Are you a developer? Join SMUD for a FREE workshop on Thursday, Aug. 9 from 7-8:45AM at the SMUD Customer Service Center- Rubicon Room, 6301 S Street, Sacramento, California 95817. Experts will be discussing electrification (all electric developments), electric vehicles, battery storage, and lighting. After the presentation, they’ll be available to answer any questions you might have. Register here: tinyurl.com/yd2xc5wj

Sacramento Promise Zone’s SEEK (Summer Engineering Experience for Kids) program has been selected as one of 14 applicants to receive the City of Sacramento’s 2018 Rapid Acceleration, Innovation and Leadership in Sacramento (RAILS) program grant. The City received 143 applications totaling $11.4 million in funding requests.The $50,000 award to SHRA (Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency) will benefit this free summer immersion program which serves 150 students in grades

The Sol Collective helps revitalize communities by providing artistic, cultural, and educational programming that promotes social justice and empowers residents July 2018 - Sol Collective is a community-based 501(c)(3) partnership whose mission is to provide artistic, cultural, and educational programming, promote social justice, and empower youth through art, activism, music, and media experience. We have worked to create custom services based on the specific needs of the co

Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services Partners to Feed More Than 135,000 Sacramentans Monthly July 2018 - In an effort to address the needs of the food insecure in Sacramento County, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services (SFBFS) partners with over 220 food pantries throughout the county. Through food distributions and congregate meals made possible by this network of Partner Agencies, 135,000 food insecure individuals receive nourishment each month. In addition to food reso

Future Leaders Learn to Embrace Their Identity While Gaining Skills and Shaping Their Own Values July 2018 - In 2016, the founder of We Leverage noticed a revolving door in civic engagement with disenfranchised youth and the missed opportunity to have them involved as a leader who can contribute to tangible outcomes and not just seen as a spectator. Today, We Leverage is a community-based non-profit, civic education organization in the Greater Sacramento area - inspiring yout

June 2018 - On Tuesday, June 19, Sacramento Promise Zone’s Director and Coordinator, Tyrone Roderick Williams and Julius Austin respectively, spoke in support of establishing an Office of Geographically Targeted Economic Development to provide state assistance to federal Promise Zones within California. The bill, SB 635, presented to the California State Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, was passed and referred to the Committee on Appropriatio