SWP News
SWP partners with DYCD's CAPITAL program
4.04.2007
In March, StreetWise Partners volunteers led 2 workshops for over 200 of CAPITAL's young adults. These workshops, which provided general job-training and industry pointers, marked the start of a planned partnership with New York's Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)'s CAPITAL program.
Below is a letter from the Deputy Commissioner, Suzanne...
Below is a letter from the Deputy Commissioner, Suzanne...
NYC Council Member Bill de Blasio to keynote StreetWise Partners graduation ceremony
5.18.2007
Largest graduating class in StreetWise Partners’ ten year history StreetWise Partners (SWP) will welcome Council Member Bill de Blasio as the commencement speaker at their adult program graduation ceremony this Saturday. De Blasio will address 62 graduates who have completed a 15-week job training and career coaching program. StreetWise Partners builds...
StreetWise Partners 12th cycle Young Adult Career Ventures graduation ceremony
5.29.2007
StreetWise Partners (SWP) will welcome Assistant Commissioner of Program Design and Development unit for the NYC’s Department of Small Business Services Workforce Development Division, Angie Kamath, as the commencement speaker at their young adult program graduation ceremony this Wednesday evening. Ms. Kamath will address 7 female graduates who...
StreetWise Partners Holds NYC Event to Bowl for Better Jobs and Build Social Capital
11.13.2007
“Our growing social-capital deficit threatens educational performance, safe neighborhoods, equitable tax collection, democratic responsiveness, everyday honesty, and even our health and happiness.” Robert Putnam, Interview, Chronicle of Philanthropy, 10/00, author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Based in...
StreetWise Partners Will Hold Job Training Event in DC
11.27.2007
Interview Session Seeks to Bridge Divide for the Unemployed & Working Poor
StreetWise Partners (SWP), a national volunteer-driven nonprofit that helps to build skills for low-income career-seekers, will hold a Mock Interview Day on Saturday, December 1st, at the Gallup Organization offices in Washington, DC. Volunteer business professionals from area...
StreetWise Partners (SWP), a national volunteer-driven nonprofit that helps to build skills for low-income career-seekers, will hold a Mock Interview Day on Saturday, December 1st, at the Gallup Organization offices in Washington, DC. Volunteer business professionals from area...
Prominent Corporate Leaders Gather to Celebrate Today’s Economic Change Agent: StreetWise Partners
1.11.2008
StreetWise Partners (SWP) and renown leaders from the community will honor graduates from its Adult Career Ventures Program at PricewaterhouseCoopers on Saturday, January 12 at 11:00 a.m.
The national volunteer-driven nonprofit builds skills for work and provides access to employment networks for the unemployed and working poor. At a time when the nation...
The national volunteer-driven nonprofit builds skills for work and provides access to employment networks for the unemployed and working poor. At a time when the nation...
Wall Street Offers the Working Poor a Taste of Success at New York’s Premier Wine & Food Event
2.24.2008
In Tough Economic Times, Wall Street Offers the Working Poor a Taste of Success at New York’s Premier Wine & Food Event
Recognizing the accomplishments of young volunteer business leaders, the event unveils first annual “Taste of Success” awards with keynote address from Taimur Hyat, Head of Americas’ Strategy for Lehman Brothers
Hundreds of young...
Recognizing the accomplishments of young volunteer business leaders, the event unveils first annual “Taste of Success” awards with keynote address from Taimur Hyat, Head of Americas’ Strategy for Lehman Brothers
Hundreds of young...
Wall Street is Street Wise in Challenging Economic Times
3.24.2008
StreetWise Partners and RBC Capital Markets bring together leading figures at Christie's to promote better job opportunities for the poor
Bringing together a prominent network of individuals from Wall Street, RBC Capital Markets will host an auction at Christie's in New York City on March 24, 2008 to benefit StreetWise Partners, the New York-based non-profit...
Bringing together a prominent network of individuals from Wall Street, RBC Capital Markets will host an auction at Christie's in New York City on March 24, 2008 to benefit StreetWise Partners, the New York-based non-profit...
Wall Street Gets Street Wise: Benefit Auction Raises $140,000 for StreetWise Partners
4.01.2008
A charity auction at Christie’s in New York attended by more than 650 Wall Street professionals raised total proceeds of $140,000 for StreetWise Partners, a non-profit organization founded by prominent members of the financial services community to help low-income adults enhance their career prospects, it was announced today by RBC Capital Markets,...