Brooklyn Job Corps Center

Staff of the BJCA facilitated several fundraising events to collect money in order to give our trainees with children a Christmas Party on center the last day school before their holiday break.  The party included arts and craft activities, Santa arriving on his sleigh and Christmas presents for each of the 42 kids.

On December 2, 2010 the Brooklyn Independent Television Network filmed students and staff of the Brooklyn Job Corp Academy for a segment of Sector B: The Business of Brooklyn.  The episode featuring the BJCA aired for the first time on Cablevision channel 69 on December 21, 2010 at 9:30pm.  The episode can also be seen [...]

Culinary students, Mathew Arrington and Jhon Nunez facilitated a cooking demonstration for a Manhattan LGBTQ group called Fierce on December 3rd.

Faces of Job Corps-Philip Reed

  Philip Reed is the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy’s nominee for the Faces of Job Corps Campaign.  Phillip started the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy on April 14, 2008, a date he says he will never forget because it changed his life for the better.  “Job Corps has taken me on an unimaginable journey that was [...]

On August 14, 2010 the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy students and staff participated in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s yearly Universal Hip Hop Parade with style.  Students with the direction of recreational staff, Mr. Cuevas spray painted hats and shirts to reflect their individual since of style.

Students from the Brooklyn Job Corps Center participated alongside the local newspaper, Our Time Press, in a service project in the park.  Several students from Brooklyn Job Corps served as center ambassadors during the yearly celebration of Arbor Day.   A student representative and member of the centers Green Committee, spoke to event organizers and [...]