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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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We are based in Oakland, but we do work nationally, and in many cases globally, but our funding is always under constraints. Then, I moved into the world of teaching. Locally, we run a project called the Technology Empowerment Project of Oakland. AD: Well, there are a lot of different ways.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community. It might be teaching.

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