Reconnecting youth to educational and economic success.
Our youth leaders created a Facebook page to promote the message of Reconnecting to Success.
Keelishaye Downer, one of Hartford’s youth leaders, manages the Facebook page on the group’s behalf. She notes the page is about empowering young adults around issues of education and employment. It includes messages of motivation, unemployment data, and information on career competencies.
Go here to “like” their Facebook page.
For more information about our youth leaders, e-mail Kelvin Lovejoy.
The next meeting of the Collaborative will be held on May 29th at 12:30 pm at the Lyceum.
Lunch will be provided.
If you have not done so already, please RSVP to koliver@youthreconnect.org.
Meeting Materials:
We are excited to announce a $10,000 grant award from Berkshire Bank to support Youth Leadership.
Recognizing our alignment to Berkshire Bank’s goal of serving the needs of individuals with low to moderate income through education and community/economic development, Capital Workforce Partners secured this grant as HOYC’s backbone organization. Funding from Berkshire Bank will improve the prosperity of youth, community, and businesses by providing leadership training that addresses challenges and transforms economic liabilities to economic opportunities.
This grant award will help us to empower and develop the skills of up to 15 youth over a one-year period to advocate, advise, and lead solutions for real change.
Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative
c/o Capital Workforce Partners
One Union Place
Hartford, CT 06103
hoyc@capitalworkforce.org
