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KC group wants to give Black children the skills to succeed in tech

Mili Mansaray

April 03, 2023 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

WeCodeKC offers educational training and mentorship to help Black and brown students from low-income neighborhoods break into the tech industry. Participants can learn different programming languages, build their own robots, work on cybersecurity projects, get help with internship and job searches, and more.

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The growing green jobs industry could mean more jobs for Kansas Citians

Mili Mansaray

January 10, 2023 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City nonprofit KC Can Compost is preparing people experiencing homelessness, formerly incarcerated men, and youth aging out of foster care for jobs in the environmental sector with its Green Core Training Program. Those enrolled in the five-week program learn about environmental issues, solutions, potential jobs, and necessary work and life skills before receiving a pre-apprenticeship certification.

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Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

Mili Mansaray

December 29, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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How investments in Black businesses can help close KC's racial wealth gap

Mili Mansaray

November 25, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Generating Income For Tomorrow, or GIFT, works to foster economic prosperity and wealth in Kansas City’s Black community by providing grants to Black-owned businesses. Since its launch, GIFT has distributed $687,000 to 42 Black businesses and GIFT recipients have so far created more than 60 new jobs.

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KCATA tackled its driver shortage. Now, bus drivers want to see more change

Mili Mansaray

November 18, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

In a complex effort to increase morale among bus drivers and address worker shortages, the Kansas City Area Transit Authority has negotiated a new union contract with drivers and maintenance crews to increase their hourly wage. Through the new contract and intensified recruitment efforts, the KCATA has hired an additional 55 drivers, exceeding its goal of 45 more drivers by the end of this year.

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The Sewing Labs apprenticeship program opens pathways for KC residents

Mili Mansaray

November 14, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

The Sewing Labs provides apprenticeships that teach sewing skills as a route to jobs, financial independence and dignity. The Sewing Labs was recently chosen as one of 207 businesses to participate in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Ambassadors Initiative to present an “earn and learn” model to create equitable and debt-free pathways to good-paying jobs.

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The Starbucks union wave hits Kansas and Missouri

Mili Mansaray

June 30, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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With help from national labor union Workers United, employees at Starbucks stores across the country are launching union campaigns in an effort to secure safer conditions and better pay. In all, 171 stores in 30 states have won union elections so far, and Workers United has filed to unionize at 302 stores in all.

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