Richard M. Cherry joins Congressman Rangel to Celebrate STRIVE

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Richard M. Cherry and Congressman Charles B. Rangel

Richard Cherry (left) and Congressman Rangel (center) celebrate STRIVE.

New York, NY (March 8, 2010) — Community Environmental Center’s president Richard M. Cherry joined Congressman Charles B. Rangel to celebrate STRIVE International at a press conference Monday, March 8, 2010. STRIVE is the recipient of a $4.7 million “Pathways Out of Poverty” grant from the US Department of Labor.

On hand to honor STRIVE at its Manhattan offices were Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York; Colleen Gardner, New York State’s newly appointed Commissioner of Labor; Frank J. Murray, president and CEO of the NYS Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); and William Parrish Jr., president and CEO of Noble Strategy.

STRIVE is an international organization that has a “Green Job Corps” and provides training opportunities for men and women from vulnerable urban communities to participate in the growing green economy.

Congressman Rangel praised STRIVE and the stimulus funding that has empowered the organization to give American men and women a second chance.

Cherry, speaking about the new green economy, said, “There is a quiet revolution going on. If we do it right, we will be giving a chance to the people whom the old economy left behind, freeing them from the bonds of unemployment, and the poverty and despair that go with it. If any group is doing it right, it is STRIVE.”

CONTACT: Alexis Greene, agreene@cecenter.org, 718-784-1444, ext. 156

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