- Local employers accept Mayor’s & MBK challenge to provide immediate employment opportunities to city’s youth
- Many attendees to receive on-the-spot offers for jobs and apprenticeships
- Partners also include Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Skillman Foundation & Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce
What: A career pathways event that will provide hundreds of young Detroiters with fulltime jobs or apprenticeships, many of them receiving offers on-the-spot.
My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK Alliance), a nonprofit born out of President Obama’s call to action to expand opportunities for young men of color, is bringing its Pathways to Success: Boys and Young Men of Color Opportunity to Detroit.
When: Monday, November 14, 2016. Event program begins at 9 AM.
Where: Cobo Center, Room 330A, 1 Washington Blvd., Detroit
Who: Mayor Mike Duggan, City of Detroit
Blair Taylor, CEO, MBK Alliance
Tonya Allen, president & CEO, Skillman Foundation
Robert Simmons, Vice President, Strategy & Innovation, Campaign for Black Male Achievement
Hundreds of young men of color seeking one of the many employment opportunities available.
Visuals: In addition to job interviews, local businesses will be on hand to provide ties and jackets to job candidates who may need them, as well as haircuts. Candidates who are offered a job at the event will have their photo taken with an “I got hired today” sign.
Registration: Individuals wishing to attend the event can register online at detroit.mbkalliance.org. Walk-ins will be welcomed, but registering online will make the process faster.
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