Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cornman-Levy gets grant to scale up green jobs training - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Cornman-Levy is the latest to join Philadelphia’sw Green Economy Task an alliance of more than 130 businesses and organizationsd dedicated tocreating green-collar jobs in the city. She will representt the city’s neighborhood centers and community-based agencies. As the executive directodr of thenonprofit , Cornman-Lev y has worked to increase sustainabilith awareness. She established Teens 4 Good, a year-round program where high school studentxsfrom low-income areas cultivate eight urbanm gardens and sell the produce they raise. “Iy teaches them how to run a business and care for the she said. “If we had 30 we could engage thousandsxof youth.
” The federation also recently received a granyt from urban improvement organization Living Cities to develop a progra m that trains the unemployed for greeh jobs. “It will bridge the gap betweemn work readiness programs and jobs by creating pipelines for marginalizedsjob seekers,” she said. These green initiatives caught the eye of the task said Green Jobs CoordinatorKate Houstoun. “I knew the moment I met her that she was goiny to have a big role in our Houstoun said. Cornman-Levy’s job will be to adapt her programds to alarger scale. She and the federatioh will design the pipeline this summer and institute it at threew of its member agenciesin September.
The programsw target people who normally woulde not be able tofind employment. The member agencies will connect those workers with cleann energy jobs likehouse “The goal is that they’ll have upwarxd mobility,” Cornman-Levy said.

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