Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (ODALC) held the grand opening of their new digital co-working and Internet literacy facility in the Frank G. Mar building located at 1224 Harrison Street, on Saturday, May 29th, 2010.

Distinguished guests that attended the launch event: Jean Quan, Dr. Kitty Epstein, and Dr. Andreas Weigend. ODALC’s service to disadvantaged youth and struggling small business owners in the community empowers them with digital literacy and technology to achieve higher career goals.

Eight new “green professional development” certificate programs, the instruction for which will be offered online, were launched, March 29 by California State University, East Bay’s Division of Continuing and International Education.

Rising Sun Energy Center, founded in 1994, has evolved from a modest renewable energy education center into a leading green workforce development and retrofit services organization.

Keeping Oakland green takes all of us, so we ask you to save these dates and join us in having fun being green! Nationally recognized as one of America’s greenest cities, Oakland continuously works to demonstrate our pledge to build an ecologically sustainable, economically dynamic and socially equitable future for our community.

The East Bay Conservation Corps (EBCC) is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland with the mission to promote youth development and community service. Through service-learning, the EBCC engages young people in their educational and personal development while addressing real environmental and social issues.

Solar Richmond develops green-collar jobs, clean energy, and economic opportunity through solar installation training and innovative job creation to empower emerging leaders of the green economy.

Green Jobs Network is a fantastic resource for anyone who is interested in the growing green economy and how they can participate. The mission of the Green Jobs Network is to connect people seeking jobs that focus on the environment and social responsibility with available opportunities and resources.

In its 125-year history, Preservation Park has experienced life cycle changes common to many urban areas. The community started out in the 1870’s as an upscale residential neighborhood made up of elaborate Victorian homes. By the 1970’s, however, many of the large homes had been subdivided into rooming houses and the neighborhood had deteriorated into what planners at the time considered “redevelopment” material. All but five of the structures on the two-block site were demolished. The construction of a new freeway adjacent to Preservation Park also threatened to destroy a significant percentage of the neighborhood’s historic Victorian homes. To preserve these historic assets, the City of Oakland created a public/private partnership to relocate the endangered buildings and to renovate the regrouped residential structures for a new life as a business neighborhood.

America faces unprecedented economic, national security and environmental challenges. The solution – transition to clean, renewable energy. Join our movement of more than 5 million calling for clean energy and climate policies that will create millions of jobs, make us energy independent and solve the climate crisis.

The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) was created around the dream of buying and preserving a beautiful but deteriorated warehouse in Oakland’s Chinatown. That warehouse became the Asian Resource Center, a multi-service center to house social services and businesses. The Asian Resource center is home to EBALDC, various nonprofit agencies, retail businesses, medical facilities, school district classes, and the Asian Resource Art Gallery.