Community of Practice Learning Call
Green Pathways out of Poverty through Partnerships and Recovery
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Date: Thursday, June 4th
Time: 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern
All across the country, exciting partnerships are forming. Unlikely allies are coming together to create model green job training programs that successfully build pathways out of poverty. And the Recovery Act includes green job training grants to fund these programs, for which the Department of Labor will begin soliciting proposals in June.
On the call:
- Learn what "green pathways out of poverty" means.
- Get an overview of the Department of Labor's green job training grants.
- Find out why partnerships are key to qualifying for these grants.
- Hear from 2 green jobs training programs that demonstrate successful
partnerships between community, higher education, labor and business.
Presenters:
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All
- Jason Walsh, National Policy Director, Green For All
- Wayne Richardson, Garden State Alliance for a New Economy (New Jersey)
- Dave Johnson of Laborers International Union (Newark, New Jersey)
- Marcy Drummond, Los Angeles Trade Technical College (Los Angeles, California)
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