JOB CORPS Brooklyn Job Corps Culinary trainee, Denecia Trimm is pictured above with Aliyah Rowe, Manager of Nutrition Education for City Harvest. Denecia has been selected to serve as a volunteer Community Health Educator with City Harvest. In this role, Denecia will conduct...
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BK HEALTHY COOKING W/ CITY HARVEST
Brooklyn Job Corps has partnered with City Harvest, the largest food advocacy organization in New York City. City Harvest works tirelessly to feed 1.4 million hungry New Yorkers each year. While doing so, they strive to recruit volunteers which will help educate and...
Brooklyn Promotes Healthy Relationships Amongst Males
The Y2Y Initiative, sponsored by the DOL really amped Brooklyn up to focus on even bettering its on-center relationships. What better way to promote healthy relationship than to start with the males of Brooklyn Job Corps? 15 Male trainees from Brooklyn Job Corps and a...
Brooklyn Partners w/ YMCA for Better Recreation
The Brooklyn Job Corps is a non-residential site with a limited amount of space for recreational activities. Nonetheless, using the services of its BCL Van Miles, Brooklyn Job Corps embarked on a partnership with the Bedford YMCA. Now, Brooklyn Job Corps trainees will...
Brooklyn Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
On Sunday, October 18th, 2015 Brooklyn Job Corps participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk held in New York’s historic Central Park. There, over 40 students gathered to brave the early morning temperature and show their support for the cause. Our...
Brooklyn Ladies Attend Circle of Sisters
On Saturday, October 17th, 2015, 10 female trainees from Brooklyn Job Corps attended the Circle of Sisters sponsored by HOT 97. The expo occurs annually and is the largest event for women of color in New York City. Circle of Sisters also hosted a variety of panel...
Brooklyn Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 2015
Holiday Spirit at the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy
Staff of the BJCA facilitated several fundraising events to collect money in order to give our trainees with children a Christmas Party on center the last day school before their holiday break. The party included arts and craft activities, Santa arriving on his...
BJCA Featured on Local Television
On December 2, 2010 the Brooklyn Independent Television Network filmed students and staff of the Brooklyn Job Corp Academy for a segment of Sector B: The Business of Brooklyn. The episode featuring the BJCA aired for the first time on Cablevision channel 69 on...
BJCA Student Cooking Demo
Culinary students, Mathew Arrington and Jhon Nunez facilitated a cooking demonstration for a Manhattan LGBTQ group called Fierce on December 3rd.
Brooklyn’s Choice for Faces of Job Corps
Faces of Job Corps-Philip Reed
Brooklyn’s Face of Job Corps
Philip Reed is the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy’s nominee for the Faces of Job Corps Campaign. Phillip started the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy on April 14, 2008, a date he says he will never forget because it changed his life for the better. “Job Corps has taken me...
BJCA Kickin it Old School
On August 14, 2010 the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy students and staff participated in Bedford-Stuyvesant's yearly Universal Hip Hop Parade with style. Students with the direction of recreational staff, Mr. Cuevas spray painted hats and shirts to reflect their...
Brooklyn Job Corps Students Celebrate Arbor Day
Students from the Brooklyn Job Corps Center participated alongside the local newspaper, Our Time Press, in a service project in the park. Several students from Brooklyn Job Corps served as center ambassadors during the yearly celebration of Arbor Day. A student...