Kevin Brown:
CLASS OF 1983
Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1983
Los angeles, CA
Kevin's Story
Kevin is from Hartford, Connecticut. His schools include Jefferson High School.
Music Kevin likes includes Edward Elgar, Bob Marley, Talib Kweli. Books he likes include A Little History of Philosophy, James Allen, Aristotle. Movies he likes include Stand and Deliver, Stand and Deliver, Amistad. TV shows he likes include This Old House, HGTV.
More about Kevin:"In YouthBuild Hartford, low income young people ages 16-24 work toward their GED while learning job skills (workforce maturity) by building affordable housing for homeless and low income people. Strong emphasis is place on leadership development and community service.
All YouthBuild Hartford students are low income and many have had experience with foster care, juvenile justice, welfare and homelessness.
YouthBuild Hartford is a twenty – two month Workforce Development training program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and participants are presented:
• An alternative school, in which participants attend school on alternate weeks, studying for their GEDs(s),classes are small, allowing one-on one attention to students.
• A community service program, in which young people build housing for homeless and low income people.
• A job training and pre-apprenticeship program, in which young people g...Expand for more
et close supervision and training in construction skills (carpentry) full-time on alternate weeks from qualified instructors.
• A leadership development program, in which young people participate in personal counseling, peer support groups, and life planning processes that assist them in overcoming negative habits and atti-tudes, and pursuing achievable goals that will establish a productive life.
• A long-term mini-community, in which young people make new friends committed to a positive lifestyle.
Priority is given to the youth, who are residence of the city of Hartford and who have not received their High School Diploma. The program hours are 7:45 AM – 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The students receive a weekly stipend, based on their attendance and performance.
As a part of their participation in the program, the students are presented with internship opportunities. The internships will help further prepare the student for the work force by gaining “on the job” experience.
If there are young adults you know, who can benefit from what YouthBuild Hartford has to offer, please have them stop in and complete an application; Co-opportunity, Inc 20-28 Sargeant Street, Hartford, CT, 06105, between the hours of 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday.".
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