A description of your site http://www.ellabakercenter.org/ Your copyright information Our Executive Director, Mr. Jakada Imani, was a featured guest on The Rachel Maddow Show discussing the Mesherly trial verdict and justice for Oscar Grant. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Heal the Streets Fellows hold their first Solutions Salon about how to end violence in Oakland, with coverage by Channel 2 News. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Youth from all over Oakland and surrounding communities turned Ella Baker Center into a music recording studio. Over 65 youth and 20 volunteers created more than 70 songs over the course of the weekend. Channel 2 news covered the event. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST The long-awaited Oakland Green Jobs Corps, the employment pipeline providing "green-collar" skills training and jobs to young adults with barriers to employment, was publicly unveiled on October 20th, 2008 during a press conference at the Cypress Mandela Training Center. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST News coverage of our Green Jobs Now rally and concert. It drew over 400 people to Mosswood Park in Oakland for music, green technology showcase, and a chance to demand green economic recovery. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT Silence The Violence once again took over McAfee Coliseum for Silence The Violence Day with the Oakland A's. Starting with a Tailgate BBQ / Resource fair followed by a moment of silence before the first pitch, we brought the issue of violence to a wider audience. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Our Executive Director, Mr. Jakada Imani, was a featured guest on Black Renaissance discussing the role of the Ella Baker Center in helping to bring about change and opportunity to our world. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Silence The Violence Day 2008 featured 27 vigils around the Bay Area and beyond, with the Ella Baker Center hosting a vigil at Defremery Park. Nearly 2000 people came out to call for an end to the senseless violence. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero and California NAACP President Alice Huffman, among many others, describe why the Runner Initiative is bad for California and announce the formation of a coalition to defeat it. Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT KTVU Channel 2 ran an excellent segment on our Emergency Vigil on February 15, 2008, broadcasting our message of hope and peace to the whole Bay Area. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Oakland's Green-Collar Jobs funding and the Richmond training program explicitly surfaced in the Democratic primary debates. KPIX covers this, with interviews from Nwamaka Agbo and Aaron Lehmer. (Jan 2008) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Ella Baker Center turns into a music production studio as youth from across the East Bay come together to make music with a message: Silence the Violence. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Director Ian Kim explains the campaign on KPIX CBS5 news. Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Ella Baker Center and Solar Richmond present green-collar job training in action as the Richmond Build and GRID Alternatives do a solar installation on an elderly homeowner's house. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT On June 12, we held a rally for the Oakland Green Jobs Corps. We demanded that Oakland City Council provide seed money for a training program to provide green pathways out of poverty. Thanks to YourTV 20. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT As mothers joined Books Not Bars in demanding better access to their incarcerated children, the TV cameras were rolling. Watch the KCRA3 Sacramento coverage of the event. Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT As mothers joined Books Not Bars in demanding better access to their incarcerated children, the TV cameras were rolling. Watch the Univision in Sacramento coverage of the event. (Note: this coverage is in Spanish with no subtitles) Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT Our Mother's Morning/Mothers Mourning event attracted a lot of media attention. From around the Bay Area, news outlets helped mothers remember their lost loved ones. Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT CBS5 and CBS13 report on the changes that are underway in California's youth prison system: Sally Lieber and Books Not Bars are working to shut it down and transition to county-run restorative facilities. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT Assemblywoman Sally Lieber talks on Mornings on 2 about her bill that would close the Division of Juvenile Justice, formerly CYA. She explains what it would take to completely shut down the abusive and corrupt system. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT Van Jones speaks about the need for a "Clean Energy Jobs Bill" at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's press conference on February 21, 2007. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST News coverage of our rally in support of oil independence in Oakland, and important step towards the "green collar jobs" vision of our Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Initiative. (October 2006) Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Bay Area PoliceWatch responds to the San Francisco Police Departments notorious racist video scandal. (December 2005) Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST News coverage of CYA guards beating two youth. As a fight between guards and youth comes into view of surveillance cameras, CYA guards kick and hit two youth as they lie face down on the floor. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Free Speech TV highlights the collaboration between Ella Baker Center and the Oakland Apollo Alliance in our effort to create a new model for revitalizing urban areas. (May 2006) Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST See news coverage of 'Silence the Violence Day' on June 1, where people throughout northern California held candlelight vigils to honor those lost to violence. 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