"Year Up Students Learn Business and Life Skills"
by Julian Guthrie, March 29, 2009
"An estimated 85 percent of Year Up graduates find jobs within four months of graduation and earn on average $15.59 an hour..."
Year Up apprentice Beaunca Wilson talks about the impact of the program:
"...I'm learning about information technology and learning things like how to greet people, how to show respect even if you don't get it, and what language is appropriate for professional settings...This is a new and wonderful world for me."
Click here to read the article in full.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Daniel Lurie and Ronnie Lott on NPR
In case you missed them on NPR's Forum with Michael Krasny last week, you can listen to the show HERE.
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R903181000?itemMD5=196328dd557b778353a270ace13891e7
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R903181000?itemMD5=196328dd557b778353a270ace13891e7
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Youth from Tipping Point Grantee writes letter to SF Chronicle -- published today!
Terri Larkins, a young woman who spent 13 years in foster care before finding First Place for Youth, wrote a moving letter-to-the-editor that was published in today's SF Chronicle. You can read the article HERE (halfway down the page).
"...On my 18th birthday, my "caregiver" literally dropped me off at a bus station with my worldly possessions packed in a duffle bag. I felt like a ship lost at sea with no destination, no gas and no motivation. I quickly realized I would have to survive by any means necessary.
"Fortunately for me, I found First Place for Youth, a Bay Area program that is considered a national model for supporting former foster youth in making a successful transition to adulthood. Through First Place, I moved into my own subsidized apartment, found a full-time job and am going to school."
"...On my 18th birthday, my "caregiver" literally dropped me off at a bus station with my worldly possessions packed in a duffle bag. I felt like a ship lost at sea with no destination, no gas and no motivation. I quickly realized I would have to survive by any means necessary.
"Fortunately for me, I found First Place for Youth, a Bay Area program that is considered a national model for supporting former foster youth in making a successful transition to adulthood. Through First Place, I moved into my own subsidized apartment, found a full-time job and am going to school."
Click here to learn more about Tipping Point's relationship with First Place for Youth.
Daniel and Ronnie Lott on Forum with Michael Krasny -- Wed, March 18
Don't miss Tipping Point Community President + Founder Daniel Lurie and Board Member Ronnie Lott on NPR tomorrow at 10:00 AM!
Monday, March 2, 2009
ABC Spotlights Tipping Point in "Focus on Solutions" Report
VIDEO: "Philanthropists Work to Break Cycle of Poverty"
By Cheryl Jennings
February 27, 2009
By Cheryl Jennings
February 27, 2009
"SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is a very different effort underway to fight poverty in the Bay Area that involves philanthropists who are young -- in their twenties and thirties. They are part of what is known as the Tipping Point community. In this Focus on Solutions report, a look at why these young people started this and who they are helping..."
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/focus_on_solutions&id=6682931
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