Alisa Z. from Sunday Edition, which airs on multiple Entercom radio stations across Michigan, recently interviewed Kate Cherry about our Soar program. Soar helps students hone skills in preparation for entering the world of work during their school year.
Thank you to Corp! Magazine for writing a very nice piece on our recent Workforce Resiliency Conference. Read the article here: https://www.corpmagazine.com/features/cover-stories/conference-seeks-to-help-young-workers-boost-job-skills-emotional-wellness/
Connect Detroit and its partners trained and employed 8,157 Detroit youth during summer 2016, in partnership with 70 community-based organizations.
Legendary radio personality Craig Fahle sat down with Connect Detroit's own Kate Cherry to talk Grow Detroit's Young Talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzaePPfPpPM Hello, I’m Shuna Hayward, vice president of programs with Connect Detroit. As we being to ramp up for our summer employment programs, I want to talk to you about one type of work experience which is where community-based partners place their young people out in the community with worksite partners to provide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxyy_S1IRY My name is Kate Cherry and I am a program director here at Connect Detroit. Over the past 16 years I have written several hundred grant proposals and during that time I found that many of my colleagues were intimidated by the process. So, I want to break it down into three
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBQHfJvSx4 Hello! I’m ShunaHayward and I’m vice president of programs here at Connect Detroit and as you begin to think about developing youth employment experiences for young people, I want to share with you about one type of work experience known as project-based learning. Project-based learning is basically where young people have an
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVkbdaYLmyE Greetings! My name is Kate Cherry, and I am a program director here at Connect Detroit, specializing in development and strategy. Today I’m going to talk a little bit about prospect lists and their importance in initiating a fundraising strategy. There are three parts to creating a prospect list, and if you
CONNECT DETROIT’S PROGRAM DIRECTOR NAMED CRAIN'S 2018 NOTABLE WOMEN IN NONPROFITS IN MICHIGAN DETROIT – December 11, 20178– Connect Detroit today announced that its senior program director, Shuna Hayward, has been named one of this year’s Notable Women in Nonprofits in Michigan by Crain’s Detroit Business, Detroit and southeast Michigan’s premier business news and
Student programs help prepare students for the real world.
