SEIU Local 32BJ - 101 Avenue of the Americas
The Green Collar Jobs Roundtable, met for its third convening on June 17 2009 to celebrate its work and launch the next phase of its dynamic process. Since its inception over a year ago, more than 170 organizations have worked together to develop a just and comprehensive workforce development strategy to prepare New Yorkers for green collar jobs.
Opening Remarks by J. Mijin Cha (PDF)
Coalition of Over 170
Organizations Convene to Bring NYC to the Fore of the Emerging Green Economy (PDF, Press Release)
General Body Comments (PDF)
Summaries of Table Notes - by Breakout Sessions (PDF)
Summaries of Table Notes - by Table (PDF)
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"The Roundtable has evolved into a much clearer vision. The effort to date has been very inclusive. I would like to see it continue to be so to ensure that no communities are left out."
- Glenda Self, Project Hire
"This has been a truly unique process. Only President Obama could possibly get more stakeholders in a room together than Urban Agenda! I have never seen such a diverse group work together over time in this way."
- Debbie D'Amico, Murphy Institute
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"The Roundtable is ahead of the curve in terms of thinking about green jobs, in terms of identifying what these are and how to prepare for them. It's a great group of individuals working together to make sure the most disadvantaged can access these jobs."
- Valerie Westphal, Doe Fund
"This has been a tremendous effort to move the city forward in a green direction, but in a way that creates good jobs for the existing workforce and for people who need jobs. I believe many green jobs can and will become union jobs because these are career jobs."
- Jon Forster, Local 375, DC 37
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"Green jobs usually refer to advanced skills -- we also need to ensure that they also include entry-level economically disadvantaged, less educated people."
- Ron Rodgers, Easter Seals
"The GCJ Roundtable is an excellent mechanism to get labor, CBOs, the private sector and city agencies to work together to create a greener NYC."
- Bertha Aiken, Teamsters 237
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"This gargantuan undertaking to bring so many groups and people with different interests together is a measure of how important it is. Hats off to everyone for sticking together -- its important that we're all still talking this far along, and I hope it continues!."
- Elizabeth Weiner, Conservation Service Group
"The Roundtable is a great opportunity to learn about the goals and priorities of community, environmental justice and government agencies. We look forward to continuing relationships with these organizations to make sure green jobs are good jobs."
- James Barry, 32 BJ
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"The Roundtable proces is a historic one -- its a pivotal moment which represents a new paradigm on how to ensure that principle gets to practice."
- Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, The Point
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