Repairing Your Home the Right Way!
FREE Consumer Protection & Financial Education Forum
Are you looking to make home repairs for the spring? Before you begin, come learn how to avoid home repair contractor scams!
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Continuing with our celebration of National Financial Literacy Month, Thursday, April 25th from 2pm - 4pm at the Philadelphia Senior Center Auditorium, 509 S. Broad Street, the Community and Economic Development (CED) Division of UAC is hosting a Special Consumer Protection and Financial Education Forum, "Repairing Your Home the Right Way." This event is sponsored by JP Morgan Chase, NCPHIF, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and the Philadelphia Senior Center. Featured speakers include Phae Howard, Founder & Executive Director of The National Center for the Prevention of Home Improvement Fraud (NCPHIF); Carlotta Bulls, Older Adult Protective Services at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging; and Chanel Alexander, Program Manager for Anti-Predatory Lending (APL) UAC's Community and Economic Development Division. To register email rsvp@ncphif.org or call (855) 2-NoFraud.
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Summer Youth Employment
Save Summer Jobs!
On April 11th, President Barack
 | | Left to right: Stacy Holland (PYN), Sharmain Matlock-Turner (UAC), Tiffany Newmuis (PCCA) |
Obama held a conference call with UAC President, Sharmain Matlock-Turner, PYN President Stacy Holland, PCCA Director of Diversity Tiffany Newmuis and other Philadelphia leaders to discuss Philadelphia's Summer Employment 10,000 Jobs Campaign. The overall goal of this campaign is to increase youth employment opportunities by growing the number of employers, partners and investors connected to the WorkReady Program, the city's youth employment and career preparation program managed by the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). Visit www.phillysummerjobs.org to learn how you can support the campaign!
UAC's Youth Division offers paid summer job opportunities to youth and young adults ages 14-21. Last summer UAC placed 535 young people through WorkReady Philadelphia and an additional 165 young people in UAC internships. This year without your help, UAC will have far less jobs and internships available for Philadelphia's teens. Visit www.uac.org to make a donation to our summer employment programs.
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Over 200,000 Hours of Computer Training Provided to Philadelphia Residents!
Kate Rivera, Freedom Rings/BTOP Project Director at the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC), is traveling the country telling the story of the success of the Freedom Rings Partnership and KEYSPOT program. This initiative to bridge the digital divide, led by UAC, the City of Philadelphia, and Drexel University and engaging over 50 partner organizations, has served over 300,000 visitors, provided over 200,000 hours of training, and in just six short months has signed up over 1,000 people with low-cost at-home internet through Wilco Electronics and Mobile Citizen. Kate participated in a panel on Meaningful Broadband Adoption at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver CO April 5th-7th and moderated a panel on Technology as the Circulatory System: Tackling Poverty Through Technology at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis MN April 11th-13th.
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