Year Up Greater Philadelphia- empowering motivated young adults to reach their full potential.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined August 2015
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Join me now for a workforce spotlight with @YearUpGP and @PECOconnect to learn about some great employment opportunities!
Follow the link below ⬇️: fb.watch/dIpAq9HS3E/
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NEEDED: extra desks and chairs to help @YearUpGP students study and work from home more effectively! Have you recently updated your home office or does your company have excess work stations that could be donated to a student in need? Contact [email protected] #LSCImpact
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Johnny came to The Wardrobe through @YearUpGP before starting a work emersion where he has to "look the corporate part". Now he feels ready to do that!
Johnny said his experience was "phenomenal". You can help sustain these phenomenal moments by donating ow.ly/6OVN50CgRsn
YearUp Greater Phila retweeted
Countdown to the 2020 Election with us 📆 Whether you’re mailing your ballot in or masking up at the polls, make sure you cast your vote!
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From continued relief efforts to regular business operations, we want to hear your team’s remote work success story. For every tweet we receive that includes both @SlackHQ and #WhenRemoteWorks, we’ll donate $5 to @YearUp, up to a total of $200,000. bit.ly/34zkZma
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That @yearup graduate confidence is DIFFERENT. Grads, we hope you have a safe and celebratory weekend. You all deserve it! 🤩🎓 #yearup #yearupwilm #yearupwilmington #success #graduate #goals #wilmingtonuniversity
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"We all have the same 24 hours each day," says @YearUp alumnus Le'Sean Wells. "What separates us is what we choose to do with them. And I have chosen to do something." How will you use your 24 hours? youtu.be/3oYWpb30Duw
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It's officially @YearUp graduation season! To all of our #Classof2020 graduates, @Simone_Biles has a special message for you! #YearUp #graduation
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Congratulations to @yearupgp #Cohort13 on graduating today!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. These Young Professionals committed to the program that offered them 6 months of education and training paired with a 6 month internship at… instagram.com/p/CCrVE0OHFqW/…
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We granted an additional $200,000 to our nonprofit partners Broad Street Ministry, @Philabundance, @C2CPhiladelphia, @UCScienceCenter and @YearUpGP. Thanks to our board members and donors for supporting our partners doing critical work. Read more at: lscphilly.org/copy-of-covid-…
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Thanks to volunteers from @kpmg_us, @spark_tx, @PCIventures and others for participating in virtual mock interviews and resume reviews with young adults from @YearUpGP! Collectively we can work to help close the #OpportunityDivide. #LSCImpact
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“Companies should have deliberate practices to find and hire talent from pre-baccalorate places and operationalize these practices,” @YearUp CEO, @GChert discusses with @CNN @jchatterleyCNN the role employers can play in closing the racial wealth gap bit.ly/3cXpE1G
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...if we take action in support of what we say we believe. The events of these past two weeks have shown what is possible when we take action collectively and we at Year Up are redoubling our commitment to the Movement." Read @GChert's statement here: yearup.org/about/stories/bla…
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"We are living through a historical moment. All those who are showing up around the world to say with one voice that Black Lives Matter are heroes, and I am humbled and proud to see my children walking & taking action in solidarity. This can be a moment for change – but only...
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"Young people need a hand up, not a handout,” says @GChert CEO @YearUp who’s firm is tackling the US racial wealth gap for young adults by providing vital skills & internships to help them climb the career ladder.
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Unemployment rates for black Americans 16.8% and Latino workers 17.6% exceeds that of white Americans 12.4%. Our partner @YearUp collaborates with @Merck @amazon and others to offer #careerdevelopment for young adults of color cnb.cx/2YhciIF #opportunityemployers
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"...That is the great equalizer.” Frazier notes, “There are 5 million inner-city and other African-American kids who want access to the economy. They want to be participants…What they lack is the education. They lack the training & there are opportunities—programs like @YearUp.”
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“Leaders in the business community can be a unifying force—they can be a source of opportunity, source of understanding,” @Merck CEO Ken Frazier on @SquawkCNBC. “There are huge opportunity gaps that still exist in this country. Education is critical..." cnbc.com/2020/06/02/protests…
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This is your opportunity to share your thoughts and feelings in an open space about our nation's current events.
Register here - soo.nr/CQ7W
#yearup #yearupalumni #blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd #sayhisname #Icantbreathe #ahmaudarbery #weneedchange #breonnataylor
YearUp Greater Phila retweeted
We grieve for the lives that were violently stolen from this earth and for their families – for George Floyd, for Breonna Taylor, for Ahmaud Arbery, and far too many more who had their lives stolen too soon.
#yearupalumni #blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd #Icantbreathe
