ADVISORY/Congressman George Miller `D-CA' To Visit Street Tech's Computer Apprenticeship Training `CAT' Program.

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ADVISORY...(for Thursday, April 24)

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What: Congressman George Miller George Miller may refer to:

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(D-CA, 7th District) will be visiting the offices of Street Tech to learn first hand about an innovative new Computer Apprenticeship Training (CAT) program at Street Tech in San Pablo, California San Pablo is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city of Richmond nearly surrounds the whole city. The population was 30,215 at the 2000 census. The city is home to Contra Costa College as well as Casino San Pablo. . The CAT program provides hands-on PC technician A person responsible for the maintenance of desktop computers within an organization. Such individuals troubleshoot problems and may be responsible for some level of software distribution. If required, preventive maintenance may fall under their jurisdiction. training to low-income and underserved residents of the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden East Bay. Students in the CAT program learn basic IT and customer service skills, assist in the refurbishment of donated computers, and then donate the recycled equipment to West Contra Costa County nonprofit organizations, churches, and schools in need of computers.

Photo Op: Rep. George Miller touring Street Tech and working on a refurbishment project with Street Tech students.



    When:   Thursday, April 24, 2003
            3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

    Where:  Street Tech
            2300 El Portal Drive, Suites F & G
            San Pablo, CA 94806
            Phone: (510) 234-1300

Who: Street Tech is a non-profit organization offering low-cost computer training, technical certifications, and job placement for underserved adults in the San Francisco East Bay. Street Tech is a winner of the 2002 Governor's Technology & Innovation Award and a recipient of the 2002 CompTIA Certificate of Excellence in workforce development. Partners in the project include Chevron Texaco, the Cities of San Pablo and Richmond, CA, Contra Costa College Contra Costa College, in San Pablo, California, is the west campus of the Contra Costa Community College District. It is part of the California community colleges system, one of the three college systems in California. , The West Contra Costa County Integrated Waste Management Authority (Recyclemore), and SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. .

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