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Iroquois Job Corps Spring Graduation Ceremony
Tags: at risk youth | Community Partners | Iroquois Job Corps | Pathways to Peace | Rochester Police Department | Steve Huston

Iroquois Job Corps Spring Graduation Ceremony

The Iroquois Job Corps recently held one of its largest graduation ceremonies with more than 130 graduates receiving completion diplomas.  Key note speaker Stephen Huston of Rochester, NY reflected on over 25 years of experience working with at-risk youth from the inter city.  Mr. Huston who has been a street intervention counselor for many years with the highly successful Pathways to Peace program and a working partner with the Rochester Police Department and the Mayor of Rochester’s office.  He encouraged the graduates to think about your past, but concentrate on your future.  “Your future is limitless, the only person who can limit you and what you want to accomplish is sitting in your chair,” he said.