by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Recent Trainings/Certifications
Last Friday, June 22, eighteen instructors were certified to teach Roots of Success during a day-long training on Rikers Island — New York City’s primary jail, with an inmate population of around 14,000. The new instructors were added to the vibrant and...
by admin | Jun 27, 2012 | Announcements
Over the past few months Roots of Success has worked with the visualization experts at Karma Store to create this stunning infographic. To the left is a small clip of their work — click on the image to see the complete illustration! The team at Karma Store has...
by admin | May 16, 2012 | Video Clip
Jameelah Muhammad was one of the first instructors certified to teach Roots of Success back in 2009 and has been facilitating the curriculum in green workforce training programs across New York City ever since. She is currently the Community Program Coordinator for...
by admin | May 1, 2012 | Testimonials
“Roots of Success is the foundation of Osborne’s Green Jobs Training Program, enabling our staff to effectively prepare men and women who have been in conflict with the law for productive lives and economic self-sufficiency. In 2011, 64% of students who completed...
by admin | Apr 24, 2012 | Press Coverage
Three graduates from Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest program and Roots of Success class were featured in a New York Times article that focused on the transformation they underwent from being incarcerated to becoming skilled green-collar workers. Windy City...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | Testimonials, Video Clip
Thomas and Wendy enrolled in the Employment Training Center and Roots of Success course at Asian Neighborhood Design (AND) — a 39-year-old community based organization located in San Francisco that is dedicated to reducing poverty and revitalizing neighborhoods...
by admin | Mar 16, 2012 | Announcements
This week the Pacific Coast Collaborative — which brings together leaders of the five Pacific Coast jurisdictions to address their unique and shared circumstances — released an exciting new economic analysis of the clean economy, along with an...
by admin | Mar 7, 2012 | Testimonials
A recent graduate of Young Community Developers’ Southeast Solar Training Program – where she completed the Roots of Success course – had high praise for the curriculum. Here is what she had to say: “The Roots of Success class changed my life,...
