Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Kudos to the Team!

Liz Jackson-Simpson, YGCIC Executive Director (L)
Robin Sohnen, EORO Executive Director (R)


We are pleased to announce that Each One Reach One(EORO) in collaboration with the Youth Guidance Center  Improvement Committee (YGCIC) received  the Outstanding Workforce Partnership Award from the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development. The award was bestowed for the unique collaboration, efforts and work to assist high-risk youth detained youth in San Francisco obtain their GED during and post-detention. Education is a critical tool to assist at risk youth overcome obstacles and make something positive of their lives. 


With over three decades of collective experience working with this population of youth and diverting high-risk offenders from a life behind bars, YGCIC and EORO are making an impact on Street Violence Reduction and empowering young people to make positive life choices. EORO and YGCIC will be further celebrating their collaborative success the end of May at the Juvenile Justice Center Woodside Learning Center graduation, where graduates will obtain their high school diploma or GED thanks to the support of EORO and YGCIC. Kudos to all the staff at YGCIC and EORO! 


"Each One Reach One believed in me, so I learned to believe in myself." -Oscar

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