Trainings
National Webinar Features Youthbuild Staff
The US Department of Education and Jobs for the Future have teamed up to raise awareness about the difficulties youth face in rural areas concerning their education. Utilizing the Village: Building Support for Students Success in Rural Communities is a three series webinar, a workshop which presented over the internet. Although the first two series [...]
New Cohort of Youthbuild Begins Today
YOUTHBUILD OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO We build better futures here. At 8:30 this morning a new cohort of young men and women began their careers as participants in the Sojourners Youthbuild of Southeastern Ohio program. 29 students are registered for the new class. They follow in the footsteps of 275 past Youthbuilders—85 of those participants [...]
New NEG Program Already Making a Difference
The Sojourners National Emergency Grant Program is off to a great start removing debris from roads, creeks, streams and other waterways in Hocking, Ross, and Vinton counties. After two weeks of intensive hiring events, held in conjunction with the county One-Stop centers, over sixty men and women were hired. Six crew leaders, who are [...]
The World Came to Sojourners
Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, South Sudan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, USA This summer, Sojourners had an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Ohio University in Athens in an exciting educational project with UNICEF. The university was one of just four in the United States chosen to host a UNICEF Communications for Development (C4D) training for UNICEF officers [...]
Just Hanging Around
Monday was a great day for hanging’ around—quite literally hanging around for participants in the Youthbuild program. As part of NCCER training, students took part in an exercise developed to teach participants on how to put on and use a safety harness. The training also offered a communications component. One student read [...]
Generation Now Trains Teachers
The staff of Generation Now have been chosen by the Vinton County Local School District to present three in-service presentations for staff and teachers in the district. The presentations focus on several issues facing teens, including bullying, teen depression and suicide, sexting (the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily [...]
Grant Provides New Communication Capabilities
Sojourners recently received new video conferencing equipment which greatly expands our capabilities to provide online education and trainings. The equipment was made available through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Faith Based Initiatives. Under the leadership of Co-Executive Director Rich Games, Sojourners entered into a partnership with the Voinovich Center of Ohio University [...]