The West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation awarded NPower Maryland a $125,000 grant.
Continue readingAwarded grants help organizations set up programs in Baltimore
Pathways to Prosperity Newsletter | September 2021
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! In this issue, we spotlight a Hispanic alumnus, Oscar Sosa. His story exemplifies the transformative effect of our program–even during a pandemic!
Continue readingNPower’s Mission to Help Rewire Hiring in Tech
Guardian Life’s Equal & Able podcast features Command Shift Coalition Director, Candice Dixon, who remarks that in order to achieve diversity, there needs to be a shift in technology – a shift in how we train, think, and hire.
Escaping Homelessness Through Tech – A Young Mother Creates a New Life for Herself and Her Son
NPower CEO, Bertina Ceccarelli blogs about an NPower graduate who should inspire funders. Published in Philanthropy Roundtable.
How NPower Creates Pathways to Prosperity
Tanium highlights the work NPower is doing in the cyber space featuring NPower grad and Citi VP, Fahad C. and Matt Velez, Director of Strategic Partnerships at NPower.
Continue readingWorkers, in Demand, Have a New Demand of Their Own: A Career Path
NYT features NPower Board member, David Reilly of Bank of America and two alumni with non-traditional backgrounds
Technology diversity nonprofit NPower opens permanent Detroit space
Detroit News announcing the opening of NPower Michigan’s new classroom space in Detroit.
America’s STEM Conundrum Continues to Thwart People of Color
The Washington Informer speaks with Coalition Director, Candice Dixon about the need to rewire hiring processes across industries which remain dominated by an entrenched bias for entry-level jobs that favor college degrees.
Pathways to Prosperity Newsletter | August 2021
Last week, over 300 NPower graduates, supporters, staff, family and friends across the country gathered virtually to celebrate the “Go-Getters”, the class that saw a light at the end of a long-winding tunnel.
Continue readingNow hiring: four-year degree not always necessary
Watch how skills training brought three young people into the tech job market at Bank of America— and learn about the organizations that helped them start on a path to financial security and career satisfaction
