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STILL COOKING WITH CITY HARVEST

Brooklyn Job Corps Culinary trainee, Denecia Trimm is pictured above with Aliyah Rowe, Manager of Nutrition Education for City Harvest. Denecia has been selected to serve as a volunteer Community Health Educator with City Harvest. In this role, Denecia will conduct...

BK HEALTHY COOKING W/ CITY HARVEST

Brooklyn Job Corps has partnered with City Harvest, the largest food advocacy organization in New York City. City Harvest works tirelessly to feed 1.4 million hungry New Yorkers each year. While doing so, they strive to recruit volunteers which will help educate and...

Brooklyn Partners w/ YMCA for Better Recreation

The Brooklyn Job Corps is a non-residential site with a limited amount of space for recreational activities. Nonetheless, using the services of its BCL Van Miles, Brooklyn Job Corps embarked on a partnership with the Bedford YMCA. Now, Brooklyn Job Corps trainees will...

Brooklyn Ladies Attend Circle of Sisters

On Saturday, October 17th, 2015, 10 female trainees from Brooklyn Job Corps attended the Circle of Sisters sponsored by HOT 97. The expo occurs annually and is the largest event for women of color in New York City. Circle of Sisters also hosted a variety of panel...

BJCA Featured on Local Television

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...

Brooklyn’s Face of Job Corps

  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...

BJCA Kickin it Old School

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...

Brooklyn Job Corps Students Celebrate Arbor Day

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...