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  • Discover Your Path!

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  • To Mt. Diablo State Park..and beyond! 🌲

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    As fall approaches and children go back to school, they’re not the only ones enjoying new learning experiences. Civicorps is launching multiple new opportunities for our youth to lean into conservation careers. Thanks to a first-time grant from the California State…

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  • Forward Momentum

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    Civicorps is proud to participate in Oakland Forward, a job corps program launched by CalVolunteers in 2022.  This spring, Oakland Forward produced a video featuring several grantee organizations for local TV station KTOP.  When we were offered the opportunity to showcase not…

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  • Corpsmembers with their goals

    Stories of Transformation

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    Civicorps staff and Corpsmembers gathered this week at the Together Bay Area Spring Conference in San Francisco.  We posed and pondered the question: how do we meet the region’s time-sensitive climate needs while also investing in long-term solutions? Here at…

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  • Naji Lockett, Local Hero

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    On Sunday afternoon, a happy group from Civicorps gathered at the annual Bay Nature Local Hero Awards in Berkeley. Civicorps’ very own Conservation Crew Supervisor Naji Lockett received the Young Leader Award in recognition of his commitment to conservation. This award celebrates…

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  • Another Grade A Class B Driver

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    Did you know that Civicorps Recycling provides single stream collection services to over 1,200 businesses in Oakland, collecting 166 tons of recycling materials and 11 tons of E-waste every month? Recycling Interns who are on a pathway to become commercial…

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  • The Art of the Chainsaw

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    Former Conservation Intern Jose Padilla left Civicorps in August 2022 to begin the next chapter of his conservation career interning at Rush Creek Lodge and Spa at Yosemite.  The internship has since evolved into a fulltime position in one of…

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  • Civicorps Featured in Bay Nature Magazine

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    Tamara Sherman a reporter from Bay Nature magazine had the opportunity to spend the day with Conversation Crew Two, led by Jeff Chilcott, Naudika Williams, and Martha Alva. Sherman’s article highlights the daily functions of the Civicorps Job Training Center,…

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  • Naudika’s Summer in the Sierras

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    Written by: Corpsmember, Naudika Williams The Sierra Mountains seemed like a place I only read in history class. It was an out-of-reach fantasy. Something that belonged to those who crossed it and renamed the land or the wild backpackers who…

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  • Civicorps Featured in Cal-IPC Newsletter

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    Civicorps was featured in our partner California Invasive Plant Council’s (Cal-IPC)  newsletter, Dispatch. Cal-IPC works closely with Civicorps and other conservation corps in the Bay Area. Cal-IPC brings conservation projects and education together to train Corpsmembers in invasive species management. …

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  • From Civicorps to Yosemite: Former Conservation Intern Jose Padilla Begins Conservation Career Interning at Rush Creek Lodge and Spa at Yosemite

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    Former Conservation Intern Jose Padilla left Civicorps in August 2022 to begin the next chapter of his conservation career interning at Rush Creek Lodge and Spa at Yosemite.  The internship has since evolved into a fulltime position in one of…

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  • Civicorps Creates a New Conservation Career Pathway with Dig Deep Farms

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    Creating a New Conservation Career Pathway with Dig Deep Farms thanks to Oakland Forward!

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  • Meet Mary Woodall – Jesuit Volunteer

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    Meet Mary Woodall, our new Jesuit Volunteer from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps!

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  • Jonathan Lopez-Arevalos

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    We are excited to announce Jonathan Lopez-Arevalos as our Corpsmember of the Quarter!

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  • We’re Coming to Contra Costa County!

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    It’s official: Civicorps is coming to Contra Costa County to run a satellite Job Training Center.  We will open our doors at our new Pittsburg site on Monday, October 3!

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  • Erica Bradley

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    We are excited to announce Erica Bradley as our Corpsmember of the Winter Quarter!

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  • Into the Wild: Corpsmember Joins California Conservation Corps Backcountry Program

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    We’re excited to announce that Corpsmember Erica Bradley was accepted into California Conservation Corps’ Backcountry Trails Program (BCTP)!

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    Martha Alva Velásquez

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    In 2018, East Oakland resident Martha Alva Velásquez was looking for work to support her parents while searching for a way to obtain her high school diploma.

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  • Civicorps Participant Earns Corpsmember of the Year Award!

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    We are beyond excited to announce that our very own Martha Alva Velásquez, a current Conservation Intern and Crew Leader, will be recognized by The Corps Network, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, as a 2022 Corpsmember of…

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  • Anthony Silva

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    In recognition of Anthony’s stellar work ethic, reliability and leadership, the Corpsmember of the Quarter award is well-deserved. We’re sure he will no doubt keep up the amazing work!

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