Achieving My Potential: BIPOC Career Conversations Event

700 22nd Avenue Northeast,Minneapolis MN 55418

19 May, 2022

Description

Volunteer today for Achieving My Potential (AMP): BIPOC Career Conversations Event for Edison High School 11th and 12th graders! Edison High School in NE Minneapolis invites community volunteers to share their career journeys at our first annual Achieving My Potential (AMP) career event for BIPOC 11th & 12th grade students. The event will take place from 11:35 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., and will include a career panel followed by a networking lunch where volunteers will commune at tables with Edison students and talk about their careers and educational training, and offer insights to students on how to learn more about these fields. The goal of AMP is to increase college and career-going culture for Edison BIPOC students by partnering with professionals who represent their identities and cultural backgrounds. To that end, we are seeking career networking volunteers from a variety of career fields who also reflect the racial, ethnic, and spoken-language identities of our students. Edison’s 11th and 12th grade student body is made up of the following BIPOC demographics: Black/African American with English language heritage: ~45%Black/African American with Somali language heritage: ~26%Latino/a: ~21%Indigenous: ~6%Asian: ~2%In addition to reflecting our students’ identities and cultural backgrounds in our volunteers, we are also honoring student voice and requests for the specific careers / fields to be represented at the event, including: Doctors / nurses / health care professionalsLash technicians / cosmetologistsSocial workers / mental health professionalsEntrepreneursDetectives / investigatorsStudent athletesFashion designers / modelsCommunity organizers / politiciansMusicians / artistsReligious leadersVolunteers must arrive by 12:00 p.m. and stay through 2:15 p.m. For more information, contact Andrew Peterson at 612-321-8161, or Nora Guerin at 612-414-7207 .