Opportunity Junction fights poverty by helping low-income adults gain the skills and confidence to support themselves and their families.

Newsflash 4/2/09: Opportunity Junction alumna Heather Scharf and Opportunity Junction were featured on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The transcript and streaming video are here.

Furniture Needed: With a new lease and an allowance for tenant improvements, we're looking for quality used furniture and computers to help us meet demand. Can you help?

Technology Center: Computer Basics and English as a Second Language classes are ongoing, 6-9 pm Mondays through Thursdays. Pre-registration required for the Computer Basics classes. Find out more.
Job Training and Placement: Application sessions for Class 30 of the Job Training and Placement Program are held at our offices at 10 am on Aug. 31, & Sept. 1-16, 2009. Learn more about becoming an administrative assistant.


Organizational brochure with program summaries

Opportunity Junction gratefully acknowledges its partners and funders:

1200 Foundation
Allied Waste
Anonymous Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
Anonymous Fund at the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund
Antioch Area Community Fund
Antioch Rotary
Brickyard Family Fund
California Consumer Protection Foundation
California Employment Development Department
Chevron
Citi Foundation
City of Antioch CDBG Program
City of Pittsburg CDBG Program
Comcast
Comerica Charitable Foundation
ConocoPhillips
Contra Costa County CDBG Program
Contra Costa County CSBG Program
Contra Costa County
  Employment & Human Services
Contra Costa Newspapers
Cosmetic Dental Spa
Craigslist Foundation
CRA International
Criterion Catalyst
Delta Networking Partners
Delta Realtors Community Service Foundation
Diablo Country Club Charitable Foundation
Diablo Magazine
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Dow Chemical
East Bay Community Foundation
Eichleay Engineering
Emerald Consulting
Firedoll Foundation
Five Bridges Foundation
Google
GWF Power Systems
J. Stokes and Associates
John Muir Health
Kaiser Permanente
Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund
KUIC 95.3 FM, Your Hometown Station
The Mechanics Bank
Mirant California
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
NECA-IBEW
Nelson Staffing
Orinda Women's Club
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pittsburg Adult Education Center
Pittsburg Power Company
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 159
The PMI Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
SMART Modular
Soroptimists International of Pittsburg Service Fund
SpringBoard Advisors
Stanford Alumni Consulting Team
TechProse
Temen, Kaiser and Cameron, CPAs
Tesoro Petroleum
Thomas J. Long Foundation
Thomas Morris Design
UA Local 159
United Way of the Bay Area
USS POSCO Industries
van Löben Sels/Rembe Rock Foundation
Valero Benicia Refinery
Wells Fargo Foundation
WestAmerica Bank