11 May 2012. 0 comments
In celebration of Earth Day, Laney College hosted the Seventh Annual Peralta Sustainability Conference on April 26th 2012.
Long Standing Organizer Nicky Gonzalez Yuen stressed that the Peralta Sustainability Movement is part of a continuing worldwide environmental and humanitarian obligation where education is key.
Filed under: Laney College, Peralta News. Tagged: Earth Day, Nicky González Yuen, Seventh Annual Peralta Sustainability Conference
21 December 2011
The Peralta Colleges Board of Trustees voted to demonstrate its support of the principles of the Occupy Movement by beginning the process of moving its assets from large banking institutions.
The resolution, first introduced by Trustees Abel Guillén and Nicky González-Yuen, asks Peralta’s Chancellor, Wise E. Allen, to provide the Board of Trustees with a list of recommendations by January 31, 2012, on how best to bring about a timely, efficient and responsible redirection of financial resources maintained, influenced or controlled by the District and its subsidiary organizations, consistent with the spirit of this resolution’s clauses and consistent with all legal and administrative requirements and necessities
The Peralta Colleges – Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland – serve 30,000 students, employ more than 1,500 teachers and staff, and have an annual budget of $140 million.
Filed under: Announcements, Board of Trustees, Peralta News, Press Release. Tagged: Abel Guillén, CDFIs, Community Development Financial Institutions, Dr. Wise E. Allen, Nicky González Yuen, Occupy Movement
14 December 2011. 0 comments
The Peralta Colleges (Berkeley City College, College of Alameda and Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland) Board of Trustees voted in its to demonstrate its support of the principles of the Occupy Movement by beginning the process of moving its assets from large banking institutions.
The resolution, first introduced by Trustee Abel Guillén, asks the Peralta’s Chancellor, Wise E. Allen, to provide the Board of Trustees with a list of recommendations by January 31, 2012, on how best to bring about a timely, efficient and responsible redirection of financial resources maintained, influenced or controlled by the District and its subsidiary organizations consistent with the spirit of this resolution’s clauses and consistent with all legal and administrative requirements and necessities
The Peralta Colleges – Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland – serve 30,000 students, employ more than 1,500 teachers and staff, and have an annual budget of $140 million.
Filed under: Announcements, Board of Trustees, PeraltaTV, Press Release. Tagged: Abel Guillén, CDFIs, Community Development Financial Institutions, Dr. Wise E. Allen, Nicky González Yuen, Occupy Movement
20 November 2011. 2 comments
Welcome to another edition of Board Spotlight. The November 15 meeting started off with another strong showing by Save Our Schools. The Board received an extensive report on the development of an IT Master Plan by consultant Tony Tortorice. And Trustees Nicky González Yuen and Abel Guillén put forth a request for the Chancellor to investigate putting the Peralta Community College District moneys into community banks. Watch past Board Meeting videos here.
Filed under: Board Spotlight, Peralta News. Tagged: Abel Guillén, IT Master Plan, Nicky González Yuen, Save Our Schools, Tony Tortorice
Monday 21 May 2012
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