Labor, Faith and Government Join in

Campaign for an Inclusive Green Economy in San Jose

On Wednesday, October 21 the JATC along with the Pipe Trades Training Center in San Jose, labor, faith and government leaders joined together to kickoff a campaign to make our region a leader in creating good quality jobs in the emerging green economy—including and especially for low-income and disadvantaged people. 

Tour Participants: Ash Kalra (SJ City Council Member), Forrest Williams (County Supervisor Candidate), Shayna Hirshfield (SJ City Environmental Services), Louise Auerhahn (Working Partnerships Assoc. Policy Dir), Neil Kozuma (SJ Conservation Corps Dep. Dir), Justine Burt (Sustainable Silicon Valley), Rev. Rebecca Kuiken (Interfaith Council Dir),Terrie Iacino (Step Up Silicon Valley Dir), Scott Wynn (CET Green Skills Job Resource Spec),Mark Berman (CA Assembly Candidate), Greg Cabrera (MetroEd Business Partnerships Coord),Jim Kelly (City College Labor Studies Coord), Pia Moriarty (CET Educ. Spec.),Oscar Soto (CET Training Mgr), Ezequiel Guzman (CET Region 1 Director), Ben Valdepena, Betty Faultner, Donnelle Fassler (CSEA), Cassandra Kifer, OscarGranados (SEIU), Jaspal Dhillon (Sikh Community Gurdwara), Daniel Newell (TransAccess),Andrea Harris, Rick Zinman, Heidi Eisips, Harold Goldberg (Jewish Community Relations Council Board).