Thanks to funding from The Milbank Foundation, Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) will be expanding Campus Career Connect (C3), PYD’s new online, professional e-mentoring program to support an additional 50 college students with a disability across the state of Massachusetts. This new grant will expand the program, which was originally available exclusively for community […]
Month: June 2017
This blog post was written collaboratively by Eli Wolff (Partners for Youth with Disabilities) and Mary Hums (University of Louisville). Eli and Mary have both worked in the area of mentoring for social change and have been part of the organizing team for International Mentoring Day. This post was originally published at MENTOR. “In the end, […]
Stuart Figueroa, Employment Specialist, joined PYD in May 2017. In this role, Stuart serves as a bridge connecting YEP participants to meaningful employment opportunities in their communities. Empowering youth towards realizing their dreams and achieving self-efficacy is one of Stuart’s great passions, and his commitment to social justice and equity informs his work at PYD. […]