JOB CORPS Throughout February, Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center has highlighted our connection to Black History. Staff have shared facts about important historical figures, given presentations on why this history matters and how it’s relevant today, even digging into our...
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Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center graduate makes history as Miami’s first Black Chief Electrical Inspector
When Richard Way was a teenager, he enrolled at Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center. Thanks to that decision, he made history. “I was 16 years old, and needed a second chance in life,” Way said. “Job Corps helped me with that, and I’m very thankful.” Job Corps not only...
Whitney M. Young – A proud legacy
Though his name is not on everyone’s lips like Martin Luther King’s, Whitney M. Young Jr. was a powerful force in the Civil Rights movement. The namesake of our center, Young was a strong voice in the fight for equality, but he’s since become something of an unsung...
Little Rock’s Mentor/Mentee Showcase
During Black History Month, the staff mentors collaborated with their student mentees to learn and share information about different important African American people in history and their contributions. The mentor/mentee groups got very engaged in this project. They...
Awards Assembly
The Career Transition Department was excited to host the March Awards Assembly at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Coming right out of Black History Month, the March awards assembly focused on “Celebrating History as We Know It.” The Awards Assembly began with a warm...
Black History Month Diversity Assembly
On Wednesday February 24, the diversity committee held an assembly for Black History Month. The assembly was filled with incredible talent from our students and staff. The assembly featured a history into Black culture. This year’s program included various dances,...
Joliet Job Corps Students Visit the DuSable Museum of African-American History
The Career Transition Period Department took a group of Grad 90 students to visit the DuSable Museum of African-American History this week in Chicago’s historic Hyde Park neighborhood. The DuSable Museum was founded in 1961 by Dr. Margaret Burroughs and a host of...
Black History Month: “All, Here, and Now!”
As part of the Joliet Job Corps Center’s February celebration of Black History Month, staff member Wendell Martin delivered on Monday morning a speech written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “All, Here, and Now!” originally was given on June 17, 1966, at a rally in...
Little Rock Job Corps Celebrates Black History Month
This month’s awards assembly celebrated Black History. During the assembly on February 10th, students were treated to a biography about Josephine Baker by Marya Anderson. Britney Burnett took it once step further with her biography about Tina Turner by dressing in...
Black History Month: A Student’s Perspective
DAntonio Hillard is currently enrolled in the high school program and Pharmacy Tech trade at the Joliet Job Corps Center. When he finishes his studies here, he wants to work in a pharmacy and enroll in Malcom X Community College, Chicago. His dream is to pursue a...
Long Beach Hosts Civil Rights Leader at Advanced Leadership Graduation
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