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The first 100 youth between ages 16 and 21 to arrive today, March 26, between 10:30 and 11 a.m. will be guaranteed summer job registration. There will also be a youth town hall during the free event, which ends at 4 p.m. and will be held at By the Hand Club for Kids at 415 N. Laramie
Learn about careers in health care, IT, manufacturing and more from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at 5049 W. Harrison St. Reservations encouraged.
BUILD is hosting the event 10 a.m. Jan. 21 at 5100 W. Harrison St. Register online today.
The next round of job training classes start next month.
More than 100 professionals met April 30th with about 500 students from the three schools during the annual event.
Exelon, ComEd and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago back the initiative, which is seeking more Austin students.
Recent information shows the rate has dropped, leaving some to believe the economy is getting better but others say it’s down because people have exhausted their benefits.
Columnist John W. Fountain III writes about dreaming and his desire to get more out of an adult world that can cultivate mediocrity and redundancy.
They ended the summer program that provided cultural, career-building and community service experiences with a Rites of Passage celebration Aug. 4.
The students and recent graduates received cash awards from the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation of the Union League of Chicago.