Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE)
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CWEE fosters personal and professional transformation through confidence building, customized skills training, and career advancement. CWEE fosters personal and professional transformation for low-income single parent families through confidence building, customized skills training, and career advancement. CWEE believes that regardless of personal situations and other barriers to employment, when an appropriate level of education and support is provided, individuals can and will succeed.
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Meet the Staff: Brandi Miller, our Director of Development and Communications, believes her work is important because development staff are the liaisons between a supporter’s intentions and meeting a need in the community. She says, "There seems to be a fear around fundraising, and I’ll admit, it can be nerve-racking to ask an individual or business to donate money to CWEE. What I’ve learned is that if I don’t ask, we may not receive; and if we don’t receive monetary support for this organization, we risk not being able to support single-parents moving from poverty into stability. It’s a risk CWEE’s development team is not willing to take." You may not know when Brandi was only 19 years old, she purchased a ticket to Nairobi, Kenya, to live with the locals and gain a strong sense of the Kenyan culture.
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"A few years ago, I wasn't able to pass a background check which made it difficult to find work. I had to strictly survive on TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) for months at a time. I had to live in a shelter with my children. While at CWEE, I want to work on my people skills and take advantage of everything the program has to offer. The greatest thing I've learned about myself is that change is good. I will never be successful unless I change some things about myself. I've been through a lot but I'm ready to embrace who I'm becoming."
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We love when two weeks in a row we can celebrate participants gaining employment! This week we are proud to highlight Beatriz. Beatriz came to CWEE with quite a bit of experience spanning customer service and administration, and quickly secured a position. Beatriz is now a Sales Representative for Boost Mobile. Congratulations, Beatriz!
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We would like to wish Rita the best of luck as she begins a volunteer placement with Bright by Three. Rita hopes that in improving her administrative skills, she will be more marketable when looking for full time employment. Good luck Rita!
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Happy Martin Luther King Day from team CWEE!
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We would like to congratulate Anna and Adriana for completing the Core Skills Mastery program. Both participants had been working extremely hard on this program and we are very proud of them. Excellent work ladies!
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Kwanita gained employment with Arc Thrift Stores after some time volunteering with them. She treated her volunteer time as a way to show off her skills, and it is clear she impressed the hiring managers. Congratulations, Kwanita!
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CWEE held its first drop-in peer support group of the new year last week. The group is facilitated by CWEE’s Home Visiting Case Manager and Clinical Specialist, Anna Tekippe, and is designed as a safe space for CWEE participants to meet and talk about their current struggles, lend each other support, and share resources. The group was attended by over half of CWEE’s on site participants and will continue to be held bi-weekly throughout the year.
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We would like to recognize two amazing individuals who have been employed at CWEE for 1 year! In January 2015, Sarah Secrist joined our team as an employee of The Learning Source, providing instruction, 1:1 tutoring and resources that aid our participants who are focused on earning their high school equivalency degree and/or going on to post-secondary education. With Sarah’s leadership, students are able to increase their math and reading literacy levels, critical thinking and reasoning skills in alignment with Common Core Academic Standards which will ultimately help them gain academically and in their careers. Zenzal Carr, an alumna of our program and former Board Member, now teaches soft-skill development classes as our Empowerment Coach. We’re so fortunate to have her first-hand knowledge and experience at our fingertips, working directly with participants in our classes. It is Zenzal’s goal to motivate our students to make holistic advancements to their personal attributes that, in turn, enhance their interactions, career prospects and job performance.
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Last week, our CEO and President Laurie Harvey was on NPR All Things Considered to discuss how job growth is helping our participants gain employment. Listen to the story here: http://www.npr.org/2016/01/08/462412603/advocates-for-unemployed-americans-hope-job-growth-reduces-poverty Photo: Laurie (right) with 2015 Outstanding Alumna award winner Alazia Stubblefield who is employed with Catholic Charities
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Meet the Staff: Anna Tekippe, our Home Visiting Case Manager and Clinical Specialist, helps participants to heal from pain and trauma, including the trauma of poverty. She says, "At CWEE, I try to carve out a small space where people are safe to speak their truth, are supported in advocating for themselves, and are joined in healing from pain. It is incredibly powerful and important for our participants to take a risk in order to bring about change in their lives." You may not know, since college, Anna has lived in five different states – Iowa, Illinois, Texas, New York, and Colorado!
Six ways to define poverty, according to 5-year-olds
An interesting article about the way children perceive poverty: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2016/1/5/Six-ways-to-define-poverty-according-to-5-year-olds.html
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