Cypress Mandela - Oakland Green Jobs Corps on ABC 7's "30 Minutes in the Bay Area"

Cypress Mandela - Oakland Green Jobs Training School featured on ABC 7 "30 Minutes in the Bay Area".
The Oakland Green Jobs Corps is a job training program providing green pathways out of poverty for young adults in Oakland facing barriers to employment. The program will provide job-readiness training, ongoing support services, and on-the-job training, enabling trainees to pursue careers in green industries. The program launched in Fall 2008.
Cypress Mandela partners with Laney College, Growth Center, Inc, the Ella Baker Center, and USGBC Northern California Chapter to provide the Green Jobs Corps program.

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[trickz323]

Y0....this is da 1st jobcorp i ever heard on the newz about.............seemz like jobcorp is changing from da time i was there in '04..............i hope it's changing 4 tha better cuz i know some jobcorpz need 2 !