The Gary Job Corps training program involves teaching the students various trades, but more importantly, it involves community partnerships that allow for hand-on training experience. Gary Job Corps recently hosted a community luncheon on its campus to update everyone on what is going on at the campus and to let the community know that they are looking for onthe- job training opportunities for the students.
Hope Powell, GJC Student Government Association Coordinator, said she works with all of the lead students on center, including K’Leigh Landree-Carter, GJC Student Government Association president — who Powell said is considered the highest status student with the GJC Arms Center — and Clarence Graham, GJC SGA vice president — who recently finished his training program.
“We have a council just like any other community. So they are the council, [and] they sit on that board. I oversee that board,” Powell said. “We make sure that we are… visible in the community, we've done things with a Southside Community Center. We've done things with the Youth Council in town as well, the Women's Center, and the list just goes on. We want to be able to be partners with anybody that wants to partner with us because we want to make sure that our students are demonstrating appropriate employability and social skills at all times.”
