California Indian Manpower Consortium Announces Green Jobs Initiative

California Indian Manpower Consortium announces green jobs initiative

Initiative aims to bring green jobs to California's tribal lands

The California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC) - a non-profit corporation dedicated to the purpose of working for the social welfare, educational and economic advancement of California Native Americans - today announced an initiative to bring green jobs to California's tribal communities.

Under the new initiative, CIMC will be looking to develop relationships with government entities, non-profit organizations, and public and private companies who are looking to develop environmentally friendly programs and/or technologies. Under the program, CIMC will be helping empower local tribal communities to take leadership roles in restoring the land, air and water of not only their tribal lands, but for the greater community as a whole.

"Native American tribes across California are willing and eager to participate in our country's emerging green economy," said Lorenda Sanchez, Executive Director of CIMC. "It is only fitting that the communities who first inhabited our country are being returned to the role of its steward to help preserve it for future generations."

According to new government data, renewable energy and energy efficiency programs will create millions of new jobs in the United States over the next decade. Specifically, the data cites that we could have 37 million jobs in our national economy in energy efficiency and renewable energy by 2030 - or approximately one out of every five jobs in the American economy.

"Fundamental changes are coming in the American energy economy, and we need to have a serious discussion of how tribes, as governments, fit into making these changes happen," said Sanchez. "We are ready to draw from our traditional place as stewards of the earth and transfer these principles into solutions to our world's environmental problems."

About California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc.

The California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. was formally created in 1978 under the state law as a non-profit corporation for the purpose of working for the social welfare, educational and economic advancement of its member tribes, groups, organizations and Indians and other Native Americans living in its service area. The membership of the Consortium includes federally recognized American Indian tribes, reservations, rancherias, bands, colonies, terminated rancherias, American Indian groups, entities, and organizations (public or private non-profit) satisfying the requirements set forth in the By-Laws of the California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. and as agreed to in the Consortium Agreement formally approved by the membership. The primary purpose of the Consortium is to offer training, employment, and other activities designed to meet the employment and training needs of the client population. The principal funding source is the federal Workforce Investment Act.

Website: http://www.cimcinc.org

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