Y-PLAN Richmond Final Kennedy HS Presentations to BART
Date and time
Location
MTC Building
101 8th Street Oakland, CA 94607Description
Join community members, educators, and civic leaders to hear Kennedy High School seniors present their recommendations to BART about innovative ways to attract young people to transportation careers.
THEMES + ISSUES
- Limited community information about transit careers
- Challenges recruiting for semi-technical positions
- Revitalization of BART's outreach strategies
- Improved focus on under-utilized and underemployed populations
AGENDA
5:30: Welcome
- BART General Manager Grace Crunican
- Center for Cities + Schools Executive Director Deborah McKoy
5:45: Final Presentation of Recommendations
6:45: Feedback from Panel
7:15: Closing Remarks
Y-PLAN (Youth - Plan, Learn, Act, Now!) is an award-winning educational strategy that empowers young people ot tackle real-world problems in their communities through project-based civic and work-based learning experiences.
Organized by
The Center for Cities + Schools in the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at the University of California, Berkeley works to create opportunity-rich places where young people can be successful in and out of school. CC+S conducts policy research, engages youth in urban planning, and cultivates collaboration between city and school leaders to strengthen all communities by harnessing the potential of urban planning to close the opportunity gap and improve education.