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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Jose sits on various economic development boards: the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, the Bay Area Business Advisory Board of Directors for the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, and the OneCalifornia Bank Advisory Board.

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Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology

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Recently, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU- UHW West) in Oakland California also helped launch AlliedUP , a cooperative staffing firm owned by allied professional healthcare workers, by investing in startup costs. Another Platform Economy Is Possible. million on political lobbying, and another $1.8

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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.

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