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Prime Time: It’s The Season For Promise Internship & Job Placements
How does Promise create an ecosystem where its young people can thrive? Casey Gargano, Promise's new Talent Manager is providing resume support, mock interviews, and a variety of internship and job readiness programming. So far, Promise has sourced more than 200...
Ruby Bridges Inspires at Yale’s MLK Event
Civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker Ruby Bridges spoke at Yale’s MLK event to a capacity crowd at Woolsey Hall on Jan. 24. Bridges shared accounts of her experiences and called on all in attendance to actively push toward combating barriers that divide...
Hillhouse Grad Honored With ‘Forever’ Stamp
The NAACP unveiled the new postage stamp at the Q House featuring New Haven’s own Constance Baker Motley. A graduate of Hillhouse High School, Baker Motley argued 10 Supreme Court cases (winning nine). She worked hand-in-hand with Thurgood Marshall to win the Brown v....
Celebrating Black Achievers Then & Now
Award Highlight: M&T Bank Amplify Fund
Upper left - M&T Bank "adopted" the 2nd grade at Fair Haven Snowball event, a celebration of college and career through dances. Upper right - M&T Bank at Promise Annual Internship, Job & Career Fair Promise has been awarded an M&T Bank Charitable...
Announcement: New Partnership To Expand New Haven Teacher Pipeline
New Haven Promise has been tapped to partner with Yale University, New Haven Public Schools, and Southern Connecticut State University to address the teacher shortage in New Haven. The new fellowship will offer crucial funding to aspiring teachers, so they can attain...