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Marin County Youth Focus Group Project: Youth Perception Regarding Access And Barriers To Equitable Education And Careers, Julia Van Der Ryn, Jenny Bray, Mea Chavez, Beverly Kit, Tamara Nance
Marin County Youth Focus Group Project: Youth Perception Regarding Access And Barriers To Equitable Education And Careers, Julia Van Der Ryn, Jenny Bray, Mea Chavez, Beverly Kit, Tamara Nance
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This collaborative project between the Workforce Investment Board of Marin and Dominican University of California emerged through the DUC Service-Learning Director’s involvement in a subcommittee of the Workforce Investment Board of Marin. The subcommittee’s mission is to identify needs of jobseekers, employers, and the future workforce. Youth voice and perception are vital to understanding how to create, maintain, and evolve towards greater sustainability and a thriving workforce with equitable opportunities for everyone. We purposely targeted youth of diverse ethnicities who participate in county and non-profit programs aimed, in a variety of ways, at their empowerment.
The purpose of the youth …