SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Truong, V. Addressing Poverty and Pollution: California’s SB 535 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review.  (Expected May, 2014). 
• Truong V. and Carter, K.  Don’t Buy Big Oil’s Class Warfare: Guest Commentary. (November, 6, 2013)  The Sun.
• Truong, V. Preschool & Business: Return on Investment for Preschool is Huge. (March 18, 2013) Mercury News.
• Truong, V. Doing Nothing About Climate Change. (October 13, 2012) Korea Times.
• Truong, V., Chau-Nguyen, P. Governor Brown Signs Landmark Bills to Bring Clean Energy and Green Jobs to Disadvantaged Communities (October 4, 2012) Green For All.  
• Truong, V. and Mirken, B. Cap-and-Trade Funds to Struggling Communities.  (November 16, 2012) San Francisco Chronicle.
• Prouty, S. and Truong, V. Green For All and The Corps Network Collaborate in Creating Green Career Pathways for Low Income Youth (June 2011) Green For All.  
• Truong, V. and Sanchez, D. Nonprofit Social Enterprise: Models and Funding (February 2012) Green For All.
• Truong, V. Understanding the Weatherization Assistance Program (2009) Green For All.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• Expanding PEVs into New Markets.  Plug-in Electric Vehicle Collaborative. (March 2014)
• Electric Vehicles in California.  Union of Concerned Scientists (March 2014)
• Environmental Legislators Workshop.  California League of Conservation Voters.  (January 24, 2014)
• Catalyzing Change: Revitalizing Oakland’s Broadway-Valdez District.  Better Broadway Coalition. (June 2012). 
• East Bay Housing Organization Affordable Housing Week Kick-Off, Master of Ceremonies (May 2012).
• Job Creation: New Models and Old Myths.  Greenlining Economic Summit (May 2012).
• Linking Economic and Workforce Development. PolicyLink Equity Summit (April 2012).
• Equity and the Environment. Bok & Bibliotek, Goteborg Book Fair, Sweden (August 2011).
• National Conference of State Legislators (Louisville, KY) (July 2010).
• Business, Housing, and International Affairs. National Black Caucus of State Legislators. (December 2009).
• Construction and TOD Permanent Jobs. Equitable Transit and Transit Oriented Development Convening.  FRESC. (Denver, CO) (November 2009).
• Green Economic Development and Policy Case Studies. Sustainable Business Network, Green Economy Task Force Convening (Philadelphia, PA) (October 2009).
• Green Collar Jobs: Crisis & Opportunity. Shalom Institute. (South Carolina) (October 2009).
• Youth Employment and Leadership Ladders. Columbia Institute.
• Green Jobs, Green in Our Pockets.  How Central Labor Councils and State Feds Can Engage in Economic Development Activities and Solve the Climate Crisis. AFL-CIO (November 2009).
• CAPACD: Celebrating a Decade of Unity: A Time of Change (June 2009).
• Cleantech and Green Jobs: Policy & Programs Update. SJF Summit on the New Green Economy. (June 2009).
• Understanding the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Strategies to Eliminate Poverty (Seattle, WA) (July 2009).
• A Green New Deal: Opportunities for Economic Growth and Job Creation from Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy. CERES, Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity. (April 2009).
• Business and Green Policy. Investors’ Circle, Spring Conference (San Francisco, CA) (April 2009).
• Policy Issues and Recovery Dollars: Getting Greenbacks for Green Jobs. Green For All Academy. (May 2009).
• Building a Green Economy Through Policy. Young Elected Officials Network (YEON) (February 2009).
• Generating Economic Opportunities for Low-Wealth & Minority Communities. Making Energy Work: Building a Sustainable Energy Economy in the Southeast. North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (February 2009).
• Green For All: The Vision and Practical Progress of Green Collar Jobs. Bioneers (October 2008).
• Inclusionary Zoning. Oakland People’s Housing Coalition Townhall. (May 2007).
• Affordable Housing.  Building Oakland for Everyone: A Summit on Jobs, Housing, and Justice.  East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) Townhall. (November 2007). 
• What is the Future of Civil Rights in the Asian Pacific American Community? University of California, Hastings School of the Law (September 2007).
• How We Overcame Negative Stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans.  Inspire Greatness. APA FIVE.  (November 2007).

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