P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network Meeting Summary Wednesday, September 9, 2010

Meeting Attendees for September 2009

Adam Feldman, Green Hive

Alicia Zambrano, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Andrew Delgado, CCEO Youth Build

Anthony Johnson, US Vets

Arcelia Sandoval, Personal Involvement Center – Healthy Marriage

Arthur Jupiter, LA Worksource

Barbara Bryant, Human Potential Consultants

Barbara Lynn, Personal Involvement Center - Healthy Marriage

Billy Williams, Los Angeles Urban League

Bob Morgan, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Brad Carson, Los Angeles County Department of Probation

Brian Lee, CNS Logistics

Carolyn Christian Hines, Hines Hospitality Group

Cecilia Rojas, Crystal Stairs

Charles Evans, City of Compton

Charles Jackson, City Pride Magazine

Charlotte Callegari, City of Carson

Cheryl Lumpkin, Los Angeles Career Network

Christy Rose, Los Angeles College International

Clarence Espinosa, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)

Cleo Wilson, PATH Ventures

Dan Ward, Enviro

David Gonzales, El Camino College – CACT

Dean Jones, Southland Partnership Corporation / P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network

Deidra Vandiegriff, New Directions

Deloris Frisby, Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County

Derek Hull, City of Compton

Eddie Purtuas, State of California Employment Development Department

Erick Cerda, Los Angeles County Department of Probation

Ernest Melendrez, Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRDC)

Fay Craton, Loyola Marymount University

Fiorella Del Carpio, Crystal Stairs

Frank Mora, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services - GAIN

Gaby Cortez, Agile 1

Gary Wright, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Gaston Herrera, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services - GAIN

Gayle Avant, PV Jobs

Gina DeBaca, InnerCity Community Network

Grant Forsberg, Huntington Park Parole Office

Greg Hicks, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Howard Pratt, Pratt & Associates

Ilene Alverez, El Camino College Compton Center

JacQueline Bowen, Los Angeles County Department of Children Family Services – ILP

Jamie Gutierrez, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)

Janaya Thomas, Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County

Jason Sakamoto, State of California Employment Training Panel

Jeannie Sherafatini, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services

Jennifer Franks, Mentors International

Jimmy Cooper, Contractor

Joseph Lewis, El Camino College Compton Center

Josephine Mays, El Camino College Compton Center

Juan Alvarado, PV Jobs

Juanita Douse, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services

Karen Holtzclaw, Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC)

Karen Robinson, Allstate Workplace

Katrena Carruthers, State of California Employment Development Department

Keith Blackwell, Skid Row Development Corporation

Kenneth Guertin, Goodwill Industries, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County

Kenneth Lewis, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Kidadda Curtis, Agile 1

Kimberly McKenzie, City of Compton CareerLink Worksource Center

Kismet Evans, Inland Empire Veterans Stand Down

Laura Atkinson, El Camino College Compton Center

LaVonté Jackson, Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County

Lemuel Edmondson, Volunteers of America

Leroy Huff, Inland Empire Veterans Stand Down

Lucia Kos, Southern California Edison

Luis Barrera-Castañoń, Para Los Niños

Luz Beltran, El Camino College Compton Center

M. Khalizadeh, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Maria Garcia, Lynwood Chamber of Commerce

Maria Mata, Los Angeles County Community Senior Services - Title V Program

Marinette Harris, Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC)

Marsha Cole, Workplace Hollywood

MaryD Miller, City of Los Angeles, Youth Opportunity Movement

Maurice Barnard, United Job Creation Council

Michael Dolphin, State of California Employment Development Department

Monica Pecot, Community Career Development

Nate Duhon, City of Los Angeles, Housing Authority

Nelly Rodriquez, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Niki Williams, State of California Employment Development Department

Norma Coronado, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Nylis Milner, Los Angeles County Community Senior Services -Title V Program

Onica Ross, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Rhonda Brown-Palacios, Ralph’s / Food 4 Less

Robin Boocock, Eimago, Inc.

Rodney Murray, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Sharie Day, Friends Outside

Shaun Pruett, People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)

Shauna Leon, Volunteers of America

Sithor Lytle, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services - GAIN Region V

Stanley Jacobson, El Camino College Compton Education Center

Stephen Thompson, Los Angeles OIC

Veronica Martin, Allstate Workplace

Victoria Westerkov, Southern California Regional Occupational Center (So Cal ROC)

Zachey Jenkins, Los Angeles County Department of Children Family Services – V.P.S.

 

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PCN started in January 2001, focused on job coordination for community residents in order to assist in public & private sector work placement.  The PCN members are community builders serving to identify, nurture, & mobilize local assets by enhanced networking to rejuvenate economies, strengthen business investments, & ultimately build up civil society.  The PCN meets monthly sharing job recruitment, funding, training, workforce projects, & other related topics at various member locations.

P.O.W.E.R. - Promoting Opportunities With Essential Resources