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April 21
NY Jobs with Justice and Urban Agenda Urge City Charter Commission to ‘Slow Down’

October 27, NYC: The Green Collar Jobs Roundtable, a multi-stakeholder New York City-based campaign today released its Roadmap—a strategy to ensure that the green economy’s growth creates broadly shared prosperity for businesses, communities and workers in New York City.... (Read more)
Related: Launch of the Roadmap

October 19, 2009
Launch of the Green Collar Jobs roadmap
By Urban Agenda and the Center for American Progress

June 18, 2009
Coalition of Over 170 Organizations Convene to Bring NYC to the Fore of the Emerging Green Economy
Related: Roundtable Campaign

Feb 25, 2009:
New York City Apollo Alliance Calls on Governor and Mayor to Prioritize Green Principles in Stimulus Fund Disbursement
Related:
Letter to Governor • Letter to Mayor •
The Federal Economic Stimulus Package page

Feb 3, 2009:
The New Apollo Program, The Economic Stimulus and NYC
Related: Feb. 2 event and audio files

Nov 19, 2008:
Meeting New York City's Energy Needs
Related: Nov. 18 event: New York City's Energy Future

Fact Sheets

Growing Green Collar Jobs (PDF)

The Green Collar Jobs Roundtable Campaign (PDF)

Federal Economic Stimulus Package and New York City: Backgrounder (PDF)

Federal Economic Stimulus and New York: Backgrounder:
September 2009 Update (PDF)

What is the NYC Apollo Alliance? (PDF)

In the News

April 15, 2010

New York Times article:
Bronx Activists Trying to Turn Park Projects, Stimulus Cash Into Economic Engines.

Mijin Cha, director of campaign research is quoted in the article.

August 2009

Fox News conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck recently attacked the Apollo Alliance and its partners (including Urban Agenda) for the 'vast left wing conspiracy' around fighting climate change and creating green jobs. Urban Agenda is listed as one of the agents of this conspiracy. Thanks for the recognition, Glenn!

Read the press release by Apollo Alliance: What Does The Fox News Channel Have Against Green Jobs?

January 2009

The Gotham Gazette ran a series of articles entitled Can Obama Help Save New York?

One of the featured articles, "Using This Crisis to Prevent the Next One", was written by J. Mijin Cha, director of campaign research at Urban Agenda.