Eighth General Session
Saturday, June 21
Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes
Pathways out of Poverty through Green Collar Jobs: The Role of Scholarship in Improving Quality of Life for Urban Residents
Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes is Professor of Urban Studies at San Francisco State University. Her teaching, research and community activism focus on improving quality of life for people living and working in cities. Her landmark study, Green Collar Jobs: An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Business to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment, is considered the definitive work on the subject, and has been used as a model for various programs. In addition to her work in the United States, she has conducted research and guest lectured in Havana, Cuba, Curitiba, Brazil, and Rajasthan, India. Pinderhughes is president of the Board of Directors of the Ecology Center, which runs the city of Berkeley’s recycling and farmers market programs, and Rising Sun Energy Services, operators of programs to reduce residential energy and water consumption in the Bay Area. She serves on the Board of Directors of Clean City, a non-profit organization focused on cleaning, greening and beautifying the city of San Francisco while providing job training and placement services for people with barriers to employment.
