Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum | Charlotte

  • Home
  • Invited Speakers
  • Announcements
    • Current Announcements
    • Announcement Archives
  • Archive
    • By Date
    • By Name
    • By Subject
    • View All Articles
  • Watch live – 8:30 Tuesdays
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Commentary
    • Where Forum has met
    • Participant Directory
  • Contact

Charlotte Career Discovery Day is April 20

February 28, 2017 Education & Health


https://charlottenc.gov/NBS/CE/Youth/Pages/default.aspx

Feb. 28 2017

Dawn Hill, Dr. Yolanda Holmes and David Jessup teamed up. As in bringing three teams together to present a place for thousands of children to see something of careers they might never otherwise consider.

Hill heads the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program. Holmes works for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Jessup, after a Teach for America stint, founded a nonprofit working to end the digital divide.

This morning’s presentation focused on the Charlotte Career Discovery Day, which will be held Thursday, April 20 at the Park Expo on Independence Boulevard.

The presentation was preceded by a dramatic presentation on Black History Month performed by Holmes and her children Brooke and Darrell.

The Career Day presentation begins at minute 23:37 and runs through minute 34:40. The Q&A follows.

David Jessup showed the video below about Career Discovery Day.

More information is on the city’s Career Discovery Day website.

Next Education & Health Article
Byers-Bailey: CMS likely won’t reconvert all westside K-8s
Previous Education & Health Article
CMS gathers in some surveys, explains assignment journey

Join Us

After two COVID-19 years, in-person meetings have resumed at Belmont Center. Join us or watch the livestream. Details here.

On Facebook, YouTube

Join us on Facebook and YouTube, where Forum meetings first appear as livestreams and then later as edited, archived video.

Our weekly e-mails

Click here to sign up for 2 e-mails per week: Sunday night with speaker's name; and after meeting, Announcements.

Return to Top | Sarah Stevenson photo credit: Jones Photography | Site design by Five J's Design