{"id":66,"date":"2020-03-18T01:50:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamkofoundation.org\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-08-23T05:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:25:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamkofoundation.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Jamko Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jamko Foundation, Inc. is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in December 2019, dedicated to helping eradicate poverty of mind, body, and spirit. The Foundation is led by Founding Executive Director Michelle Edmond, MBA, whose background spans corporate roles at MTV Networks, Sybase, Wells Fargo, and Charles Schwab, and nonprofit leadership at SAVE Oakland and the Sinkler Miller Medical Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Jamko runs the Maritime Apprenticeship Program (MAP), a U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship and California’s only maritime apprenticeship, alongside outreach and workforce partnerships in the Oakland\/Bay Area, with MAP now expanding into the Long Beach\/LA corridor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHALLENGE<\/strong>: Discrimination is institutionalized and embedded into society and its systems and has consistently prevented poor communities of color from accessing education, building wealth and developing career pathways; leaving millions behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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