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San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Roots of Success was thrilled to offer an all-day instructor certification training for staff representing various San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) agencies on December 7, 2011. Agencies that sent staff to be certified included Asian...
Bay Area Community of Practice expands to Marin County
At the end of March, fifteen trainers working in a number of groups in the County of Marin in Northern California became certified Roots of Success instructors. Marin Employment Connection hosted this training. Their goal is to support a thriving, diverse workforce in...
Instructors from Vermont Green
In April, the Roots of Success returned to Vermont for a four day long training of Vermont Green’s newest certified instructors. Vermont Green is a diverse statewide public-private partnership preparing workers for a variety of green jobs, working in fields like...
Green For All fellows trained to teach Roots of Success
June 24-25, 2011, Green For All Fellowship and Academy Program fellows will be trained to teach Roots of Success. Congratulations to our newest group of certified Roots of Success instructors!
Roots of Success in England
In March, the ELCP had the opportunity to train a member of the Otesha Project in England to teach Roots of Success. The Otesha Project, which trains young people to become advocates for social and environmental change, is the convener of the Green Jobs Action...
Detroit’s First Roots of Success Instructors
In March, Raquel Pinderhughes traveled to Detroit to train fifteen instructors with Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice. DWEJ will be working at the community level to promote environmental literacy to people of all ages. Established in 1994, DWEJ was formed...
Roots of Success en Español Available
Our 9 module Roots of Success curriculum is now available in Spanish.
Roots of Success featured in International Labor Report on Green Jobs
Roots of Success was featured in Green Jobs in the United States: Background Country Study. For more information on this study, as well as other studies, press, and publications that feature the Roots of Success take a look at the Press &...
Green Jobs & Career Pathways Guidebook Now Available
The Green Jobs & Career Pathways Guidebook provides students and programs with detailed information on 162 green jobs and career ladders in the Water, Waste, Energy, Transportation, Building, and Food and Agriculture sectors. The Guidebook includes information on...
Roots of Success Bringing People Together to Create a Green Business Community
Green Futures LA, a professional development startup in LA, is beginning to incorporate Roots of Success into their strategy for creating a robust and productive green economy in Southern California. The social enterprise works to prepare and train an environmentally...
Helping Youth Educators Communicate ‘The Message Within The Message’
Lowell Herschberger, Director of Career and Education Programs for the Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, discusses how Roots of Success helps educators in their programs communicate 'the message within the message' to disconnected youth in a blog post...
Roots of Success Instructor Jenny Gundy Featured in Burlington Free Press
In an article recently published by the Burlington Free Press, Jenny Gundy (right) -- who teaches Roots of Success for Vermont Adult Learning and the Community College of Vermont in Winooski -- argues for the democratization of the environmental movement through...
Roots Director Contributes to Report on ‘The Greening of Corrections’
What are viable strategies for the greening of correctional institutions? Roots of Success Founder and Executive Director Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes begins to answer this question in a recent white paper jointly authored with a number of other scholars for the Federal...
Otesha Green Jobs Director Becomes the UK’s First Certified Roots of Success Instructor
Roots of Success was recently visited by Hanna Thomas, Green Jobs Director at The Otesha Project UK, a youth-led organization in the United Kingdom that is mobilizing their generation to create social and environmental change. Hanna leads Otesha’s green jobs work with...