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SPUR Green Collar Jobs Forum

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Start time:	Tue, Jul 22, 2008 10:30

End time:	Tue, Jul 22, 2008 23:30

Type:	Other

Address:	312 Sutter St. (at Grant), Fifth Floor San Francisco, California United States

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San Francisco Urban Planning and Research

7/22/2008 12:30 PM

A noontime forum, held at SPUR, 312 Sutter St. (at Grant), Fifth Floor, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. We are located close to the Powell St. BART station and several Muni lines.
Feel free to bring a lunch. SPUR Forums are open to the public, free for members and $5 for non-members.

Green collar jobs are being discussed by everyone from Presidential candidates to local workforce officials. A national organization, the Apollo Alliance, has written a key paper on this issue. Join Kate Gordon, Co-Director of Apollo Alliance as she explains what green collar jobs are and what local communities can do to expand these jobs.

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katiewithaperm about 1 year ago

This Thursday, July 24, 2008, Van Jones will appear at a Commonwealth Club Event, Green For All: Van Jones and Senator Steinberg in Conversation with Scott Shafer.

This program will present innovative ideas about how the environmental movement, specifically the creation of green jobs, can remedy environmental and economic injustices in our communities.

A lively post-program reception will provide an opportunity to network and continue the green flow of ideas. Details are below! Please pass this on to others who would enjoy being part of this vibrant discussion. We hope you can make it.

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Inforum: a division of The Commonwealth Club

TITLE:	Green For All: Van Jones and Senator Darrell Steinberg in Conversation with Scott Shafer.

SPEAKERS:	VAN JONES, Founder and CEO, Green for All DARRELL STEINBERG, California State Senator; Incoming President Pro Tem, California Senate In Conversation with SCOTT SHAFER, Host, KQED's "The California Report"

DATE:	Thursday, July 24, 2008

TIME:	6 p.m., Check-In \| 6:30 p.m., Program \| 7:30 p.m. Reception at SOMA Bar TBD

PLACE:	Club Office, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco Directly outside of the Montgomery BART station.

PRICE:	$12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)

Reservations (415) 597-6705 or register at
www.commonwealthclub.org/inforum