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Jobs Galore !!!!

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BEST OF BROOKLYN JOB FAIR

Tuesday, April 14th
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Metcalfe Gym – M Building 1st floor
LIU Brooklyn, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY  11201
(corner of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues)

Undergraduate, graduate students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Required for Admittance:  Business attire, Resume Copies, and Student ID


Registered Employers include:
 1010 WINS Radio
Achieve Beyond (Formerly Bilinguals Inc.)
Achievement First
AHRC NYC
American Museum of Natural History
Asphalt Green
Becker Professional Education
Bloomingdale's
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Brooklyn Navy Yard
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BROOKLYN & QUEENS
CVS Health
Eden II
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Explore Schools, Inc.
Fit for Life
FDM Group
Good Will Industry
Harlem RBI
Humanize ITR-LAHK
Jewish Child Care Association
Jumpstart
MTA NYC Transit
Municipal Credit Union
Nets Basketball
New Alternatives for Children
New York City Office of Management and Budget
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
New York State Department of Labor
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
NYC Police Department Recruitment Section
NYS Department of Civil Service
NYU Langone Medical Center
Peace Corps
Penda Aiken, Inc.
PSCH, Inc.
Public Health Solutions
Reach the World
RoboFun
Ronald McDonald House New York
Safe Horizon
School Professionals
Shema Kolainu-Hear Our Voices
Spring Mobile
Staples
StoryCorps
TD Bank
Teq
The Children's Aid Society
The Hertz Corporation
The New York Foundling
TheraCare
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
United States Tennis Association
Visions
Williamsburg Charter High School
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General

Monday night I had the pleasure of watching Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. His panelists included Common, Charles Blow, Joe Jones and Mike Yard. The topic of the night was about African-American fatherhood segueing into speaking on the dynamic of the black community. It was welcoming to know the show was about keeping it real and the comments of these black men were if not accurate but a mirror of what I grew up witnessing through many stories of elders or of my own up bringing. Larry Wilmore also welcomes the public by allowing them to ask questions on the show's topic and I love his answers as well as presentation.

I prefer to watch most of my "oldies but goodies shows" on Netflix. But this show was worth turning on my television for a late night browse through the channels. It was comedic but real. It was a conversation among men, African-American men, and of course an island man (which resonates with the African-Americans from the West Indies and/or descendants) that had the facts and the professional background as well as the experience being in the communities in their youths.That created a connection with me and I hope to see more. I can't believe I have missed so much of this show already.

The discussion that caught me was "72 % of African -American children are born to unwed single black mothers." And the reasons for this are vast now. The only answer is not considered to be because of the stereotypical black man are incarcerated, though that is still a valid answer as one of the panelists pointed out. In reality now an answer can be and is for the people I know,  that the father isn't there but he is present by showing his support whether financially or emotionally to their children. Through this and many other answers, more black youth know they have the backing of another parent.

Catch up with me......... http://www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show