This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Talent Search program. Created by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Higher Education Act (HEA), it was established with the goal of seeing that “no American talent is wasted.” Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC) is proud to have been vested with the honor of
This month’s author, Vicky Perkins, is a long-time Career Specialist in CYC’s Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates program. Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates is a credited in-school elective equipping students with 37 core character competencies that prepare them for post-secondary enrollmenet, employment, or enlistment. The JCG program is the local chapter
The Luxottica Mentoring Program was established in 2001 during a time of social unrest in Cincinnati. The founding vision was to inspire urban youth by exposing them to an atmosphere outside of their everyday world through an innovative corporate mentoring initiative that would create the next generation of leaders. Each
CYC founder John Pepper looks back on the pivotal moment that inspired him to create Cincinnati Youth Collaborative. It was one of those dinners which I wished I didn’t have to attend, coming at the end of a long day, with an unknown speaker and an associated reception and
What calls a person to work with underserved students? Mentor Coordinator Victoria Nesbitt reflects on the journey that brought her to CYC as a Mentor Coordinator. In October of 2010, I started on a journey that would forever change my life. I had just finished two years at Brown Mackie College,
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