Tag Archives: computer technologies program

Free Computer Help Day!

That’s right.  Our CTP technicians will be providing FREE computer help on Saturday, October 15 from 11:00 to 3:00.  Just bring in your computer and our technicians will diagnose and repair most common computer problems.  Also get advice on how to avoid computer viruses and get rid of unwanted files, or learn how to get a low-cost internet connection from …

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"It Just Makes You Smile"

It’s fitting that the Ed Roberts Campus (a tribute to the late Ed Roberts, one of the primary leaders the Independent Living Movement) would itself represent yet another milestone in that movement. For the first time, a building specifically designed to be a national and international model of integrated and accessible service delivery for people with disabilities brings together under …

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Job: Part Time Lab Instructor

Update – This job has been filled. Computer Technologies Program (www.ctpberk.org) is seeking a part time lab instructor for its Network and Technical Support program. CTP is a 35 year old non-profit organization that primarily serves adults with disabilities. The Job The lab instructor (LI) is responsible for overseeing technical lab classes. At the beginning of each class the LI …

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Barbara Chernock

I started my journey into technology by taking a basic computer science class at my local junior college.

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CTP 30th Anniversary GALA

CTP Executive Director Joan Breves MC’s as OST Grad Evelyn Taylor-Markham presents award to former CTP Employment Specialist Pauline Vela. The Computer Technologies Program (CTP) celebrated its 30th Anniversary at a gala dinner event at Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto in Berkeley, the scene of many CTP graduations over the years. The full spectrum of CTP’s history was represented, with people …

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David Lamont Landes

David Lamont Landes (1941-2008) Our beloved David Landes, CTP’s former Admissions Coordinator passed away on October 13, 2008. Up out of the Mississippi Delta in and around Bluesman BB King territory, David Lamont Landes was born in 1941. His parents worked as organizers on the Delta Cooperative Farm in Clarksdale, (Coahoma County) Mississippi and with the Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union …

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CTP’s Latest Accessibility Technology

The Computer Technologies Program took possession of its new home at 2002 Addison St., Suite 201 in 2003. Because the building was constructed shortly before then, it necessarily complied with architectural standards as set down by Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As most disabled people know, the standards are rather general and often do not adequately serve …

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