YBN: We are in the Movement
Poem by Farah Johnson, Class of 2011 Originally published in YBN, the YouthBuild Philadelphia student newspaper All of us as the youth Striving together towards improvement. We have a never-ending burning desire. It lives in us, within our souls. Our diplomas we yearn to acquire. The labels we were branded with slowly disintegrate, But the trials [...]
Staff Q&A: Candace Carmon, Director of Vocational Programming
What is your background and why did you choose to come to YouthBuild Philadelphia? After finishing undergraduate at Cornell, I worked as a high school English teacher in Newark Public Schools, and decided to move into school leadership. I began pursuing a master's degree while managing vocational training at an adult education school. YouthBuild appealed to [...]
Students and staff honor MLK Day of Service
More than 200 students and staff members of YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School joined 75,000 volunteers throughout the greater Philadelphia area on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 for the 16th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. Students in YouthBuild's Building Trades training program led a rehabilitation project at the Athletic Recreation Center, a [...]
GreenBuild Groundbreaking on Greene Street
YouthBuild Philadelphia hosted a groundbreaking event to to launch the national partnership between YouthBuild USA, Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, and its North American subsidiary CertainTeed. As part of the partnership, YouthBuild Philadelphia will receive $100,000 in pass-through grants over the next three years to engage students in learning green building techniques [...]
New Graduates Join the Class of 2010
Thirty-eight YouthBuild Philadelphia students received diplomas in a special ceremony at Freedom Theatre. Parents and community members joined staff on stage to "shout-out" and present a diploma to their young person. See more photos on our Facebook page.
Alumni Participate in National Dropout Prevention Conference
Philadelphia recently hosted the 22nd Annual National Dropout Prevention Conference, at the Loews Hotel. Antonio Jones, YouthBuild Philadelphia Class of 2010, delivered a well-received opening speech on November 15, and Josh "Suhayl" Ward closed the conference as a member of the Youth Panel on November 17.
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