Local non-profit 1,000 Ties is hoping to set up dozens of young men in the Cleveland area with a new gig at its fourth annual event next week.
The event is being held on Feb. 12 at Warrensville Heights High School from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Young men between the ages of 6 and 21 will go through a series of workshops to teach them life skills.
“We can’t eliminate barriers without giving them access to the tools to be successful. So the whole goal of our program is to eliminate barriers by teaching them skills by starting with something as simple as a tie,” said Smith. “So you can mess up an interview just by walking in and not shaking hands, making eye contact or knowing how to address someone appropriately.”
“We help them by providing job readiness training, work experience and credential training,” said Kenyari Guy, a participant recruitment specialist at Youth Opportunities Unlimited. “They're helping us, we're helping them. We’re kind of servicing that whole person so they're doing their end of things and by the time the participant comes to us, they'll have a lot of the skills that they will need already to enter into the program,” said Guy.“I came up with this because I'm seeing all of the different stories about the fights and I'm getting the reports of all of the social media bullying and so many different things that are happening,” said Smith.
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