IMPROVING LIVES & COMMUNITIES
Through the collaborative work of this coalition; Our Purpose is to facilitate cooperative community action in meeting the needs of people relative to the revitalization of their greater communities and healthy human relationships within as defined by the citizens themselves (and by community leaders, community based organizations, educational entities, and other stakeholders in the greater East Bay Region and Community).
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Meet a VP Graduate, Darren White
Darren White is the Deputy Director of the McCullum Youth Court. He began this program in 2011 and completed his certificate in 2012. Since then he has decided to go back to school and complete his degree so he can augment his career.
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The Violence Prevention Strategies Certificate is a change agent professional development program designed to build the employment credentials and leadership opportunities of local professionals working in the field of violence prevention. Students complete two courses in violence prevention theory and practical application strategies, along with two semesters of co-operative education in which students receive college credit for working in the field. Upon completion of this coursework, students receive a state certified Certificate of Proficiency in Violence Prevention as Violence Prevention Strategists.
OUR VISION
We see an East Bay Renaissance emerging out of our efforts to facilitate people - living day to day in their neighborhoods and working in community based organizations serving the East Bay Region – in building healthy communities; grounding their efforts in a 21st Century vision and principles as “ways of being” that are socially just, economically sustainable, environmentally sound, and all of which promote a healthy sense of well being in each person and all their relations. Visit the apply page for information that will help you sign up for program or email ccrain@peralta.edu to get more information.
The Instructor
Ms. Crain currently teaches both courses for the Certificate of Proficiency Program. She is the new Coordinator of the dual college partnership between College of Alameda & Laney College called the Community Change & Urban Leadership Project.
Ms Crystallee Crain is educator, writer, academic, activist and consultant. She works as an adjunct faculty member at DeAnza College and the College of Alameda where she teaches Grassroots Democracy: Race, Politics and the American Promise, Grassroots Democracy: Social Movements 1960 to the Present, American Government and Introduction to Sociology. At the College of Alameda she teaches in the violence prevention program and in political science.
Crain has a decade of experience in the public and private sector. She has had many successes in the leadership development and training world. She has worked as a freelance journalist, professor, activist, and trainer for organizations in California and across the nation. She was responsible for the creation of Heal the Streets, a violence prevention / youth leadership development program in Oakland, based at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. More recently she helped develop COMMIT (Community Leadership Institute), whose mission is to engage, educate, and model change through justice-seeking and accountable leadership practices focusing primarily on cultivating action and peace.
Crystallee is a Phd candidate working towards a Doctorate of Philosophy in Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She holds a Master of Arts in Social Sciences, and a Bachelors in Political Science. In January 2011 she received the Norman Lear Award from People for the American Way (Young People For).
A major theme is Crystallee's work is to support the individual and community promise of healing by translating pain into positive social change and people power. This is a testament to her own personal experience that has guided her spiritually.
Ms Crystallee Crain is educator, writer, academic, activist and consultant. She works as an adjunct faculty member at DeAnza College and the College of Alameda where she teaches Grassroots Democracy: Race, Politics and the American Promise, Grassroots Democracy: Social Movements 1960 to the Present, American Government and Introduction to Sociology. At the College of Alameda she teaches in the violence prevention program and in political science.
Crain has a decade of experience in the public and private sector. She has had many successes in the leadership development and training world. She has worked as a freelance journalist, professor, activist, and trainer for organizations in California and across the nation. She was responsible for the creation of Heal the Streets, a violence prevention / youth leadership development program in Oakland, based at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. More recently she helped develop COMMIT (Community Leadership Institute), whose mission is to engage, educate, and model change through justice-seeking and accountable leadership practices focusing primarily on cultivating action and peace.
Crystallee is a Phd candidate working towards a Doctorate of Philosophy in Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She holds a Master of Arts in Social Sciences, and a Bachelors in Political Science. In January 2011 she received the Norman Lear Award from People for the American Way (Young People For).
A major theme is Crystallee's work is to support the individual and community promise of healing by translating pain into positive social change and people power. This is a testament to her own personal experience that has guided her spiritually.
