Partnerships in NYC provide professional development opportunity for female veterans

A partnership between NYC Service, the Mayor’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs, and JPMorgan Chase has made it possible for a professional development conference aimed at female veterans from all uniformed services.

When: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Program to begin promptly at 9:45 AM

Where: JPMORGAN CHASE
270 Park Avenue
Manhattan, NY

For more information click the link to see the full NYC Workforce 1 Career Blog entry

This partnership falls in line with the "100,000 Jobs Mission", a campaign launched by a coalition of 50 U.S. Corporations, which included JP Morgan Chase, in March 2011. Members of the coalition aim to hire 100,000 veterans collectively by 2020. For more information about the campaign, coalition members, and/or jobs for veterans please see the "100,000 Jobs Mission" website http://www.100000jobsmission.com/

Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) to host Virtual Conference - November 1st - 3rd, 2012

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), a collaborative that supports campus-based literacy programs locally, statewide, and nationally, is hosting a "Virtual Conference" on November 1-3, 2012. The theme for the conference entitled Read.Write.Act 2012 Virtual Conference is "Literacy as a National Priority."

Please see the website http://readwriteact.org/rwa2012 to get more information on conference topics and being a presenter. Proposal deadlines are May 31st, 2012 by 5pm (Priority Deadline) and Sept 7th, 2012 by 5pm (Final Deadline).