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A first generation Nigerian, Nwamaka Agbo began volunteering at the Ella Baker Center in 2000, because she believed in the organization's commitment to providing innovative solutions for some of the hardest problems impacting low-income communities of color.After majoring in Sociology and African American/ African Studies at UC Davis, Nwamaka Agbo, was drawn to the work of the Green Collar Jobs Campaign, because of its solution-oriented response to climate change. She saw this as her generations’ freedom rights and civil rights movement.  Nwamaka is now the Campaign Director of Soul of the City, at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights dedicated to developing the leadership of young adults of color to create progressive, effective leadership in Oakland. Terri J. Vaughn, founder, Take Wings Foundation & Kenny Lattimore, co-hosts, join us to talk about the 9th Annual Angel Awards Benefit, Sat., Aug. 18, 2012 at the Marriott Oakland, City Center. The conversation is one of why they serve & invest in bla