StreetWise Partners Kick off the Upcoming “Unleashing Talent to Accelerate Economic Change” Benefit at Christie’s Auction House. In honor of the occasion, Executive Director of StreetWise Partners, Allison Devore, and Managing Director and Head of US Equity Sales, Jennifer J. Winstel of RBC Capital Market, ring The Closing Bell®.
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Celebrating the upcoming Unleashing Talent to Accelerate Economic Change benefit at Christie’s Auction House on Mon., April 20, StreetWise Partners and its graduates and corporate partner and volunteer representatives from firms like The Bank Street Group, Pfizer, General Electric Company, Bloomberg, General Atlantic, BBR Partners, and Contour Venture Partners will visit the NYSE and ring The Closing Bell on Mon., April 13.
This event also kicks off initiatives run by StreetWise Partners and hundreds of business professional coaches throughout National Volunteer Week, April 19-25, 2009. Business professionals throughout Wall Street and the broader business community are the essence of StreetWise Partners and are volunteering to achieve the vision: that one day all citizens will have the skills and opportunities to be employable and achieve economic wellbeing.
About StreetWise Partners
Founded by young professionals on Wall Street, StreetWise Partners provides unconventional solutions for moving the economy forward and operates at the intersection of corporate social responsibility, poverty alleviation, and economic development. StreetWise Partners engages volunteer business professionals from top corporations to deliver intensive career venture programs that provide low-income adults with high impact employability mentoring, access to critical job search networks, and advanced employment opportunities. At the same time, the organization promotes the leadership development of volunteers, enabling them to excel at work and leverage their human capital to help others secure good jobs. At a systemic level, volunteers are working to ensure that every urban adult has access to and is a member of a thriving, lifelong professional employment network.
StreetWise Partners also provides support services to corporate employers so they can hire and retain the best talent from low-income communities. Since its inception in 1997, StreetWise Partners has partnered with major companies to mobilize over 3,500 volunteers to team-mentor over 1,100 unemployed and underemployed young adults, ages 18-24, and adults, ages 25+. The mission of StreetWise Partners is to build mentoring relationships between motivated, low-income individuals and volunteer business professionals to develop workplace skills and employment networks as the bridge to a successful career. (Source: StreetWise Partners)
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