What we're reading at Tipping Point this week

"Bay Area has lost 130,000 jobs"
SF Business Times, June 19, 2009

"The Bay Area lost 90,000 jobs in the year from May 2008 to May this year, pushing unemployment to 10.7 percent from 5.4 percent last year, according to employment figures released Friday by the state Employement Development Department.

That doesn’t include 40,000 jobs lost in the south bay during the same period..."

"More Studies Extol Virtues of Green Jobs"
NY Times, June 18, 2009

"Following on the heels of a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts last week, two more reports from a broad coalition of environmental groups and research institutes suggest that clean-energy investments have the potential to kick-start the economy and employ millions of workers — particularly those at the lower end of the economic scale..."

What we're reading at Tipping Point this week

"5 Job Hunters for Each Opening in April"
by Tom Abate
From the SF Chronicle -- June 10, 2009

"There were more than five job hunters for every job opening in April, according to a new U.S. Labor Department report that looks at employment in a different light.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, released Tuesday, estimates how many U.S. firms are hiring in a given month. These detailed figures usually come about 30 days after the monthly unemployment rate is released.

Tuesday's report said there were 2.5 million job openings in April, the lowest number on record since this survey began in December 2000..."

Video from the Tipping Point Benefit

Watch Tazo, one of the young adults served by Year Up, deliver a heartfelt speech at the 2009 Tipping Point Benefit. (We raised $3 million that night!) Tazo is an amazing example of what your dollars make possible.