
How to Engage Rural Employers in the Promise of Apprenticeship
How to Engage Rural Employers in the Promise of Apprenticeship
How to Engage Rural Employers in the Promise of Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship presents a powerful strategy to connect jobseekers to family-supporting wages and career advancement opportunities. While there has been significant funding dedicated to the development of registered apprenticeships over the past several years, rural communities and especially rural young adults have largely not benefited.
The Rural Youth Catalyst Project and JFF invite you to a livestream discussion series May 17 and May 26th: “More than Credentials: Apprenticeship Opportunities for Rural and Native Youth”
A round up of love notes to rural LGBTQ+ youth from friends across the country. Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth is a project of The Rural Youth Catalyst Project in collaboration with the Rural Assembly.
“May love find you today,” write Maureen Truax Holland, Esq (an Obergefell attorney) and Dr. S. Taylor Williams (physician) in their love note to rural LGBTQ+ youth.
Read more notes in the Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Project and learn how to send your own below.
“We see you for who you are and celebrate all the joy and love you bring to the rural communities you call home,” says The NC Rural Center in its note of support and love for LGBTQ+ youth in rural North Carolina.
Writer Skylar Baker-Jordan shares an important piece of advice in this note of support for rural LGBTQ+ youth: Enjoy your youth. Do not let anyone tell you the rituals and traditions of your hometown do not belong to you.
We’re thankful you’re here and unapologetically you, says Delaine Anderson in this note to rural LGBTQ+ youth as part of the Rural Youth Catalyst Project Love Notes for LGBTQ+ Youth project.
You’re exactly what we need, say Norris, Tennessee couple Tim Marema and Liz McGeachy in this love note to rural LGBTQ+ young people. This video was submitted as part of The Rural Youth Catalyst and Rural Assembly’s Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth project. We invite you to write your own – a few sentences, a paragraph, or even a short video. Learn how and read more in this series below.
Learn how to participate in our LGTBQ+ Rural Youth Love Note project and submit your own!