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- February 24, 2010 | <a href="/users/tarsi-dunlop">Tarsi</a> <a href="/users/tarsi-dunlop">Dunlop</a>The Roosevelt Summer Academy is a rigorous summer intern program that runs in both Washington D.C and Chicago. The opportunity includes: internship placements, useful skill set training (organizing, lobbying, social media), brown bag lunches, a chance to meet amazing people, networking, and you get paid! What's to miss? That's right,...
- February 21, 2010 | <a href="/users/minty064">Mintaro</a> <a href="/users/minty064">Oba</a>Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development, is seeking submissions from Roosevelters who want to publish on sustainable development. The deadline to submit is March 1, and authors may submit through the journal’s new web interface, at http://journals.cdrs.columbia.edu/consilience/index.php/consilience/author/submit/1. ...
- January 6, 2010 | <a href="/users/monika-johnson">Monika</a> <a href="/users/monika-johnson">Johnson</a>Call for Submissions Midwest v2.0: New Innovations, Re-energized Workforce, Sustainable Future About the 2009-2010 Regional Policy Theme Throughout the 2009-2010 school year, Roosevelt students have been tasked with solving problems that face them daily: the transformation of the Midwestern economy and workforce from an...
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We propose that Kennedy-King College expand the services of its Community Technology Resources Center by establishing a paid internship program for the youth of Englewood to both teach and do research at the center. Key Facts Research has shown that one of the reasons that youths drop out of school in favor of drugs, violence, and gangs is that the benefits of school are seen as distant and abstract. By creating local jobs specifically for youth who do well in school, education can be...Economic Development Chicago, economic development, Equal Justice, Jobs, technology, youth
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CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE Midwest v2.0 Resource Website 2009-2010 Midwest Regional Initiative As the millennial generation enters the workforce, the Midwestern economy faces a disconnect between an industrial past and the 21st century economy. Chronic unemployment in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland is at its worst in decades, and millions of families struggle with lost jobs. Industries that once stood as the backbone of the American economy no longer promises a...Economic Development agriculture, Chicago, Energy & Environment, Midwest, regional, Urban Planning, v civic engagement