Alameda Point Collaborative

Alameda home to state's first landscape apprenticeship

Jess Anderson
Monday, January 21, 2013 - 12:05am

From left to right: Alameda Point Collaborative Director of Social Enterprise Andrea Schorr; Division of Apprenticeship Standards Director Diane Ravnik; San Leandro Adult School principal Bradley Frazier; landscape apprentices Deja Roofener and Lance Martin; landscaping and horticulture technology trainer Deborah Lindsay; landscape apprentice Daryl McCray. Contributed photo. Read more >> about Alameda home to state's first landscape apprenticeship

Schools labor to build pathways to work as youth employment drops

Michele Ellson
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 12:05am

It’s lunchtime at Encinal High School, and Mary Clarke-Miller is working to keep the noise level in her classroom low enough for her to talk about the high school’s newish MAD Academy, a small “school within a school” that offers the 47 youths enrolled in it a more intimate learning experience – along with basic job skills and multimedia training. Read more >> about Schools labor to build pathways to work as youth employment drops

Alameda Point Collaborative to gain new teen center

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 12:05am
Alameda Point Collaborative

The Alameda Association of Realtors selects a local cause to support each year and for 2012, they’ve chosen the Alameda Point Collaborative. Its major effort will be the construction of a new teen center in a former Collaborative office space on Orion Street.

“It’s just really a community project. It’s kind of exciting,” said Justine Francis, the association’s community outreach chair and the organizer of the project. Read more >> about Alameda Point Collaborative to gain new teen center

City restarts domestic violence task force after long hiatus

Michele Ellson
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 12:05am

A domestic violence task force made up of Alameda city and nonprofit social service leaders started up again this month, after a nearly seven-year hiatus. The aim of the task force is to better coordinate prevention and intervention services for domestic violence victims as funding for such services dwindles, the city staffer managing the task force said. Read more >> about City restarts domestic violence task force after long hiatus

Subscribe to Alameda Point Collaborative