Thursday, September 10, 2026

Part Three: Education Is the Key to Future Workforce Development

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IS YOUTH VIOLENCE AN EPIDEMIC THAT COULD HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE?

Part Three: Education Is the Key to Future Workforce Development


What skill or opportunity made or would have made the greatest difference in your life when you were young?

Education Is the Key to Future Workforce

IS YOUTH VIOLENCE AN EPIDEMIC THAT COULD HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE?

Part Three: Education Is the Key to Future Workforce Development

Education is more than earning a diploma. It is one of the foundations of confidence, leadership, problem-solving, career readiness, and future opportunity. When young people lack academic support, mentorship, leadership development, or a connection between learning and employment, they may have difficulty seeing a positive path forward.

When young people cannot see a future connected to education and opportunity, hopelessness can grow. That hopelessness can increase vulnerability to negative influences and make it harder to choose pathways that lead away from violence.

The Create Conversations Community views educating youth as an investment in future workforce development. Through Journey to Leadership, young people will be connected to mentors, leadership training, career readiness, practical skills, internships, and opportunities that help them understand how education can lead to purpose, employment, and economic independence.

Comment below and tell me: When you were young, what educational support, skill, or opportunity made, or would have made, the greatest difference in preparing you for the workforce?

We are raising $50,000 as an initial launch-development milestone, not as the full budget for the initiative. This first step will help us begin building the foundation for the larger vision.

If you believe every young person deserves a safer, more hopeful future and you believe in this work, please support the launch by making a gift, hosting an online fundraiser, or sharing this post.

Learn more about the program and give here:
For more in-depth program information, email conversations@risenetwork.net.
The final post in the series, “Lack of Sustainable Income and Youth Violence,” will be published on Tuesday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m.
Please share this post and let’s Build the Future, Together.

Rozalyn Shepard
Create Conversations Community

Rise Network Community Development Corporation

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