Growing Clean Energy Jobs in Oakland, April 5

How do we create more jobs for our community, especially our youth? Is it possible for those jobs to be good for people AND for the planet? ...and how can the COMMUNITY, including youth, lead the way?

The Oakland Climate Action Coalition invites you, your friends, and your family to explore possible solutions that address the economic and the climate crisis by creating hundreds of local clean energy jobs for Oakland residents.

What: Growing Clean Energy Jobs in Oakland - A *FREE* community event
Where: Youth Uprising, 8711 MacArthur Blvd, East Oakland
When: Saturday, April 5, 11 - 3 pm (doors open at 10:30am)

  • FREE * LIVE MUSIC * food provided *
  • Community Leaders Panel *
  • Workshops: Growing Healthy Communities, Growing Food Justice, and People-Powered Solutions *
  • YOUTH Workshops: Growing Youth Leadership and Growing Our Future *
  • Tabling and networking with clean energy employers and job trainers *

RSVP to Growing Clean Energy Jobs by March 31 to guarantee your seat.

Partnering Organizations: Oakland Climate Action Coalition's Clean Energy & Jobs Oakland Campaign, Communities for a Better Environment, Allen Temple Baptist Church's Prophetic Justice Ministry, East Oakland Boxing Association, Sustainable Economies Law Center, Planting Justice, PUEBLO (People United for a Better Life in Oakland), Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project, Bay Localize, RE-volv, Kehilla Synagogue, Emerald Cities Oakland, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter, Local Clean Energy Alliance, Youth UpRisingEcology Center, Roots of Success, Artos Consulting, and Cree Buildings Inc.

Contact event organizer Colin Miller at colin@baylocalize.org for more information, to get involved, or to be an organizational partner.