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#RisingTogether with Barclays

Champion Partners such as Barclays played an instrumental role in supporting our transition to remote learning. Read how our organizations strived to meet the challenges and continue to serve communities across the US through the COVID crisis.

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Reskill and Restart powered by a Consortium of Partners led by Infosys

Per Scholas joins Reskill and Restart, a consortium led by Infosys to provide free, online training to reskill the American workforce and fulfill employment needs following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Per Scholas advances as a finalist in $10 million dollar Economic Opportunity Challenge

Per Scholas is one of five finalists that will advance in the Economic Opportunity Challenge, a competition for a $10 million grant to improve economic opportunity for low-income individuals within the United States. We partnered with MDRC and The Financial Clinic, Creators of Change Machine for this proposal which was selected from a pool of 160 applicants, representing our work focused on workforce development, asset building, and policy.

Visit our proposal webpage below and check out our video submission.

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The Pandemic Has Accelerated Demands for a More Skilled Work Force

Throughout the first half of the year, the coronavirus rapidly upended and altered the American #workforce across industries and causing drastic economic changes on the local and national level. Retraining and workforce development efforts such as Per Scholas are prepared to equip new talent to meet new employment demands accelerated by the pandemic.

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Per Scholas in Road Trip Nation, “To Be Determined”

Last year, our very own Per Scholas alumnus Taiheem Wentt was chosen to participate in a very special experience: Along with two fellow workforce development program alumni, he traveled the country with Roadtrip Nation to interview software engineers, CEOs, political campaign managers, and more, all of whom kickstarted their careers through a workforce development program.

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Letter from Plinio Ayala, President & CEO

Per Scholas president Plinio Ayala shares an open letter to current students, calling for an end to systemic racism, and encouraging greater dialogue in our path to healing.

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Workers Strive to Make Their Careers Pandemic Proof

Robert Aufiero enrolled in our 12-week course in Cloud Computing computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which launched last month at our Per Scholas Greater Boston and Per Scholas National Capital Region facilities. He was looking to start a career that offered more stability and career opportunities.

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Reflection with Intention

Throughout June, we prioritized creating dialogue and space for members of our community to express their thoughts and concerns around the racial and social injustices afflicting black and brown communities. Our leadership team also took several efforts to clearly state where we stand as an organization and how we support our staff, students, and alumni.

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Connecting Tech with Talent: A Q&A with Damien Howard of Per Scholas

“Our students are problem-solvers due to their history of dealing with adversity. They come with this grit that can’t be taught.”

Per Scholas Executive Vice President, Social Ventures, Damien Howard chats with MorningBrew to discuss the success of our students and our training model.

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Gaining Skills Virtually to Close the Inequality Gap

The future of work is now. As we navigate towards imagining what lies ahead in a post-pandemic world, we are committed more than ever to building a more economically inclusive reality.

Read how Per Scholas is facing the COVID-19 pandemic head on to upskill the future of tech in the United States.