An
opportunity can often be so close we can taste
it, but too secret for us to find it. This is
very common with respect to academic opportunities
for people of color. Lacking proper promotion,
funding, and advertising, many noteworthy programs
become no more than word-of-mouth myths. For
this reason msoy is dedicated
to sharing such opportunities with you.
High
Technical Connections Links to websites featuring internships, training,
and jobs
9/1/2004
Below
is a list of organizations created to help talented
minority youth achieve their career and academic
goals. By providing internships, academic advisors,
and support, Equal opportunity programs make it
easier for you to make your dreams a reality.
Inroads
The mission of INROADS is to develop and place
talented minority you th in business and insdustry
and prepart them for coporate and community leadership.
SEO
Since 1980, SEO's Career Program has provided
talented college students of color with orientation,
training, internships, and on-going career and
professional development in many challenging fields
Development
School for Youth
DSY is a 12 week training
program in which high school students participate
in a series of workshops to better enhance their
knowledge and experience in the cooporate world.
Black
Enterprise:
Youth Programs
9/3/2004
This
is the publication or today's teens.Teens
will read about: Teen
entrepreneurs, Celebrity entrepreneurs, Information
on careers and colleges, Saving and investing
for teens, Business ideas & more. Teenpreneur
is free for subscribers of Black Enterprise. Teachers
can purchase classroom subscriptions by calling
B.E. customer service. To subscribe to Black Enterprise,please
call 800-727-7777.Annual
Teenpreneurs/Kidpreneurs Konference. The conferences
will be held May 14-18, 2003 at the Gaylord Opryland
Resort inNashville, TN. www.blackenterprise.com.
Highschoolstartups
A noncommercial site dedicated
to encouraging entrepreneurship among youth. Highschoolstartups
will not help you run your babysitting business
or increase sales of your lemonade stand. They
will not invent silly jargon or paint on overly
optimistic picture of the brutal world of e-commerce.
This site is for young people serious about starting
a business on the web. You will discover nuts
and bolts advice, find various methods of encouraging
entrepreneurship among young people, and understand
how youth can actually give you an advantage as
an entrepreneur.
