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Juma Joins Gap Inc. in Offering First Job Experience to Youth

on April 3, 2017

Juma believes in the power of a first job to provide young people with the experience and the foundational soft skills needed to succeed in the workforce. Through the recent […]

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Giving ‘Tough Love’ and Watching Confidence Grow: Life as a Youth Career Coach

on January 30, 2017

Last year, Juma launched YouthConnect in Seattle–a support program that provides work, financial capability training and career development coaching to young people who are disconnected from school and the workforce. […]

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Juma Thanks You

on January 30, 2017

We are so grateful for the extraordinary amount of support we received at the end of 2016! Because of your support, youth like Rachel are able to realize personal and social […]

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Juma and UPS partner to engage Atlanta youth in high-growth careers

on January 27, 2017

Over five million young people across the nation are not in school or working. These disconnected youth lack opportunity, not talent. At the same time, there are millions of jobs […]

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A New Year, Two New Cities: Juma Creates 250 Youth Jobs in Texas

on January 27, 2017

2016 was, thanks to your support, another year of unprecedented growth for Juma. We were able to expand our services to include Opportunity Youth, as well as, add new sites […]

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Innovative vendor backpack tested by Juma youth at AT&T Park

on December 8, 2016

A few months ago, we announced that Juma is working with Makers4Good and Alite Designs to develop an innovative backpack that would allow our youth vendors more ease and comfort […]

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Juma youth joins President Obama in North Carolina student forum

on November 3, 2016

Earlier this month Frank C., one of our youth from Atlanta, was invited by the White House to attend the My Brother’s Keeper Summit in North Carolina and to be […]

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Makers4Good x Juma produce innovative bag design for youth ballpark vendors

on July 28, 2016

As many of you know, innovation is part of Juma’s fabric and a goal we consistently strive towards within our social enterprise and beyond. In addition to innovation, we are […]

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Opportunity Youth join the workforce in New York and Atlanta

on April 13, 2016

Last year, Juma launched our social enterprise operation at Yankee’s Stadium in New York and this year at Turner Field in Atlanta. This season, we are excited to be employing […]

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Batter up! Baseball season is here

on April 13, 2016

Baseball season has begun and we are thrilled to be employing 165 youth at AT&T Park and the Oakland Coliseum! For most of our Bay Area youth, vending in the […]

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