
Community involvement and collaboration is crucial for success on so many levels - from education and training to developing and expanding business opportunities. The good thing is that none of us are in it alone. And in the nonprofit community, there is an ecosystem of services and resources for the work we’re all doing that supports and invigorates us.
By working together, we’re able to address more issues in the community on local and national levels. Here at i.c.stars, we understand that collaboration is key, and we want to celebrate some of the great organizations that are affecting change on a massive scale. So today we’re highlighting Year Up.
Top Ten Countdown: Reasons We Love Year Up
10. Opportunity Divide:
Year Up does a magnificent job of really talking about the divide of opportunity in our country. You could call it the haves and the have-nots. You could call it the intellectual divide, but to be clear, it’s not about smarts, it’s about access to intellectual capital. Year Up labels it the “opportunity divide.” It’s a large chasm between the upper and middle classes and everybody else. Year Up addresses the issue of obtaining jobs in corporate America by teaching very marketable skills that help close the opportunity divide.