Angela Inzerillo interviews Steve Parker about Harraseeket’s expansion from McLean to Arlington and Herndon and our new Imagining Your Future program. Steve discusses how students are recommended for the program, the selection process, and the work we are doing to recruit and train mentors, plan workshops and field trips, and develop at work experiences for the students such as shadowing, informational interviews, internships and part-time work.

Steve Parker represented The Harraseeket Foundation in a panel discussion for c-suite education and business executives. It was organized by Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority and Educate Fairfax. The focus was on re-imagining the workforce development experience and contributing to student post-secondary success. The panel featured Dr. Michelle Reid, Division Superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools and five companies and nonprofits, including Harraseeket, that support students.

The executives heard about Harraseeket’s work since expanding to Fairfax County Public Schools last year, helping hundreds of students at Herndon High School imagine their future -- workshops and fairs involving scores of employers and volunteers; mentoring; and at-work experiences.

Harraseeket Foundation has agreed to support students creating videos for Youthcast Media Group (YMG) with stipends from its Stipend Fund. YMG teaches high school students from under-resourced communities to produce multimedia journalism that highlights solutions to health and safety disparities where they live. They harness the power of their voices to creatively reflect, engage and empower their communities. In doing so, they also increase their college and career readiness and their agency.

Harraseeket Foundation has agreed to support students interning at Arlington Independent Media (AIM) with stipends from its Stipend Fund. AIM is a nonprofit membership organization providing television production training workshops and professional production facilities, as well as the public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel on Comcast channel 69, and Verizon FIOS channel 38 in Arlington County, Virginia, United States.

Harraseeket Foundation and Communities in Schools of NOVA enter into an agreement where Hararseeket is to provide funding and other support for students taking unpaid internships to open their eyes to new experiences.

The Harraseeket Foundation has teamed up with FCPS Work-Based Learning and MentorWorks to develop a career mentoring Ignite Partnership. 

Career mentoring is a structured engagement method that enables students to learn about specific industries, workplaces, and the academic and career pathways leading to specific career fields. Career mentoring also offers adults a unique opportunity to share the “soft skills” necessary for workplace and life success including professionalism, responsibility, integrity, a positive attitude, team work, a work ethic and more. 

Harraseeket Foundation and Communities in Schools of NOVA expand their partnership to offer ongoing education of students as to the benefits of internships, promoting its internships program to appropriate candidates, and guiding students in the internship selection process.

Harraseeket Foundation and Communities in Schools of NOVA enter into an agreement where Harraseeket is to provide funding and other support for students taking unpaid internships to open their eyes to new experiences.