Congresswoman Barbara Lee to Tour Laney College to Evaluate Green Job-Training Programs
For Immediate Release
April 30, 2010
Contact: Ricci Graham
(510) 763-0370
Lee and Assistant Secretary of Employment and Job Training for the U.S. Department of Labor Jane Oates will discuss benefits of program during press conference
OAKLAND – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09) will tour Laney College, located at 900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA, on Monday, May 3, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon to assess Peralta Community College District’s Green Jobs Program and its Alameda Transportation and Logistics Academic Support Initiative (ATLAS) Program.
Congresswoman Lee will be joined on the tour by Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training for the U.S. Department of Labor, Peralta Community College Chancellor Elihu Harris, Laney College President Elnora Webb and College of Alameda President George Herring. The press is welcomed to accompany the Congresswoman on the tour.
Congresswoman Lee, Assistant Secretary Oates, Peralta Community College officials and students will discuss the impact the job-training programs have had on providing students with a pathway into the many employment opportunities offered by the burgeoning Green Jobs economy during a press conference in the Laney College Courtyard at 11:15 a.m.
The U.S. Department of Labor provided $2.5 million in grant support for the ATLAS Program at the College of Alameda. The ATLAS Program targets low-income, unemployed and under-employment individuals and provides them with training in warehouse logistics and transportation industry. Peralta Community College District received an additional $1 million in ARRA funding to support its Green Jobs Program at Laney College. The program trains students in energy efficiency, renewable energy and water-installation practices, skills necessary for them to gain employment in the residential plumbing industry.
Who: Congresswoman Barbara Lee and
Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training Jane Oates
What: To tour Laney College and hold press conference highlighting Peralta Community College District’s Green Jobs Training Initiative
When: Monday May 2, 2010, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
(Press Conference will take place at 11:15 a.m. in the Laney College Courtyard. Press is also welcomed to join Congresswoman Lee on the tour)
Where: Laney College
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA
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