At the beginning of the summer, Margarita Armijo was hoping to land a paid internship with a law enforcement agency to start on a career path toward becoming a probation officer. She went through 40 hours of training on how to interview for a job and how to act in…
Leadership Sacramento Class of 2017 at Fox40
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FOX40 Women In Leadership: Rachel Zillner
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Blog: A Q&A With Metro Chamber Foundation Board Member Michael Smith
Meet Foundation Board member, Michael Smith! He was in Leadership Sacramento 2002 and served as the Leadership Sacramento Co-Chair in 2009 and Chair in 2010. He was the Chair of Inspire Giving since inception in 2009 and currently serves as Vice Chair. Michael is truly a leader in our community…
Blog: Five Questions with Jaime Wilson – Leadership Sac Alumni Committee Chair
Get to know your Leadership Sacramento Alumni Committee Chair, Jaime Wilson, from LS14! If you’re a Leadership Sac alumni, make sure you stay up to date on upcoming events and stay connected to get involved. Read our Q&A session with Jaime below to learn more. Tell us about yourself Hello!…
Blog: Inspiring the ‘There’
By Kerri Warner – Freelance Artist & Inspire Giving Founding Member In the 1930s, Gertrude Stein famously said of Oakland, California, “there is no ‘there’ there.” She was the first to put into words how the lack of any special qualities or attributes might make a place unworthy of notice,…
Comstock’s Chamber View: Accelerating Careers for Sacramento’s Youth
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently launched Thousand Strong, a workforce development program bringing together school districts, high schools and students with community organizations and businesses to provide year-round paid internships to local youth. The Sacramento Metro Chamber and the Metro Chamber Foundation are proud partners in this effort to ensure…
New Kitchen at Wellspring Women’s Center
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Sacramento Bee: Sacramento finds paid summer jobs for disadvantaged teens
BY ANITA CHABRIA AND LORETTA KALB Know a teenager who needs a summer job? The city of Sacramento has one. Mayor Darrell Steinberg this week announced a program that aims to put hundreds of high school students to work by June in minimum wage positions at local companies. The goal…