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Camden PowerCorps Recruits Youth to Green the City

Donna Liu

July 02, 2019 |

CivicStory |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

PowerCorps is a program that provides job training for young adults in Camden, New Jersey. It matches participants with opportunities to improve the green infrastructure in the community and is supported by the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority. The ultimate goal is to connect PowerCorps graduates to full-time employment.

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Think Globally, Sustain Locally

Donna Liu

June 26, 2019 |

CivicStory |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Holmdel, New Jersey

A New Jersey nonprofit, Sustainable Jersey, is taking a collaborative approach to environmental health, action, and sustainability. The organization is primarily a certification program, giving New Jersey towns guidelines to follow when it comes to energy use, waste, water, and health, and spotlighting those that are doing it well. At its annual summit, it brought together organizations from across the state, calling upon them and others to take more drastic actions, especially when it comes to waste reduction.

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Hopeworks Mixes Tech and Life Skills in Camden

Donna Liu

January 30, 2019 |

CivicStory |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

An organization in New Jersey called Hopeworks combines trauma-informed practices with career and life-readiness skill-learning. Teens who enter the program are equipped with a team of mentors (academic and life) to help guide them along the way, and they have a range of classes teaching tech skills such as web design or data management. Students testify to the importance of the community and the self-confidence it builds.

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