Building the Future
The Camden-based nonprofit Hopeworks expanding its mission helping young adults find long-term, living-wage careers with its inaugural H.O.P.E Summit last month, showcasing impactful panel discussions, networking opportunities and interactive workshops that focused on critical skills like digital literacy, professional development and navigating AI. Read our segment in the southjerseybiz.net article here or visit the site […]
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The Water Online Show: Hope For The Next Generation Of Water Workers
This episode of The Water Online Show focuses on the water industry's workforce shortage. Hopeworks, a training organization, is addressing this challenge by partnering with utilities like American Water. Hopeworks identifies employer needs, trains young professionals, and places them in well-suited roles. This innovative approach is helping to bridge the skills gap and ensure a […]
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This nonprofit leader acts as a ’no-fee staffing agency’ connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs
Grace Manning leads a program helping land young professionals work at companies like Subaru. Grace Manning is director of employer and alumni relations at Hopeworks, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia and South New Jersey, offering workforce development programs to young adults. Through training programs, paid internships, and placement services with local employers, Hopeworks helps young, diverse […]
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From Trainee to Youth Training Specialist

December 14, 2018

Meet Yanlexis Arizaga, she is our newest youth training specialist at Hopeworks. Yanlexis began her journey at Hopeworks in September of 2017. Within months she had developed technical skills as well as professional etiquette that allowed her to smoothly transition from training, to internships, into her new role on the Hopeworks staff. Her responsibilities now […]

Center for Family Services Internet Essentials Collab

December 14, 2018

In collaboration with Center for Family Services and Comcast Internet Essentials, Hopeworks was able to host a basic internet training program for community members at its facility. Annette Johnson, a Hopeworks youth, led the 2-week training. Annette was able to teach various modules such as typing, resume creation, internet safety, and job application submission. Her […]

State Street Update!

November 16, 2018

Although we are no longer directly located in North Camden, we still are very much connected to State Street through our CRIB and our Esperanza Community Garden! The Garden has had a very busy season. There was a fun Halloween celebration for the community in late October, which included a candy hunt for the kids […]

Taylor Davis is New Academic Success Coach!

November 15, 2018

We are excited to welcome Taylor Davis as Hopeworks’ new Academic Success Coach! Taylor previously worked at SERV as a prevention specialist, where she held workshops and developed curriculum for youth spanning in age from high school into early adulthood. She worked to educate youth on how to avoid interpersonal violence in their lives, hopefully […]

A Great Night for Hopeworks – and Camden Youth!

October 19, 2018

On Thursday, October 11, 2018, dignitaries from all over the region gathered at the Adventure Aquarium for Hopeworks Annual Gala honoring Camden Police Chief J. Scott Thomson with this year’s Hopebuilder Award, recognizing the tremendous leadership Chief Thomson has demonstrated in helping Camden become a safer city. Just honoring Chief Thomson, however, was not the […]

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Building the Future

The Water Online Show: Hope For The Next Generation Of Water Workers

This nonprofit leader acts as a ’no-fee staffing agency’ connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs