area.

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The Greenlining Institute's 17th Annual Economic Summit - Rebuilding the American Dream

04/09/2010 - 9:00am
04/09/2010 - 9:59am
City: 
Los Angeles
Address: 
Center at Cathedral Plaza 555 West Temple Street
Cost: 
$35-$100
The Greenlining Institute's
17th Annual Economic Summit
Rebuilding the American Dream
Friday, April 9, 2010
Downtown Los Angeles

The American Dream is perceived as a promise of prosperity for all citizens. The American Dream is the opportunity to raise one’s standard of living without the restrictions of class, religion, race, or ethnic group. According to the dream, this includes the opportunity for one's children to grow up and receive an adequate education, own a home, and live a healthy life.
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PICO - National Negotiations w/ Bank of America in Antioch

12/12/2009 - 6:00pm
12/12/2009 - 8:00pm
City: 
Antioch
Address: 
Holy Rosary Church - 1313 A St.
Cost: 
Free

Bank of America's Barbara Desoer to Meet with CCISCO and PICO Leaders

St. Ignatius Church to Divest Unless Desoer Comes Through with Promise and Results

 After a successful protest in San Francisco, Bank of America President of Home Mortgages and Insurance Barbara Desoer has agreed to meet with CCISCO and PICO leaders on January 12, 2009 at Holy Rosary Church in Antioch for national loan modification negotiations.  With only a pitiful 98 permanent loan modifications across the country, Bank of America has fallen short of fulfilling their bailout promises.  

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Richmond Economic Development Campaign

Richmond Economic Development Campaign Research tells us that there are connections between gun violence, educational opportunity, and employment. Per capita, Richmond has the highest homicide rate in Northern California. At the same time there are major opportunities to dramatically impact the economic environment and reduce gun-related violence.

Richmond has various initiatives and innovative programs that seek to address unemployment and underemployment and which have the potential to provide pathways out of poverty. There is more that can be done to support and create quality jobs and training opportunities.
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Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin: Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
We support grassroots leadership and promote civic participation to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in local underrepresented communities.
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Green for All: Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. By advocating for local, state and federal commitment to job creation, job training, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities – Green For All fights both poverty and pollution at the same time.
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Ella Baker Center for Human Rights:Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Based in Oakland, California, we promote positive alternatives to violence and incarceration through our four cutting-edge campaigns.
Current Campaigns: 
Books Not Bars; Green Collar Jobs; Silence the Violence; Soul of the City; Bay Area PoliceWatch
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Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies: Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
The David R. Brower Center, Ronald V. Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies reseraches human behavior as it applies to the implementation of policies of Equity, Ecology and Economy
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network: Organizational Profile

Mission Statement: 
APEN seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play. And we strive to build grassroots organizations that will improve the health, well-being and political strength of our communities.
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