Media Advisory Omaha Community Leader’s Street Renaming Ceremony: Dr. Rodney Sam Wead ____________________________________ WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Friday, September 14, 2018 WHERE: 52nd and Ames Avenue (Ceremony may be held one block from official site @52nd and Fowler Avenue in the interest of safety) WHAT: Omaha City Council President Ben Gray introduced the proclamation and receivedContinue reading “Omaha community activist and leader (my Dad) honored on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018: Dr. Rod Wead Street Naming”
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Who “Cares” about youth employment and education in Chicago? City Hall and a non-profit
Somewhere between Chicago City Hall and a non-profit on the city’s near west side, a forward-thinking idea was born and 50 youth are reaping its rewards. One Summer Chicago youth jobs program matched 32,000 opportunities with teens and young adults at 2,000 work sites. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the program is designed to help Chicago’sContinue reading “Who “Cares” about youth employment and education in Chicago? City Hall and a non-profit”
No college education? No problem with some jobs that pay over $100K
The headline on this blog is one that goes against everything in my typical college professor-based advice to my mentees who are seeking high paying and fulfilling career employment. In short, I tell them to stay in school and get their college degrees because it will result in big paydays. For the college graduates, IContinue reading “No college education? No problem with some jobs that pay over $100K”