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Searching for Superman and Finding Myself

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.27.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifPlaying Batman and Robin as a child is one of the fondest, perhaps most innocent, memories I recall.

Making Choices

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.27.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifIn life, we all make choices, whether good or bad. These choices always lead us somewhere, some good, and some bad.

From Statistic to Entrepreneur through YouthBuild

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.22.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifI attended YouthBuild Brockton in the fall of 2007 because I wanted to get my life on the right track. I had a long history of smoking marijuana and selling drugs throughout the Boston area.

YouthBuild and Plato's Allegory of the Cave

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.22.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifAs Brandon Menjares approached the podium for his YouthBuild Just-A-Start graduation speech, I fully expected to be blown away.

Building Futures and Helping Others

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.15.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gif I went from not knowing anything about construction to building hospitals, banks, and luxury condos. I was given the chance to help build the very city I grew up in.

Helping Young People Realize Their Career Aspirations

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.14.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifWhen I was a ten-year-old girl growing up in Colombia, I wanted to become a zoologist and research great apes like Dian Fossey after watching a TV show featuring her work in the mountains of Rwanda.

Harnessing the Power Within

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.10.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifWhile running the streets, I realized that I was trapped in a vicious cycle that I knew had to be broken. I became involved with the courts and I was also a victim of violence. I realized that I needed serious change in my life.

Positioning Opportunity Youth to Be Tomorrow's Leaders

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.03.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gif Opportunities go to those who have the necessary skills. At YouthBuild programs, we clearly communicate labor market realities to young adults so they know what occupations are in demand and how to obtain the appropriate credentials to advance vocationally.

Building Bridges Between Leadership and Career Development

YouthBuild USA | Posted 03.30.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gif There is something I learned in YouthBuild that I constantly pass on to others: Do not be afraid of learning more; do not be afraid of growing more; do not be afraid of success.

Matt Sledge

A New Program To Solve America's Jobs Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 08.29.2012 | Home

The Obama administration announced on Wednesday a $75 million round of grants for groups that teach construction skills to disadvantaged youths while ...

Unleashing America's Talent

AnnMaura Connolly | Posted 10.09.2012 | Impact
AnnMaura Connolly

Every year, national service provides tens of thousands of people with a year of service that teaches the skills and provides the experience demanded by nonprofit, corporate and public sector employers who are looking for workers in this challenging economy.

Solutions Are Obvious for a National Emergency

Dorothy Stoneman | Posted 10.08.2012 | Impact
Dorothy Stoneman

Education is the top priority of our nation if we are to thrive in the 21st century. We need to invest in the education, well-being, inspiration, and character development of every young person born.

Stopping Cuts That "Knock the Legs Out" From Our Communities

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 06.04.2011 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

Many of the cuts proposed in the House so far target a wide array of programs that empower low-income people to climb out of poverty and serve their communities.

HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Dorothy Stoneman, Founder Of YouthBuild

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Every day on HuffPost, we're highlighting one 'Greatest Person'- an exceptional individual who is confronting the country's economic and political cri...

Not Just Numbers: The President's Budget and Real Life

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Deborah Weinstein

The President's budget came out on Monday. I've been awash in the fine print for a couple of days, and what's starting to emerge out of all the pages...

YouthBuild: Homes For The Homeless

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Julia Moulden

In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people work toward their GED or high-school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people.

Michelle Obama Promotes National Service, Visits With YouthBuild

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says community service isn't "just an escape for the wealthy," and that it can help do for young people what ...

Michelle On The Mall

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
A. Siegel

One of my favorite events, every two years, on the Mall is the Solar Decathlon (coming again this fall). 20 or so university teams from around the wo...

The Business of Service

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jonathan Greenblatt

The corporations and small businesses that power American growth and shape our society could be the fuel that turbo-charges our vision of national service.

Obama Calls For National Service

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Barack Obama urged people Wednesday to look past the "bustle and busyness" of their everyday lives this Fourth of July...