Subject: Join us for The Citizen Speaks: A Practical Education Solution
From: "Benjamin's Desk" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 17:31:57 +0000
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The Citizen Speaks
Philadelphia has a 26 percent poverty rate while local business executives complain that they can't find qualified workers.
Please join us for a Citizen Speaks event that considers an answer to help solve both problems. Moderated by Citizen columnist Jeremy Nowak, the panel will consist of real estate mogul Allan Domb, restaurateur Jeff Benjamin and educator Laura Shubilla.
Domb will discuss his idea to convince the region's businesses to "adopt" city schools (http://thephiladelphiacitizen.com/2015/02/introducing-your-company-name-here-high-school/) , offering vocational training to prepare students for the kinds of jobs companies need filled. Benjamin will share the Vetri Foundation's foray into teaching students the skills needed to succeed in life and in the food, beverage and hospitality industry. And Shubilla, from Building 21, will discuss how her experimental high school is already doing, on a small scale, what Domb and Benjamin envision.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
6:30 pm
Benjamin's Desk
1701 Walnut Street
(entrance on 17th Street)
8th Floor
All events are free and open to the public but RSVPs are required. Please RSVP here (mailto:[email-masked]) .
The Philadelphia Citizen is a non-profit, non-partisan media organization that will be owned by the citizens of Philadelphia (think Green Bay Packers (http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/those-non-profit-packers) ) with a dual mission: To provide deeply reported journalism that emphasizes solutions that can move our region forward, and to actively reignite citizenship in and around Philadelphia. It will identify our innovators, call out those who stand in the way of progress and shine a light on the next generation of Philly leadership—all while giving Philadelphians the interactive tools they need to become more involved, engaged citizens. For more information, visit us here (http://thephiladelphiacitizen.com/) .

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