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Download The Latest Newsletters:

The Stride Center Newsletter April – July 2009 (pdf)

The Stride Center Newsletter April – May 2009 (pdf)

The Stride Center Newsletter Febuary 2009 (pdf)

The Stride Center Newsletter December 2008 (pdf)

The Stride Center Newsletter October 2008 (pdf)

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Articles:

ABC7News Video

October 29th
Stimulus Work:'Training@Resource Fair' in Redwood City, CA. The Stride Center is included as an example of retooling and learning skills to start a new career in IT

The Stride Center showcased in "Social Enterprise for Nonprofits – Getting Started"

October 8, 2009
What are some examples of successful nonprofit social enterprises in the technology and media space, how does one get started, what is an appropriate legal structure to adopt, and where can you find funding and other support for such efforts? These questions will be addressed by social enterprise funders, experts, and nonprofit social enterprises.

Watch Video
August 3, 2009
The Stride Center co-hosted the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.  Along with others we showcased the work we do in California broadband adoption.

Full Circle Fund
June 2009
Corporate partnerships are essential for the success of the Stride Center, an incredible organization breaking the cycle of poverty and changing lives by providing adults with IT certification, hands-on internships, career and life skills training, and eventually, job placement. 

Job Training That Works” Public Private Venture Study
May 2009

Opportunity Partner Program Launch posted by Hitachi Data Systems
May 2009

Barrie Hathaway in SF Business Times
May 2009

San Francisco Community-Based Organizations Task Force recommends partnerships with non-profits
April 2009

Residents of San Francisco's Tenderloin got a high-tech boost
March 2008

Relia Tech Announces New CEO
BusinessWire, February 12, 2008

CNET story about Project TechConnect Event at St. Anthony's Foundation
December 2007

Tech support helps Goodwill resell donated computers
November 2007

Computerworld News Article
June 2007

IT Jobs Ideal for Low Income Workers
2006

Careers come out of StreetTech
December 2006

Street Tech receives support from Microsoft, Unlimited Potential
April 2004

"Computers, Last Hope?"
Les Echos, March 11, 2002

"Street Tech...Taking A Chance On Success"
San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2000.

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Press Releases:

The Stride Center is One in five community nonprofits sharing $1 million in grants from Chevron Corp. intended to focus specifically on job creation in Richmond and West Contra Costa. December, 2009
Progress Richmond will be a partnership between the Stride Center, Rubicon Programs, Richmond Children's Foundation, Opportunity West, Wardrobe for Opportunity, the RYSE Center, Niroga Institute and the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Service Department to provide focused services in Richmond, CA.

ReliaTech Brings Jobs and Services To Alameda, October 2009
Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County and ReliaTech, announce the opening of a new computer service center in Alameda.

Announcing a new partnership in Silicon Valley, September 2009
The Stride Center and Silicon Valley VoIP service provider 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT) are today announcing a new partnership to bring sustainable employment opportunities to underemployed and underserved individuals through IT training and job placement.

CompTia Awards go to Stride Center Students, September 2009
The Stride Center announced today that three recent graduates, John Dunovan, Kimberly James and Dale Smith, have earned the CompTia Educational Foundation’s prestigious CompTia IT Merit Award from for their academic achievements.

Launch of the Opportunity Partner Program, May 2009
The Stride Center Kicks-Off New Program to Help Corporations Improve
Community Engagement, Workforce Diversity and Green Practices
California State Treasurer, Bill Lockyer, Speaks About Leading an Economic
Turn-Around Through More Sustainable Employment.

Stride Center collaborates with Jobing.com March 2009
The Stride Center today announced a new online educational partnership with Jobing.com, a leading career training and job search service for local communities. The Stride Center can now extend its availability of IT training materials and other content to job seekers on the web, while utilizing the Jobing.com web site to further enhance its marketing activity.
March, 2009

Microsoft awards more than $190,000 in cash and software to Street Tech
Several elected officials – including Congressman George Miller – join nonprofit to celebrate grant during July 7 graduation event led by local elected officials, Street Tech staff members and students, Microsoft executives and community leaders San Pablo, Calif.
June 29, 2005

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New CEO to Lead Growth of Street Tech’s Social Enterprise, ReliaTech.
Street tech announces the appointment of Ben Delaney to lead ReliaTech as Chief Executive Officer. Delaney has extensive experience in high tech and nonprofit leadership, and has won several awards for his marketing efforts. His assignment is to lead ReliaTech through the next phase of growth and expansion, and to increase its contribution to Street Tech ’s mission.
January 2, 2008

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