Columbus, OH – Historically Black College and University mega site HBCUConnect.com is joining with the youth service organization City Year to heighten awareness through joint marketing initiatives of community service and leadership opportunities among Black college students and alumni.
HBCUConnect.com members that log in to the Web site are immediately greeted by an advertisement urging them to “give a year. change the world.” The ad has been effective at creating interest in City Year, and generating contact information of HBCU students and alumni who are interested in learning more about the program,which unites 1,400 young people age 17-24 in full-time service as tutors, mentors, and role models who run after-school programs, lead youth leadership programs and work with community partners on transformative physical service projects such as reviving play spaces, planting gardens and painting murals. There are 18 City Year locations across the United States.
“HBCU Connect is strongly committed to developing young leaders and empowering young people on their path to success,” said HBCU Connect President and CEO William Moss, III. “City Year shares this mission and our partnership only strengthens our ability to facilitate change and make young people realize that they can in fact change the world.”
To further recognize the importance of service related organizations, HBCU Connect added a new employment category to the online Career Center called ‘Non Profit and Volunteer Services.’ This new category allows organizations like City Year to recruit HBCU Connect members to serve the community in both paid and volunteer opportunities. City Year was also recognized by Black Collegian (BG) magazine as a Top 100 Employer in February 2008.
City Year was featured in the spring issue of HBCU ‘On Campus’ magazine, distributed by HBCU Connect on the campuses of all 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S. The article features City Year corps member Joel Donelan, who attended Howard University, one of the nation’s more preeminent HBCU’s. Donelan chose to give a year to City Year as a tutor and mentor to 10th grade students in DC’s public high schools, and credits the organization as being instrumental in his personal and professional development.
“Uniting on the common ground of service is at the foundation of City Year and everything we do is grounded in this concept and the idea that each of us can make a difference,” said City Year’s CEO and Co-Founder Michael Brown. “Joining together with a shared commitment to diversity and youth empowerment, transforms both the children and communities we serve, and the corps members too.”
About HBCUConnect.com
In 1999, HBCUConnect.com fast emerged to become the number-one destination for the Historically Black College and University community. The HBCU Connect online Career Center is one of the most successful recruiting Web sites on the Internet, boasting more than 140,000 unique sessions and over 2.5 million page views per month. Employers benefit from the largest online ethnic Resume Database with 750,000+ membership base and over 150,000 active resumes.
About City Year
City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods across the United States and in South Africa.
Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbia, SC; Columbus; Detroit; Little Rock, Los Angeles; Louisiana; New Hampshire; New York; Philadelphia; Rhode Island; San Antonio; San José/Silicon Valley; Seattle/King County; South Africa; and Washington, DC. City Year’s National Leadership Sponsors are ARAMARK, Bank of America, Cisco Foundation, Comcast, CSX, Pepperidge Farm, Pepsi, The Timberland Company, and T-Mobile. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps.
For more information, please visit
www.cityyear.org
Posted By: Jehan Bunch
Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 11:46AM
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