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Download The Latest Newsletters:

The Stride Center Newsletter May 2010 (pdf)

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:

Stride Center's Digital Divide Work Highlighted by California's Technology Agency
January, 2011

Stride Center's Progress Richmond Program Highlighted by Youth Outlook
February, 2011

The Best Anti-Poverty Nonprofits in San Francisco
December 1, 2010
Stride Center is listed as one of the "small groups doing big work" for the San Francisco area.

Getting on the Right Track, One 'Stride' at a Time
December 1, 2010
Chevron Magazine features Stride Center.

East Bay Community Foundation 2008-2009 Annual Report – 'Together We Can'
April 29, 2010
Our support for The Stride Center, serving Contra Costa and Alameda counties, helps men and women overcome barriers to employment through job-skills training, technical credentials, career coaching, and job placement in information technology.

Gov. Schwarzenegger Unveils Partnership with Microsoft to Offer Job Training to Californians
March 10, 2010
Through Elevate America, Microsoft’s innovative program to enhance the technical job skills of individuals across the country, California will receive 166,500 vouchers to distribute to Californians for free, online technology training and certification in Microsoft programs.

Oaklanders Getting Computer Technician Jobs

December 10th, 2009
James Gibson III, a 26-year old Oaklander is now a computer technician making a great salary. The career move has changed his life.

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:

Valley Vision Announces the Recipients of the Legacy Feast $3,000 Grants, May 25, 2011
Sacramento, California. Valley Vision announces the recipients of the Legacy Feast $3,000 grants. Each leader recognized at the fifth annual Legacy Feast Celebration, recognized for their work in the field of economic development, environmental stewardship, or social equity, received a $3,000 grant to bestow on a local non‐profit doing great work.

Stride Center and ReliaTech interview by Nikki Thomas on KBLX, May 22, 2011
Ben Delaney, CEO of ReliaTech, and Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director of The Stride Center, are interviewed by Nikki Thomas on KBLX.

Knight Foundation and FCC Announce New Apps Contest to Bring Local Information to Underserved Communities, April 14, 2011
Washington, D.C. In a new, nationwide contest announced today, communities and software developers will compete to develop software applications ("apps") that get personalized, actionable information to people least likely to take advantage of the digital revolution.

The Stride Center Receives Elevate America Community Initiative Grant from Microsoft, Feb. 2011
The Stride Center today announced that Microsoft Corp. is awarding $200,000 in cash as well as the software needed to help the organization offer technology skills training and job placement services to the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento communities.
http://www.microsoft.com/ElevateAmerica

EMPOWERNET CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES, May 2010
Empowernet California is the result of a collaborative effort of six California organizations that have successfully created programs to train disadvantaged workers for jobs in technology . Supported by the California Emerging Technology Fund to support California communities crossing the digital divide; the six partners include: The Stride Center, CDTECH, City of Firebaugh, Mission Language and Vocational Services, Goodwill, OCCUR.
http://www.empowernetcalifornia.org/

Oakland Nonprofit Leader to Receive International Social Enterprise Leadership Award, April 2010
Social Enterprise Alliance is pleased to announce the 2010 Social Enterprise Awards, to be presented at the Social Enterprise Summit in San Francisco on April 29, 2010. These prestigious awards honor superior achievement, visionary leadership and high-impact innovation in social enterprise, and provide inspiring examples for the field. This year, Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director of the Stride Center of Oakland, is the domestic winner of the Social Enterprise Leadership Award.

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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