September 2008 Quarterly Newsletter

We look forward to seeing you next Friday, September 5th, for a "Committees, Boards & Commissions" Quarterly Meeting. 

Our goals for this session are to:

1. Reveal the scope of power and resources wielded in the Bay Area by local decisionmaking committees, boards, & commissions;
2. Highlight individuals whose service has resulted in tangible gains for low income people and people of color; and
3. Identify ways in which the Bay Area Social Equity Caucus can help support progressive folks in their transition & ongoing success on these decisionmaking bodies.

This gathering will be a working session where your experiences serving on or interfacing with decisionmaking bodies will help inform Urban Habitat's next steps - please come prepared to share!  >>> RSVP@urbanhabitat.org

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• Frank Gallo: Former member & chair of the Minority Citizens Advisory Committee; current member of the Transportation Justice Working Group & Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative; and chair of the Neighborhood Aviation Advisory Committee of San Leandro.
• Maria Alegria: Executive Director of Contra Costa Faith Works; League of California Cities Board of Directors since 1999; and former City Councilperson & Mayor of Pinole
• And others to be announced! 

If you think that one of your colleagues or allies would benefit from this newsletter or next weeks Quarterly Meeting, be sure to forward it!


RSVP by sending confirmation to: RSVP@urbanhabitat.org

See you next week!

Juliet Ellis, Executive Director
Connie Galambos Malloy, SEC Coordinator
Marc Caswell, SEC Associate
Urban Habitat

First Annual State of the Region: Dec 15

Stay tuned for registration details in early September!

Statewide Bill to Keep Utilities on for Tenants

Film: Mo' Money by California Reinvestment Coalition

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Other News

AC Transit will place a Parcel Tax on the November Ballot rather than raise youth and senior fares, as proposed last July. READ MORE...

On September 27, the Ella Baker Center, Green for All, 1Sky and the We Campaign will join with tens of thousands of Americans for Green Jobs Now, a national day of action for green jobs. READ MORE...

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) announces its new Economic Justice Initiative to further address the issue of economic justice in our local communities, and ultimately in North America and the global economy. READ MORE...

Bay Area Industrial Roundtable gives a wrap-up of their half-day forum, co-sponsored by ABAG. READ MORE...

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) is asking for donations of school supplies for 30 homeless children.  READ MORE...

Job: Community Organizing Position with CCISCO. READ MORE...


Mayor Dellums: "We must maintain the integrity of good jobs for our migrant truck drivers who need to have a real living-- not a false wage that continues to perpetuate poverty and pollution."  READ MORE...

Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel will be keynote speakers at the Urban Sustainability Conference at Merritt College Friday, October 3. READ MORE...


Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin TV on Comcast Ch. 26. READ MORE...

Kresge Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Programs in Health and Environment. READ MORE...

Introduction to Healthy Community Systems is a new short course team taught by Whitney Dotson MPH, Robin Freeman and David Ralston at Merritt College. Tuesdays and Saturdays. READ MORE...


Job: Program Officer for Community Development at the San Francisco Foundation. READ MORE...

Neither Charles Shaw nor Trader Joe's is willing to accept any responsibility for a farmworker, Maria Isabel Jimenez, dying of dehydration and heatstroke while picking grapes for the company. READ MORE...

Job: Community Organizer for West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project. READ MORE...