by usphilly88 | Mar 23, 2020 | News
By Lauren Vague Stager, Uplift Workforce Solutions “We ARE here as a group!” is one of the phrases that stuck out as I sat in the classroom of the Uplift Workforce Solutions training center. In early January 2018, the fifth cohort of the program began....
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
The most incarcerated country in the world, yet we claim to be the land of freedom and the harms that go with that are enormous and they relate directly to a history of slavery, a history of racism, and they relate directly to taking all the resources out of the...
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
The key to solving all of this is funding education. The state does not fund education in any appropriate way. The nation doesn’t fund education in any appropriate...
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
Homicide detectives beat witness into saying I committed a...
by usphilly88 | Aug 20, 2018 | News
All who graduate are guaranteed a job at a partnering store. Anywhere from 300 to 500 ex-offenders listened intently during Temple’s open house for a six-week job training program specifically for ex-offenders, which provides them with a rare opportunity for a...
by usphilly88 | Feb 7, 2018 | News
Temple University hosted an open house focused on employment opportunities with several Philadelphia retailers. Read the full story and watch the video on https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com
by usphilly88 | Nov 27, 2017 | News
One in an occasional series, part of a collaborative news project about the challenges and solutions of prison reentry in Philadelphia. In despair, sitting at her kitchen table in Chester, Dayna Chandler, 33, began this calculation: Maybe her three children would be...
by usphilly88 | Oct 6, 2017 | News
They were known as “juvenile lifers” — teens once sentenced to mandatory life without parole, but on Monday they were given a fresh start. This special program helps these teen, along with other ex-offenders, find a second chance at life. Read the full story and watch...
by usphilly88 | Aug 24, 2017 | News
The day started off like any other graduation. Senator Vincent Hughes encouraged the graduates reminding them “You have to send a message to other people that they can do it too. You have to send a message that no matter how difficult it may seem that they can...
by usphilly88 | Jul 7, 2017 | News
A group of 22 formerly incarcerated individuals are gearing up to re-enter the workforce. The group was the first cohort to graduate from the UpLift Workforce Solutions program, an initiative designed to create employment opportunities for returning citizens in the...
