In the News
Highlights of our work to connect disadvantaged individuals to employment:
It’s time to give workers basic skills (link to article)
Rob Carmona (STRIVE), Andy van Kleunen (National Skills Coalition), and Juan Salgado (Instituto del Progreso Latino), Politico
February 11, 2013
STRIVE and the problem of the long-term unemployed (link to article)
David Jones of Community Service Society, The Huffington Post
September 5, 2012
Social Worker proud to see job training program become reality TV (link to article)
Social Workers Speak, National Association of Social Workers
August 27, 2012
“Get to Work” Focuses on Social Worker’s Job Training Program (link to article)
Social Workers Speak, National Association of Social Workers
August 15, 2012
Boot camp for the “unemployable” (link to video)
Newsroom, CNN
August 13, 2012
TV Review: “Get to Work” (view pdf)
Hank Stuever, The Washington Post
August 13, 2012
“STRIVE” for Success (view pdf)
Elizabeth Lazarowitz, New York Daily News
August 13, 2012
Hardcore Job Program Helps Unlikely “Get to Work” (link to audio)
Tell Me More, NPR
August 13, 2012
TV shows gets unemployed to “Work” (link to article)
Jill Radsken, Boston Herald
August 13, 2012
“Get to Work” tracks a job-focused book camp for the least employable Americans (link to article)
Kristin Hohenadel, Fast Company
August 13, 2012
Tough Love in a Tough Job Market (link to article)
Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
August 12, 2012
“Get to Work” focuses on painful economic realities (link to article)
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
August 12, 2012
A new documentary series about unemployment in America (link to video)
Let’s Talk Live, ABC7 DC
August 10, 2012
Group Strives to Spread Word on Unemployment Programs (link to article)
Emily Cahn, Roll Call
August 10, 2012
Sundance turns lens to the jobless (view pdf)
Patrick Gavin, Politico
August 8, 2012
Major Updates at STRIVE (view pdf)
NYC Employment and Training Coalition, Workforce Weekly
August 3rd, 2012
STRIVE – A Model for Helping the Chronically Unemployed (view pdf)
David Jones of the Community Service Society, “Urban Agenda” in the New Amsterdam News
August 2nd, 2012
San Diego ex-convicts featured on job-seeking reality show (link to article)
UT San Diego
August 1, 2012
STRIVE Gets $620K from Walmart for Skills Training (view pdf)
New York Nonprofit Press
July 31, 2012
STRIVE Gets $5 Million to Serve Juvenile Offenders (view pdf)
New York Nonprofit Press
June 28, 2012
STRIVE Helps Those Looking for Work Get Training (link to video)
PIX11 Morning News, WPIX
May 25, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Visits STRIVE (link to video)
February 8, 2012
Reducing Black Joblessness, One Job at a Time (link to article)
Jarrett Murphy, City Limits
May 10, 2010
Feature on STRIVE (link to video)
CNN Student News
February 11, 2010
Lesley Stahl features “STRIVE” (link to video)
“60 Minutes,” CBS
May 4, 1997
