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The Houston Area Urban League (HAUL) is offering scholarships to young adults seeking a short term occupational skills certificate from a community college of their choice. Upon completion, HAUL will work with participants to find employment and track them for a year to ensure they have all the soft-skills needed to maintain employment.

Requirements:

• Participants must be 18 to 21 years old, out of school and unemployed
• Living in a home with the head of house receiving some kind of government assistance (SNAP/TANIF/SSI etc.), receiving assistance personally or family income meets WIA qualifications. Must have check stubs for last 20 pay periods to prove income.
• Must have picture ID, social security card and birth certificate
• Must have one youth barrier (pregnant teen, struggling reader, run away, felony, etc.)

For more information, please contact the HAUL Education & Training Center at (281) 220-6012 Monday – Friday from 8am to 5pm or visit the office at 5320 Griggs Road, Houston, Texas 77021.

Whitney M. Young conference helps develop the capacity and effectiveness of non-profit leaders and their staff. The conference is named for former executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young Jr., under whose leadership the Urban League Movement grew from 63 to 98 affiliates; its professional staff increased from 300 to over 1200, its budget increased tenfold; the equality symbol was adopted as the League’s logo and board membership expanded to include youth under-thirty years of age. Come take part in this important conference. Seize the opportunity to learn, develop, share and grow!

We invite Presidents, Leaders and Members of NULYP chapters to attend this year’s Whitney M Young NULYP Leadership Weekend.
Your training package includes:
- Choice of Targeted Leadership Courses
- Women of Power Reception
- Visit to Atlanta’s Historic King Center
- Social hosted by Atlanta Urban League Young Professionals…plus

Help us to develop NULYP’s Policy Agenda for 2012!

Register now by clicking the link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1955070669/mcivte

Connect Beyond Your Comfort Zone
A Speed Networking Brunch For the Upwardly Mobile Professional

Looking for an opportunity to push yourself out of your “networking peer group” and branch out?

Connect Beyond Your Comfort Zone is an in-depth dialogue with 2 Networking specialists who will share strategies to network with purpose and more efficiently.

KNOW your networking style. Know how you BEST network.
Our guest speakers will go over all of this and more as you enjoy brunch, after which you’ll have an opportunity to use that new information as you network with purpose. Bring your cards and have your elevator speech ready, this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.

June 18, 2011 at 10am-12pm

Chatters Bistro

140 South Heights Blvd, Houston, TX

$10 for members- $15 for non members

Be Ready. Be Prepared. Know Your Vision and Share it!

For questions and more information, email professionaldevelopment@haulyp.org

Tickets

Members $10.00 Non-members $15.00

At the March General Body Meeting, the Professional Development Committee will be hosting a Suit Drive to benefit Dress for Success Houston. Start looking through your closet for suiting that can be donated to help women in the Houston area as they start their professional journey. If you would like more information on DFS Houston, please visit their website at www.dressforsuccess.org/houston.