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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
A Year Up: Helping Young Adults Move from Poverty to Professional Careers in a Single Year

A Year Up: Helping Young Adults Move from Poverty to Professional Careers in a Single Year

Chertavian, Gerald

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ISBN10: 014312370X
ISBN13: 9780143123705
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: Jun 25 2013
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.48 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
[Chertavian] demonstrates that with hard work and the right supports ... young adults can overcome even the toughest of circumstances.--Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone

There are many good jobs in America--and many urban young adults eager to take them--if they can bridge the Opportunity Divide that strands many motivated workers at the bottom of the job ladder.

In 2000, Gerald Chertavian, a successful technology entrepreneur and banker, dedicated his life and business expertise to founding Year Up, an intensive one-year program that provides otherwise stranded young adults with training, mentorship, internships, and ultimately real jobs. Following a single Year Up class from admission through graduation, A Year Up lets students share - in their own words- the challenges, failures, and personal successes they experience during the program. It is the inspiring story of a pioneering program that is bridging the Opportunity Divide, with results that can fuel our economy and revive the American ideal of equal opportunity for all.

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