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Equity in Higher Education: The Bay Area and Beyond Panel Conversation

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During the Rise with Courage week of learning, celebration, and community, Jobs for Youth hosted a screening of the award-winning film Unlikely and a panel conversation with national and local changemakers in higher education. The “Equity in Higher Education: The Bay Area and Beyond” film and panel events investigated America’s college dropout crisis, highlighted innovative solutions around …

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A flower grows between cracks in the concrete.

Soft Skill Spotlight: Resilience

The concept of “resilience” has been popular for a while now. We’re told that it’s important, that it can help us through challenging experiences. We’re told that if we have it or its cousin “grit,” we’ll be able to overcome anything, everything. But is this really true? And aren’t we just being told to toughen up?