Oakland directs $250,000 for Green Jobs Corps!
* Sharon Cornu, head of the Alameda County Central Labor Council
* City Councilmember Nancy Nadel
* Victor Ochoa, Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Dellums, who has endorsed the Green Jobs Corps
* and Connie Galambos of Urban Habitat, who unveiled the groundbreaking "Community Jobs in the Green Economy" report.
Plus, superstar poet/activist/artist Aya de Leon read a hilarious and touching and powerful poem as the perfect opening to the event, followed by a rousing keynote from Ella Baker Center President Van Jones. After the rally, a crowd packed the Public Works Committee, leading it to unanimously support the initiative. At the final vote at Oakland City Council on June 19, the full $250,000 in seed funding for the Oakland Green Jobs Corp was approved. Click here for more details for the report!
