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Bank of
America
Announces
2021
Detroit
Student
Leaders |
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Paid
Summer
Internships
Connect
Detroit
Youth to
Career
Building
Opportunities
DETROIT
– Today,
Bank of
America
announced
that its
five
Detroit-area
high
school
students
selected
as
Student
Leaders
(#BofAStudentLeaders)
have
started
their
summer
job
experience
of
leadership,
civic
engagement,
and
workforce
skills-building
with
Detroit
nonprofit
Focus:
Hope.
The
program
has been
adapted
this
year to
be
mostly
virtual.
The
opportunity
to earn
a
paycheck
is
essential
to many
young
people
whether
they are
helping
to
support
their
families
or
planning
for the
future.
This
year,
Student
Leaders
will be
paid $17
per hour
for 35
hours
per week
for 8
weeks.
Without
the
availability
of
career
skills-building
programs
like
Student
Leaders,
young
people
may be
left
behind
from a
fast-changing
job
market.
As part
of its
commitment
to
workforce
development
for
youth,
as a
pathway
to
economic
mobility,
Bank of
America
continues
to also
invest
in
summer
jobs for
young
people.
The
Bank’s
decade
plus
long
partnership
with
Grow
Detroit’s
Young
Talent
(GDYT)
will
directly
support
225
young
adults
this
summer
with a
paid job
experience
and will
connect
5,000
youth to
a
dynamic,
virtual
series
of
tours,
helping
this
year’s
cohort
of GDYT
participants
to see
and
experience
Detroit’s
history,
change,
renaissance
and
opportunity.
“The
past
year has
proven
especially
challenging
for
young
adults,
but they
have
shown
resilience,
resourcefulness
and like
our
Student
Leaders,
many
have
remained
committed
to
serving
their
communities,”
said
Matt
Elliott,
President,
Bank of
America
Michigan.
“It is
our
privilege
-- and
commitment
-- to
support
programs
like
Student
Leaders
by
providing
paid
opportunities
for
students
to gain
job
experience
while
developing
a
diverse
pipeline
of
talent
as they
enter
the
local
workforce.”
The
Class of
2021
Detroit
area-based
Bank of
America
Student
Leaders
are:
• Nayeli
Amoles,
a
Detroit
resident
and
graduate
of Cesar
Chavez
Academy
High
School
•
Guadalupe
Avalos,
a
Detroit
resident
and
graduate
of Cass
Technical
High
School
• Tiera
Barnett,
a
Detroit
resident
and
graduate
of Cass
Technical
High
School.
• Luke
Graham,
a
Detroit
resident
and
senior
at
Renaissance
High
School
• Lamont
Satchel
Jr., a
Detroit
resident
and
graduate
of Cass
Technical
High
School
The
Student
Leaders
program,
which
started
in 2004,
recognizes
300
community-focused
juniors
and
seniors
from
across
the U.S.
annually.
The
Detroit
Student
Leaders
will
engage
in an
eight-week
paid
internship
and
participate
in
programming
that
includes
a
collaborative,
mentor-focused
project
working
closely
with
Focus:
HOPE to
experience
the
vital
role
that
nonprofits
play in
advancing
community
health,
the
importance
of
public -
private
partnerships
to
advance
social
change,
and the
work of
building
a more
diverse
and
inclusive
society.
“Focus:
HOPE
once
again
welcomes
Bank of
America’s
Student
Leaders.
This
program
will
allow us
to share
our
organization’s
vision
for
Detroit’s
future
and
demonstrate
how to
assist
in
making
that
vision a
reality,”
said
Portia
Roberson,
CEO,
Focus:
HOPE.
“These
exceptional
young
people
are
chosen
for
their
commitment
to their
communities
and we
look
forward
to
working
with our
future
leaders.”
As part
of this
summer’s
program,
Student
Leaders
will
also
take
part in
a
virtual
Summit
in
partnership
with the
Close Up
Foundation
to
participate
in
Stanford
University’s
Young
Democracy
at Home
program,
which
encourages
conversation
about
current
issues
facing
young
people
today.
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