Operation Reach

ORI’s Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) is helping in the recovery efforts since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred more than a year ago, spilling nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. BP has since set up a $20 billion claims fund to compensate those harmed by the spill, but [...]

Operation REACH’s New Orleans Program Coordinator, Zakenya Perry, was honored by New Orleans Data News Weekly as the May 2011 Trailblazer. Zakenya is a native of New Orleans who has dedicated her life to giving back to her community. Zakenya has worked intermittently with ORI since 2005 and remained dedicated to her community even after [...]

There has been a lot of talk over the past few years about the promise of the clean economy and green collar jobs. Unfortunately, in many places, there has been a lot more talk and a lot less promise. I work for an organization that is focused on developing the clean economy one project at [...]

The Promised Land‘s, Majora Carter, follows ORI’s founder and CEO as he returns to his childhood roots to explain the inspiration for his 20 years of inspiring youth to greatness.

The Green Project now accepts used cooking oil and grease in a partnership with Operation REACH, which will recycle the waste into fuel. Operation REACH’s Gulf South Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) green job training program will chemically convert the oil and grease into biodiesel. GYBP hires youth impacted by the BP oil disaster. Production manager [...]

Operation REACH’s Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) converts used cooking oil into an eco-friendly biodiesel fuel. Watch video here.

Beginning in March, The Green Project will collect used cooking oil and cooking grease at its warehouse to be used for biodiesel. The collected oil and grease will be given to Operation REACH to be converted into biodiesel through its Gulf South Youth Biodiesel Project green job training program. Read the full article.

Operation REACH’s Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project was a finalist in the Strong Communities Competition at CommunityMatters’10 in Denver, Colorado. Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel is an innovative, youth-led social enterprise designed to collect and recycle New Orleans’ used cooking oil into environmentally-friendly biodiesel fuel as a means of educating and developing leadership, environmental stewardship, and social entrepreneurship of young people for the “Green Collar” workforce.

New Orleans-based nonprofit Operation REACH Inc. is recruiting prospective students affected by the BP oil spill to enroll in the spring session as part of its Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project. The session is receiving funding from a Department of Labor National Emergency grant through the Louisiana Workforce Commission and Jefferson Paris Workforce Investment Board. Read [...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Operation REACH’s Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project is looking for young people impacted by the BP oil spill to take part in the spring session. Through the program, which begins in March, participants receive training that includes certification by the National Center for Construction Education and Research and enrollment in Delgado Community [...]