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===Cop Watch and Ella Baker Center===
===Cop Watch and Ella Baker Center===
In 1995, Jones co-founded Bay Area Police Watch with Diana Frappier, which eventually morphed into the Ella Baker Center.<ref>[https://oaklandnorth.net/2016/09/21/community-members-celebrate-the-ella-baker-centers-20th-anniversary-of-providing-advocacy-and-restorative-justice/ Community members celebrate The Ella Baker Center’s 20th anniversary]</ref><ref>[http://ellabakercenter.org/our-victories Our Victories], Ella Baker Center for Human Rights</ref>
In 1995, Jones co-founded Bay Area Police Watch with Diana Frappier, which eventually morphed into the Ella Baker Center.<ref>[https://oaklandnorth.net/2016/09/21/community-members-celebrate-the-ella-baker-centers-20th-anniversary-of-providing-advocacy-and-restorative-justice/ Community members celebrate The Ella Baker Center’s 20th anniversary]</ref><ref>[http://ellabakercenter.org/our-victories Our Victories], Ella Baker Center for Human Rights</ref>
==Climate issues==
Jones was appointed by [[Barack Obama]] to serve as the [[Obama administration]]'s "Green Czar".<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=94771 Will a 'red' help blacks go green?, White House appoints 'radical communist' who sees environment as racial issue], ''[[WorldNetDaily.com]]'', April 12, 2009.</ref> He announced his resignation at midnight, September 6, 2009 after a series of controversies over past inflammatory statements.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itKcwMMlf6EtyLvYW9VjF2xcVK7gD9AHJII00</ref>
===Apollo Alliance===
In 2004, Jones became a founding board member of the [[Apollo Alliance]] for "clean energy and green-collar jobs." [http://apolloalliance.org/blog/?tag=van-jones] [http://www.fundersnetwork.org/files/Looking_Forward_PDF_for_Viewing.pdf p.87] [[Jeff Jones]] of the [[Weather Underground]] is the New York State director of Apollo Alliance.
===Eco-apartheid===
{{Cquote|I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends....Our question is: Will the green wave lift all boats? That's the moral challenge to the people who are the architects of this new, ecologically sound economy. Will we have eco-equity, or will we have eco-apartheid? Right now we have eco-apartheid.}}
==Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement==
==Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement==