Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast Insight Pt. 2:STEM Workforce Partnerships University City Science Center, Drexel Manufacturing Career Accelerator Program, InRoads

Insight Pt. 2:STEM Workforce Partnerships University City Science Center, Drexel Manufacturing Career Accelerator Program, InRoads

Published: March 11, 2022, 11:50 p.m.

b'Phil Brooks, Director, STEM Workforce Partnerships University City Science Center talks about their Workforce Development program which connects Philadelphians to jobs at science and tech companies in University City and beyond.
https://sciencecenter.org/programs/workforce-development

Kena Sears-Brown, Director of Continuing Professional Education & Workforce Initiatives at Drexel University Goodwin College of Professional Studies talks about their Manufacturing Career Accelerator Program (MCAP) \\u2013 No cost 5 week workforce readiness program for unemployed people of color and women. The program is designed to prepare people for manufacturing careers with regional employees. MCAP graduates earn industry certifications and develop career building skills. Classes are held on Drexel University campus beginning April 4.
https://drexelmcap.catalog.instructure.com/

I talk with Forest T. Harper, Jr., the CEO of INROADS, the world\\u2019s leading nonprofit producer of leaders of color, about a talent recruitment campaign called Careers Beyond the Yard to recruit 5000 underrepresented students and raise awareness of the paid internship disparity among students of color. For more than 50 years, INROADS has used its platform to connect underrepresented talent to corporate career opportunities.
https://inroads.org/'