Creating Pathways To Greener Futures Disadvantaged Youth Mentored While Learning Skills for Green Jobs March 2018 - Green Technical Education & Employment (Green Tech) was established in 2008 to provide career technical education with an emphasis on environmental protection to youth and young adults from disadvantaged communities. Since its inception, Green Tech has reached more than 400 students in various career training and STEM activities including solar training, agri-bu

In less than 1 year, 6000 Promise Zone Residents Receive Care through Clinics and "On Wheels." March 2018 - On an autumn evening last September in Sacramento, a tiny woman named Denise is going to a doctor’s appointment without ever leaving the street curb. She isn’t alone. Dozens of the community’s homeless citizens are checking in at Elica Health Center’s Health on Wheels (HOW) mobile unit, parked adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park. For people like Denise, the fully-staffed unit

Public Housing Residents Graduate with Health Knowledge and Power to Advocate March 2018 - Residents from Twin Rivers Public Housing graduated from the “With Every Heartbeat is Life (WEHL)” program on Friday, February 23rd at Samuel Merritt University. The WEHL program is an educational and workforce training provided by Urban Strategies, Inc. onsite at Twin Rivers Public Housing Community. Residents who took advantage of this opportunity became well informed about health and

Students gain college and job skills while tackling real-world problems March 2018 - On Friday, February 23, 2018, community partners including Sacramento Promise Zone, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, The California Endowment, Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Health Education Council, and Center for Cities + Schools were invited to Health Professions High School to hear Y-Plan projects focused on homelessness presented by sophomores. Y-Plan (Youth – Plan, Learn

Elementary and Middle School Students Gain Early Exposure to STEM February 2018 - Square Root Academy is excited to bring the ultimate STEM experience to scholars in various areas! Beginning in February, we will be serving roughly 120 scholars weekly! AMAZING, RIGHT?! Classes will begin at various sites on various days. The following are the dates for the sites that begin in February: ​ American Lakes Elementary School- Friday, February 9 John Bidwell Elementary School- Tuesd

Teacher Prep Programs Provide Support to Over 50% of Promise Zone Schools March 2018 - Sacramento State is proud to be a partner and leader in the Sacramento Promise Zone. The University has intentionally committed its resources, faculty, staff, and students to lead and support a variety of partnerships that are resulting in positive changes and improving lives within the Promise Zone. One example of our commitment to long-term impact in the Promise Zone is through our robust

All artists struggle with lack of inspiration sometime, but 10 year old Vincente Sani doesn’t let this hold him back. “I didn’t really know (what to draw)”, he says, thinking back on the creation of his prize winning poster, “I just start drawing and hope that it becomes good.” Vincente is the first place winner of the 2017 “What Home Means to Me” poster contest, held by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, at the Sacramento and northern California

Summer @ City Hall is accepting applications from current high school sophomores and juniors starting this Thursday, March 1. To learn how area students can gain work experience while learning about local government and civic engagement, click here: http://www.cityofsacramento.org/Summer-at-City-Hall Join the City of Sacramento and SACOG for a Bike Share open house on Wednesday, February 21 from 5:30 pm at City Hall. Share where you would like to see a station in your neighbo