by admin | Nov 14, 2012 | Press Coverage, Program News
A recent post in the New York Times Energy and Environment Green Blog is praising New York City’s growing green economy as an important source of jobs for undeserved communities like the South Bronx, which suffer from high unemployment, underinvestment, and...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Press Coverage
The surprise announcement of a grant to Roots of Success by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) was highlighted in a recent article in PG&E’s news source Currents. PG&E showed support for the Full Circle Fund, a San Francisco-based organization launched...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Press Coverage
In a recent blog post, Evan Elkin and Leah Morgan of the Vera Institute of Justice discuss the Ohio Green Prison Project, a pilot program that in partnership with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), is using the Roots of Success curriculum to...
by admin | Aug 26, 2012 | Press Coverage
Roots of Success Founder and Executive Director Raquel Pinderhughes, Ph.D. was selected and interviewed as part of a series of articles published earlier this month by Community-Wealth.org. The interview, part of the series “Conversations with Community Wealth...
by admin | Jul 15, 2012 | Press Coverage
When does selling coffee also support he community? When Roots of Success instructors Chris Ramsey and Fatina Evans take the lead! The two of them are working to transform the historic Sparta Restaurant and Bar in downtown Newark, Ohio into an awesome cafe —...
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 | Jun 2, 2011 | Press Coverage
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...
by admin | May 28, 2011 | Press Coverage
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...