Roots of Success

Reports featuring Roots of Success:

• Waugh, Alexandra. Contextualized Literacy in Green Jobs Training. Jobs for the Future, April 2013. (pages 7-10)

• Larsen, Kelly. Case Study: Arturo Velasquez Farming/Garden. National Wildlife Federation: Campus Ecology, 2012.

• Feldbaum, M, F Greene, S Kirschenbaum, D Mukamal, M Welsh, and R Pinderhughes, Ph.D. U.S. Department of Justice. National Institute of Corrections. Greening of Corrections: Creating a Sustainable System. Washington, DC: AED National Institute for Work and Learning, 2011.

• Mass, W.; Moss, P.; Hopkins, M.; Ross, M. University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Industrial Competitiveness. Skills for Green Jobs in the United States. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization, 2010. (pages 21-26)

• Kim, I, E Kirsch, and C Reyes. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, the Oakland Apollo Alliance, and the Full Circle Fund. Making Green Work: Best Practices In Green-collar Job Training. Oakland, CA: Green-Collar Jobs Campaign (An Ella Baker Center Initiative), 2009.

• Yen Liu, Y, and T Keleher. Green Equity Tool Kit. Oakland, CA: Applied research Center, 2009.

• Pinderhughes, Ph.D., R. The City of Berkeley. Office of Energy and Sustainable Development. Green collar jobs: An analysis of the capacity of green businesses to provide high quality jobs for men and women with barriers to employment. Berkeley, CA: The City of Berkeley, SFSU, Ella Baker Center, Green For All, 2007. (Executive Summary)

• Pinderhughes, Ph.D., R. “Green Collar Jobs: Work Force Opportunities in the Growing Green Economy.” Race, Poverty & the Environment: Getting Ready for Change: Green Economics and Climate Justice. 13.1 (2006): 62-63. (PDF)

Press featuring Roots of Success or programs using Roots of Success:

• April 2013 - Observing Earth Day in prison

• April 2013 - Green corrections in Ohio

• April 2013 - Prison inmates receive job training, internships

• October 2012 - Laying down Roots of Success in East London.

• October 2012 – Full Circle Blends Funding and Talent to Help Bay Area Nonprofits.

• October 2012 – Where do innovative program ideas come from? Lessons from Ohio.

• July 2012 - Newark’s Sparta-turned-coffee shop offers training, education to people in poverty.

• June 2012 - Interview of Raquel Pinderhughes, Executive Director of Roots of Success, by Steve Dubb, Research Director of The Democracy Collaborative.

• September 2011 - An Urban Garden Prepares Inmates for Green-Collar Jobs. Don Terry. New York Times.

• June 2011 - Effective Communication With Disconnected Youth: Unpacking the Message Within the Message. National Council of La Raza.

• May 2011 - The impulse to live more lightly on the Earth is neither political nor elitist. Jenny Gundy. Burlington Free Press.

• April 2011 - Green For All Fellowship and Academy Program: Empowering Communities of color and low-income communities to organize for a clean energy economy. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins. Green Labor Journal.

• April 2011 - Green Jobs – Roots of Success. Hanna Thomas. The Otesha Project.

• 2011 - Environmental Literacy for Workforce Development. Christie and Associates. 2011.