The Officers and Board of DC LERA invite you to join us at our

The Job Corps in the 21st Century
A National and Local Perspective

Noon – Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Georgetown University Faculty Club

Please join Edna Primrose, National Director for the Office of Job Corps at the U.S. Department of Labor, and Jeffrey Barton, Director of the Potomac Job Corps Center for lunch on Wednesday, September 22.

Our guest speakers will provide us with their uniquely informed views of the operation and direction of this significant program. The Job Corps, established through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, is now the nation’s largest residential education and vocational training program for economically disadvantaged youth. The Job Corps currently trains more than 100,000 young men and women ages 16–24 at 124 centers across the United States and offers training in more than 100 technical areas. It promises to be a fascinating look inside a critical program.

This luncheon event is a special joint presentation of DC LERA and the non-partisan Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Not only will the topic be timely, but also it will be a great networking event, so check the details below and sign up now.

The Officers and Board of DC LERA

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