Small Business Grant

PROGRAM IN OUR REGION… COULD HELP BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS… GRADUATE COLLEGE READY TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE. THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT PARTNERING WITH THE NONPROFIT…. “COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT”. LAUNCHING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE “YOUNG MEN OF TALENT” PROGRAM. NBC5S ANNA GUBER SPOKE WITH ORGANIZERS… AND IS LIVE AT UVM WITH THE DETAILS. ANNA? LAUREN, SARAHBETH, Students here are already benefitting from THE YOUNG MEN OF TALENT PILOT PROGRAM. It connects BLACK AND LATINO MALE STUDENTS with MENTORS…AND VARIOUS CAREER PREPARATION OPPORTUNITIES. TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN CAREER READINESS FOR MALE STUDENTS OF COLOR. AND HELP them PUT the best FOOT FORWARD… WHEN THEY APPLY FOR JOBS AFTER GRADUATION. 14;02;09;07 WHEN AYDEN CARPENTER, A JUNIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, LEARNED HE COULD GET INVOLVED… IN A PILOT PROGRAM… WORKING SPECIFICALLY TO CONNECT AND SUPPORT YOUNG MEN OF COLOR… HE SAYS IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY HE COULDN’T PASS UP. CARPENTER… is NOW A PEER MENTOR FOR STUDENTS IN THE FIRST PHASE. OF THE YOUNG MEN OF TALENT INITIATIVE. It’s A 7 YEAR PROGRAM. Completely free. LAUNCHED BY THE NON PROFIT, “COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT”. The program CONNECTS young men — FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS — WITH OLDER STUDENTS, LIKE CARPENTER. At UVM. 14;03;56;25 COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT’S MANNY TEJEDA SAYS THE PROGRAM… aims TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN CAREER READINESS. FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR. Specifically men of color – a group with the highest unemployment rate… of any race or gender group, according to the U.S. bureau of labor statistics. TEJEDA SAYS STUDENTS involved in the program…WILL TAKE PART IN WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CAREER PREPARATION ACTIVITIES. They’ll also BE PAIRED WITH VOLUNTEERS FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES… TO get PROFESSONAL ADVICE, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES. WHICH TEJEDA SAYS ARE OFTEN HARD TO COME BY FOR YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO MEN. Manny Tejeda, College For Every Student, :13 “So, with this program, our hope is, our goal is, that they will have those things, right? So that once they go on that interview, they might know a few people where they’re interviewing and can make those connections.”> HELPING STUDENTS PUT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD… DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE… AND AFTER EARNING THEIR DIPLOMA. AS the program CONTINUES, ORGANIZERS HOPE TO EXPAND…to OTHER COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND EVEN HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. For now, they’re looking for more VERMONT BUSINESS TO GET INVOLVED. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSI