Compass VII Conference on Green Jobs
Friday and Saturday, October 8-9, 2010
Conference Registration Page will be posted here in a few days. Please check back.

Sat. Oct. 9th, Youth Track, call for information and registration.
Sat. Oct. 9th, Women in Green Jobs Track information and registration will be posted here soon.

Conference Schedule
Friday, October 8th - 9 am to 5 pm
Global Education Center
4822 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209
Statewide Strategy Planning Session for Green Jobs Activists
Price: Varies. See registration form for details. Price includes lunch.

Friday - 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Reception at LeQuire Gallery
4304 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209
Food, wine & beer
Price: Free with conference registration, $15 at the door

Saturday, October 9th - 9 am to 4 pm
Cohn Adult Learning Center
4805 Park Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209
People's Day at Compass
Price: $25, includes lunch. $10 after 1 pm or give what you can.

8:00 to 9 am - Registration and coffee
9 to 9:30 am - Welcome
9:40 to 10:40 am - Plenary
10:45 to 11:45 am - Workshops
11:45 am to 1:15 pm - Lunch, with a presentation by the Youth Track
1:15 to 2:15 pm - Plenary
2:30 to 4 pm - Workshops
4 pm - Adjourn

Speakers:
Elsa Barboza, SCOPE - Los Angeles, one of the nation's leading grassroots organizing and policy organizations carrying out a successful green jobs campaign in South Central Los Angeles.
Karen Monahan, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Organizer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Karen has worked on green jobs on both the grassroots and policy level.
Lindsay Ruprecht -Action Housing in Pittsburgh, PA. She is part of a coalition that is creating a large-scale weatherization project in Pittsburgh.
Donna Adkisson - Wider Opportunities for Women, Washington DC. WOW is actively working on green jobs for women and is one of the leading organizations in the country working on economic equity for women.
Plus many other speakers from around Tennessee. Check back here for more details.

Compass VII housing

Motel
We have an arrangement with the Comfort Inn for a special rate for the Conference. Comfort Inn is located at 412 White Bridge Place, Nashville, TN 37209. Phone: (615) 356-0888. It is about one mile from Global Education Center and Cohn Adult Learning Center, where the Conference will be held. When you make your reservation, please tell them you are with Tennessee Alliance for Progress, and you will get a special rate of $64.95 plus $2.50 occupancy tax. TAP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization so you should not have to pay sales tax.

Home stay
If you would like to stay in a private home, please let us know what sort of housing you need, such as single, double and how many people are in your party. We will connect you with someone who is willing to house you free of charge. Contact Shari Tisch, Logistics Coordinator, at shari.tisch@comcast.net or 615-781-8034.

Youtube Link to Long Haul Awards Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWxyU6-SzI

Youtube Link to Green For All video:

http://www.greenforall.org/splash

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The bright promise of the green economy could soon include, inspire and energize people of all races and all classes....the green wave [can] lift all boats." --Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.

NASHVILE, Tenn. - The high unemployment rate is even higher in distressed communities, but a task force being recommended by two Metro Council members may help relieve the economic stress by creating green jobs.
While the national unemployment rate is 9.5%, a 26-year high, it's even worse in Tennessee.
The latest figures show that one out of 10 workers is without a job and the unemployment rate in Davidson County has hit 8.6%.
There is hope Nashville will bounce back fast with an influx of green jobs.

The Green-Collar Jobs Task Force has been meeting with key members of the administration of Mayor Karl Dean to work with them to create a Green Jobs Corps in Nashville, using stimulus money from President Obama's recovery plan.
The Green-Collar Jobs Task Force is working with other groups around the state that want to bring or are
bringing green-collar jobs to their communities.

Sponsoring Organizations
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1235 Bring Urban Recycling To Tennessee
Center for Community ChangeCumberland Green Bioregional Council
Dirty Dozen Earthmatters Tennessee
Galaxy Star Jobs with Justice of Middle Tennessee
Karen Cochran, Climate Project Presenter Kilowatt Ours
Middle TN Diversity Contractors Association NAACP Nashville Branch
Nashville Homeless Power Project Nashville Peace and Justice Center
Pride Newspaper Group 2nd Chances, Inc.
Fifteenth Avenue CDC Tennessee AFL/CIO Labor Council
Tennessee Alliance for Progress Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
The Digital Brothers Urban Epicenter
Urban League of Middle Tennessee UrbanSavvy.com
Y-Build