CPI Speaker Series: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Apr 17, 2009 Green Jobs: Fighting Poverty and Pollution

5-7pm, Thursday, April 30

The LGBT Community Center: 3909 Centre St, 92103

Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Founder and former CEO Van Jones, who raised Green For All to national prominence, has joined the Obama White House as Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council on Environmental Quality.

Green For All’s new CEO is Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, who Jones calls “one of the nation’s most brilliant, inspirational and creative problem solvers for working families.” Previously, Ellis-Lamkins led the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and Working Partnerships USA.

Co-presented byGreen For All : Sierra Club San Diego Chapter : Urban League of San Diego County : MAAC Project : Empower San Diego : Organizing for America-San Diego : Coalition of Neighborhood Councils : IBEW Local 569 : San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council : San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council : San Diego Apollo Alliance : Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego :California Center for Sustainable Energy : San Diego Workforce Partnership

Information: Quynh Nguyen at Quynh [at] onlineCPI.org or 619.584.5744 x 26