Cummings and VOICE Publisher, Isaac Jones, are responsible for bringing Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon to the Center for her first visit to the U.S. Department of Labor campus named for her father, U.S. Senator Paul Simon. They also introduced the Chicago Job Corps Center to several West Side elected officials.
THE VOICE Newspapers serve as a site for Job Corps Graphic Design students to complete their required Work-based Learning Internship composing, laying out, and typesetting editions of the West Side’s largest circulation community newspapers. The Chicago Job Corps Center is the only one in the country offering training in Graphic Design.
“The Paul Simon Job Corps Center is one of Chicago’s gems,” Cummings declares. “At a time when everyone is talking about jobs, the Paul Simon Job Corps Center is preparing men and women ages 16 to 24 for rewarding high-paying careers in construction trades, nursing, materials handling, computer repair, pharmacy tech, office administration, and graphic design. And, it’s all free – the training, on-campus dormitory housing, food, GED or high school diploma preparation, childcare, job placement, and free tuition at Chicago City Colleges. We need more West Siders to take advantage of this terrific program. That’s why I am happy to help get the message out.”
Free tours of the campus are offered weekly. For information on applying for the Job Corps, call Beth Allen at 773/890-3131.
Other officers of the Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center Community Relations Council are: Ben Handy, Chairman, and Pleshette Hamb, Vice Chairperson.
Congratulations, Brad!!!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for his loss! He was my friend for many years . He come to the p.o on Div. Everyday and mail the austin voice to prisoners congressman ect He really cared about the community! He even lived in the community where he lost his life to IGNORANCE!PEOPLE LIKE HIM DONT MEET NO MORE! HE REALLY CARED THIS COMMUNTY NEEDED HIM WITH EVERYTHING GOINGVON TODAY. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED! YOU SEE SOME ONE IN YOUR LINE FORVALMOST 30 YEARS EVERYDAY AND NIW HE GONE AND YOU NEVERVGOING TO SEE THAT PERSON AGAIN ! THIS REALLY TOUCH ME! YOU DONT LIVE TO BE 76 YEARS OLD AND DIE IN A SENSELESS FIRE THAT HAD NOTHING TOVDO WITH YOU!!! IT BROKE HIS HEART HE COULDNT LEAVE HIS PAPERS IN OUR LOBBY ANY MORE BUT HECWOULD COME IN ANY WAY AND GIVE ME COPIES CAUSE HE KNEW WE STILL LOVED TO READ THOSE PAPERS ! GONE TO SOON! MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMULY AND ANYONE HE TOUCHED SOO SAD!!! RIP MY FRIEND OF MANY MANY YEARS!!
ReplyDeleteMy Deepest Condolences to the Family this is a terrible loss to this entire Austin community
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