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STRAIGHT UP AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS INVITE YOU TO A...
REALIT Y
-EXPOSING TODAY’S TEEN PARTY CULTURESPONSORED
FACING REALITY
Many adults feel drinking and partying are a rite of passage and think teen
parties are the same as when they were young. Straight Up youth want
parents to face the current realities and learn why and how we need adults
to help change these dangerous social norms.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE
Reality Parties are open to the public (adults only) and are FREE. Participants
will tour a home set up to portray a teen party with youth actors voicing
concerns expressed by local teens and young adults.
DATE:
October 21, 2017
TIME:
2:00 - 6:00 pm (1-hour tours start every 30 minutes, reservations required)
PLACE:
A home in El Segundo (address to be given when you register)
To make a reservation go to: www.straightupvc.org/register
BY:
(FOR
PARENTS)
PARTY
Community Briefs
Second Grade Teacher Renee Hoover
Receives A+ in Teaching
Center Street Elementary School’s Renee
Hoover (center in the above photo) is commended
by colleagues after being named a
Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year on
September 29. From left, Dylan Farris, El
Segundo Unified School District executive
director of human resources; Jeanie Nishime,
Board of Education member; Martha Monahan,
principal of Center Street School;
Melissa Moore, ESUSD superintendent;
Marisa Janicek, ESUSD executive director
of educational services; and Bill Watkins,
Board of Education president.
– Photo and content provided by ESUSD
“See Something, Say Something”
Catches Another Suspected Thief
On October 4 at approximately 3:17 am,
officers received the call of a suspicious man
seen looking into cars in the 1500 block of
E. Maple Avenue. Officers found the man
on Indiana Court and learned he was on
probation for possession of stolen property.
The man had items/tools commonly used
by thieves to break into and steal cars. The
person also had paperwork commonly used
for committing identity theft.
Dion Wright (43), a possible homeless
individual, was arrested on the suspicion
of committing burglary and identity theft.
Wright was also charged with a drug violation
after officers found a substance resembling
methamphetamine in his pocket.
If anyone has information related to this
arrest, please contact Sergeant Aaron Corkins
at (310) 524-2271 or acorkins@elsegundo.org
(Case#: 17-2997). – Source: ESPD
Department of Labor Awards Grants to
SBWIB Programs for At-Risk Youth
The U.S. Department of Labor announced
the award of $1.1 million in YouthBuild grant
funds to the South Bay Workforce Investment
Board (SBWIB) and its partners, Century
Center for Economic Opportunity (CCEO)
YouthBuild, and Habitat For Humanity of
Greater Los Angeles. The funds will support
academic and occupational skills training for
at-risk youth and will directly benefit South
Bay area youth in Inglewood, Hawthorne,
Lawndale, El Segundo, Gardena, Carson,
Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo
Beach, Torrance and Lomita.
“We are grateful to once again be recognized
by the Department of Labor with this
much needed grant award,” SBWIB Executive
Director Jan Vogel said. “We anticipate that
after they complete occupational skills training
and earn industry-recognized certifications,
these YouthBuild participants will be able to
secure good paying jobs and get on a path to
self-sufficiency,” he concluded.
The SBWIB and CCOE’s YouthBuild program
aligns with former President Obama’s
My Brother’s Keeper initiative and job-driven
training agenda by promoting a “stepping
stone” approach to a seamless progression
from education to work-based learning. It
includes classroom instruction and occupational
skills training within the construction building
trades for youth ages 16 to 24 at approved
worksites managed by Habitat for Humanity.
The YouthBuild participants have either been
in the juvenile justice system or have aged
out of foster care, have dropped out of high
school or are otherwise at-risk of failing to
reach key educational and career milestones.
The program provides young adults opportunities
and career pathways to gain the skills and
education they need for employment and to
become leaders in their communities.
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Counting on Community
Colleges to Build Workforce
By Rob McCarthy
A future-of-work report has sounded a call
for more young people to attend community
colleges and prepare themselves for middleskill
careers that offer higher-than-average
pay, career advancement and--maybe, most
importantly--jobs that aren’t going to a robot
anytime soon.
South Bay employers and recruiters over
the next five years can expect skills shortages
for positions that require an associate’s
degree or some college coursework. The
labor economists with the L.A. Center for a
Competitive Workforce in their report say that
middle-skilled professions such as nursing,
bookkeeping, auditing, and managing production
and planning offer the best opportunities
in Los Angeles County’s wide-open workforce.
Community colleges are employers’ best
hope for getting out ahead of the coming skills
gap, the report’s authors say. Jobs in warehousing,
data collection, and labor physical
are being replaced by machines and trusted
to artificial intelligence. Automation won’t
be a “pressing threat” to local employer for
another 10 or 20 years, however, according
to the labor economists.
When the door closes to these familiar
jobs in South Bay’s aerospace and defense
companies, another door is expected to open.
Some technical training--not necessarily a
four-year degree, and an ability to manage
people and processes--are expected to be in
high demand.
“Recent advancements in robotics, artificial
intelligence and machine learning are poised
to cause greater levels of disruption in the
future--not only in manufacturing, but also
across numerous other industries. Individuals
will need skills that can be employed in
conjunction with the functions of machines,”
the authors noted. “This puts enormous
pressure on community colleges and other
education systems to create programs that
will do just that.”
What lies ahead are opportunities for local
community colleges to adapt their coursework
and training programs with more emphasis
on STEM (science-technology-engineeringmathematics)
fields of study and soft skills
that managers need to be successful, says the
team at the competitive workforce center. The
new venture is a partnership of 19 Los Angeles
and Orange County community colleges
that is headed by the Los Angeles Economic
Development Corporation (LAEDC).
Other members include the L.A. Chamber
of Commerce, Southern California Leadership
Council, and the Center of Excellence for
Labor Market Research at Mt. San Antonio
College. The work admittedly is a balancing
act. With this first report, they’ve identified
what the greater L.A. labor pool is lacking in
training, talents and experience. And, they’ve
given administrators at community colleges
a roadmap to support local business.
There were 776,000 students registered at
Los Angeles-area community colleges for
the 2014-15 academic year, according to the
center. Two-thirds of those students enrolled
in career education programs, which prepare
them for healthcare, automotive, business
and financial service careers. Students can
choose from more than 200 career education
programs offered by 19 community colleges
in Los Angeles County and nine Orange
County campuses.
“Since community colleges play a leading
and vital role in training students to enter
these target occupations, it is incumbent
that more attention be given toward meeting
forecasted employer demand,” the future-ofwork
report said.
See Workforce, page 15