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The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake County. UIAAA Connection #215 – Nate Foster, Director of Athletics at Summit Academy, is now available. Nate, graduated from Brighton High School, the University of Utah and Westminster. His first job was not in education but at the Road Home. In his second year as the AD, Nate is working on his CAA. His advice about you don't know what you don't know is worth the listen. Please Listen, Learn and Share! You can subscribe to UIAAA TV on YouTube!  This podcast is also available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast,  Breaker, Castbox, Google Podcast, iHeartradio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Sticher and YouTube

Find out more about this North Minneapolis gem.    Sarah Armstrong. Chief Development Officer for Summit Academy joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News.  

Find out more about this North Minneapolis gem.    Sarah Armstrong. Chief Development Officer for Summit Academy joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News.  

Summit Academy OIC, a job training center in north Minneapolis, bustled with activity on a sunny Tuesday. Inside, students sat in classrooms learning how to read blueprints and cut wood for special projects. Outside, aspiring carpenters built frames for homes in a large garage on campus, with electrical students wiring lights in a nearby building.Modern and compact, its unassuming exterior belies its power: it's one of the most successful programs of its kind in the nation.“Summit has been a part of building just about all the stadiums in the Twin Cities,” said Leroy West, president and CEO of Summit Academy.There are several certification programs here, like a typical trade school. Summit offers courses for careers in construction, health care and IT, as well as a GED preparation program. A new financial services program launches on March 25.West said their focus is on training people who are unemployed and underemployed, and providing them with skills to make a living wage. Many students are living below the poverty line before they come to school: The average household income of enrolled students is under $21,000.“At Summit, our mantra, we believe the best social service program in the world is a career,” West said.West said Summit is responsive to the needs of its chosen community of low-income people. That means offering programs at no cost, and that last 20 weeks — not multiple years like many schools and colleges.“The students that are attending Summit just don't have two years or four years to wait. They need money today,” West said. “And employers need workers today.”Summit relies on a combination of grants, donations and financial aid to cover the cost of attendance for students.The debt-free learning promise and the shorter program length were major factors for Barbara Rankin, a St. Paul mother balancing homework and housework, as she sought to pivot away from exhausting and low-paying warehouse jobs.Rankin is studying to become a medical administrative assistant. She calls the shift “a game changer.”“I'm just looking forward to like graduate and get me a career, not a job. I want a career. Something that's going to last,” she said.Origins in the Civil Rights MovementSummit Academy OIC was born out of the Civil Rights Movement.In 1958, Rev. Leon Howard Sullivan launched a “selective patronage” campaign in Philadelphia, encouraging African Americans to boycott businesses that wouldn't hire them. The boycott helped open thousands of jobs for African Americans.To meet new demand, in 1964, Sullivan created a job training program to train these new workers, naming them Opportunity Industrialization Centers, or OICs.The OIC model was later replicated in other cities, including the Twin Cities in 1967.Louis King is president and CEO of the national network, OIC of America. He said at their most, there were 150 OICs across the nation. Today, 25 affiliates remain in existence – and Summit Academy is the largest.“Summit's outcomes, high graduation rates, placement rates, and wages — the success speaks for itself,” said King. Prior to the role, he led Summit from 1995 to 2021.OICs expanded their mission beyond Black communities to serve poor people of all backgrounds, reflecting a changing America, according to King. In 2023, 78 percent of Summit Academy students were people of color.King said credits Summit's success to strong relationships with donors and employers in the region, in addition to its public policy advocacy.With its HIRE Minnesota campaign, Summit pushed to eliminate racial disparities in the construction industry. Their coalition successfully lobbied the state to raise hiring goals for people of color on construction projects.“There's a lot of talk about, how do we close these gaps? How do we make sure that access to workforce development and careers is more equitable? Summit Academy OIC just answers that question over and over and over again,” said Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan. Flanagan pointed to the similar American Indian OIC, based in south Minneapolis, as another culturally specific program with high success.“Occupational instructional centers are just incredibly important … They're an incredibly important part of our economy and our future workforce,” she said.By and for MinneapolisDaelen White knew he wanted to become an electrician straight out of high school, but math — a key skill — wasn't his strong suit.Summit offered an opportunity to work towards his goal, a pre-apprenticeship certificate, while he worked on his math. There, he improved thanks to more support and individualized attention from instructors.“They encourage you even though sometimes you might be frustrated with the problem,” White said. “They actually care.”“This is the first actual school that I felt comfortable with,” said Darnell Williams, 21, a carpentry student. He moved from Chicago to attend Summit Academy OIC after a cousin told him it is a great program.“I feel like they got the open-door policy. That's kind of new to me. Where you can just walk into someone's room and if you have a problem with something or you need help with anything, you can ask that. That's not really an option at other places,” Williams said.Another element that distinguishes an OIC from other trade schools is that it's operated by the community it's in. North Minneapolis is its DNA. A Best Buy Teen Tech Center in Summit's main campus offers an after-school resource for area teens. Instructors rallied to help clear debris after a destructive tornado hit the area in 2011. 2015 Tightening labor market may open doors to Minnesotans of color It's a different approach. It means representing students and caring about their whole well-being, according to school officials and instructors. Students come from a range of backgrounds — they may be pursuing a career change or impacted by the criminal-justice system.“The biggest thing that I have noticed is actually getting them acclimated with school, because some of them have been out of school for years, maybe decades, and just getting them acclimated with that, building confidence,” said Bernie Randle, an instructor at Summit.Randle said his job includes teaching students how to study or manage their lives outside of school.“It's family oriented,” Randle said. “You're worried about and your focus is on this person becoming a better person.”Serving 1,000 students a year Summit recently added a new virtual reality lab to its main campus, which sits along Olson Memorial Highway, just outside downtown Minneapolis and off I-94. The financial services program is housed in a satellite location about a mile north on Penn and Plymouth Avenues.The school has made headlines for adapting programming to address labor shortages. Last year, Summit launched job training in food manufacturing.“If there's a demand out there in the future workforce, we want to be that catalyst to connect the community to those opportunities,” president West said. “That's why we're here.”People can sign up at any time, with sessions starting throughout the year. There are in person, hybrid, and online learning options. West said success is measured by job placement. Over 3,300 students have been placed in full-time work aligned with their studies in the last 10 years.He recalls when Summit had under 200 students a year — now there are more than 1,000 every year. His hope is to double the number of students served. He also wants to better track if people pursue further education opportunities.Sherling Yang had been interested in a career in IT but was unsure if it was a good fit. Summit offered an attainable way to transition from working in retail.“It's hard because retail you really just live paycheck to paycheck,” she said. “And with everything cost-wise being on the rise, inflation, it's time to chase stability.”In her last weeks of her program, Yang feels prepared for an entry-level job in the field, and looks forward to pursuing college after.“I wanted a low-cost to no-cost way to learn and get into that field,” Yang said. “And that's what Summit offered.”

Stacy talks about the programs over at Summit Academy OIC. For more information https://saoic.org/

Summit Academy OIC is one of the Electrical Association's workforce partners. Mike sits down with Amanda to learn about the school, the participants, and much more. Take a listen!    After listening to the podcast you can go directly to Summit Academy's website to learn more:  https://saoic.org/ 

The New Era has begun. Johnnie introduces our new co-hosts Joel Lopez and Janelle Robinson. We open up the discussion about our love for video games and where it all is rooted from. We talk first systems, games growing up, saving progress, new generation of gaming, and much more Filmed at Summit Academy in Red Hook Brooklyn Follow Reachin' & Teachin' Team here: IG: https://www.instagram.com/reachinandteachin/ Joel IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellybreeze/ Johnnie IG: https://www.instagram.com/jay_king23/ Janelle IG: https://www.instagram.com/jay.k47

Today we are chatting with Matt Gallo, guide of the Summit Academy. Matt empowers creatives and entrepreneurs to realize their potential. He guides people to uncover parts of themselves that have become suppressed so that they can become the leaders they were meant to be. He is leading a rebellion to encourage people to think deeply and challenge how they think for themselves. Where to find Matt: Instagram: @matt_g32 https://www.mysummit.academy/adventure * * * * Thank you for listening to this episode, and we hope you enjoyed it. If you did, subscribe and share with your friends. You can also find us on Instagram @piratelivingpodcast to keep up with the latest episodes, awesome guests, and bonus clips. Pop in and say hi, we love chatting with fellow pirates. You can also reach out to us to learn more about our individual and group coaching programs. Ask Caron about her Healthy Hormones Workshops for women. For the little pirates in your life, check out Kristin's Book Abracadabra I Know What to Do and My Wins Journal on Amazon or her Emotions Toolkit at www.kristinjoycoaching.com. And keep creating good trouble. To show your pirate spirit and create good trouble, visit our merch shops: Pirate Living Podcast Shop and TeePublic You can support Kristin in her creation of her second children's book My Words Are My Wand by contributing to her GoFundMe

Calling in from New York, New York - Matt Gallo of 'Summit Academy' joins the show today! We discuss his origins, from growing up in Brooklyn, to his battle with mental health to meeting with some very influential mentors early in his life. From there we discuss his program, Summit Academy. The Academy is based on the 3 pillars of: Leadership, Identity and Ownership - we do deep dives into all of those subjects. Matt is a very thoughtful and well-spoken guy, I am very glad to have had him on the show!! You guys will get a lot out of this episode. Matt also hosts a podcast that I will be a guest on here in the coming weeks! ✅www.instagram.com/mind.heart.muscle/

Summit Academy's Louis King named CEO of national job training network.

Chris Hinton, Construction Program Director, Summit Academy OIC joins Freddie Bell and VChantel Sings to highlight an April enrollment. saoic.org or 612-377-0150

Last summer, avid sailor Vikas Narula was at Bde Maka Ska trying to invite people to sail with him.  He’d been rejected a few times when he met Alvin Manago and his friend George Floyd. They agreed to join Narula, a total stranger, and spent the next hour talking about Floyd’s life in Houston and their respective families, and even took a few selfies. Narula lost touch with Manago and Floyd, and didn’t think about that day until a few days after Memorial Day when Floyd’s face was everywhere. Use the audio player above to listen to Manago and Narula recount their stories about knowing and meeting Floyd, and their time on the lake.  Guests: Vikas Narula is the co-founder of a software company and an avid sailor.  Alvin Manago was one of Floyd’s housemates and worked with Floyd at Conga Latin Bistro. A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up to help with living expenses. Later in the program we heard from a Fortune 500 company and a vocational training center on how they’re teaming up support racial equity in Minnesota. Target Corp. announced it will provide Summit Academy OIC, a longtime player in workforce development in north Minneapolis, low-cost space to expand its operations and open a new information technology learning and training center, called North Star Innovation Center. Guests: Laysha Ward is the executive vice president and chief external engagement officer at Target. Louis King is the president and CEO of Summit Academy, a vocational training center located in north Minneapolis. Use the audio player above to listen to the program. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

Louis King shares details about innovations in education that could involve 350 students this Fall.

NYC Public School Athletic League #1 South Shore vs #4 Summit Academy #2 Susan Wagner vs. #6 Harry S. Truman

Today we are talking about the upcoming Paranormal Summit and the Paranormal Academy Awards 2020. Our guest is UFO iTeam member Mary Kennedy who is going to give us all the pertinent information we need to know in order to have an out of this world time at the UFO Paranormal Summit and Academy Awards 2020. With guest speakers and presenters like Nick Pope and David Paulides, we are looking forward to an amazing weekend of UFO, Bigfoot and Dogman stories, updates and research galore. You won’t want to miss a single minute of this amazing podcast.

Lately, democratic presidential candidates have started to question the funding and expansion of Charter Schools. This summer, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state won’t raise the number of charters that are allowed to open up. Kara Grant reports from Brooklyn on one charter that has struggled to succeed.

Summit Academy jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, but Judge Memorial scored three unanswered goals to win the 2019 3A boys soccer championship.

A strong fourth inning led the Wildcats to a 9-3 win in the 3A baseball championship over Summit Academy.

Richfield and Summit Academy both picked up wins in the 3A baseball winners bracket Thursday to advance to the next round.

Summit Academy and Judge Memorial will meet in the 3A championship after both teams took care of business in the semifinal.

Briggs threw 29 touchdowns and led Summit Academy to the 3A state championship to earn the 3A MVP.

After winning two championships with Alta, Les Hamilton leads Summit Academy to the 3A championship with a 55-18 win over North Sanpete behind 140 yards and two touchdowns from running back Talmage Brown.

American Fork and Lone Peak are set to face off in the 6A championship, Skyridge and Corner Canyon in 5A, and Dixie and Orem in 4A. Plus, Summit Academy, South Summit, and Milford win state championships in 3A, 2A, and 1A.

American Fork and Bingham battle for the region four crown, Juan Diego and Summit Academy face-off after a thriller in 2017, and Rod Zundel is live after Viewmont beats Bountiful 35-0.

Our guest on the August 16th Conference Call is Louis King. The topic is "Jobs that Transform Lives" Some nonprofits today are serving a critical role as they serve as conduits for people from poor communities to enter the workforce. Summit Academy OIC is just that kind of place. Louis J. King II is a visionary leader who serves as President and CEO of Summit Academy OIC, a $7.5 million accredited educational and vocational training institute. As a nonprofit organization, Summit Academy empowers poor Twin Cities’ residents to become self-reliant and employed members of their community. King has over 20 years’ experience in education, youth development and workforce development. His current work focuses on stabilizing families by ensuring that parents earn the wages needed to adequately support their children. He recently launched the 1,000 GED Campaign, which is aimed at the 72,000 adults in Hennepin County (and beyond) who do not have the credentials needed to enter the workforce and access well-paying jobs. Summit Academy’s unique GED Training Program seamlessly integrates into their no-cost Construction and Healthcare Training Programs, giving graduates the proper skills to start a new career. King firmly believes that “the best social service program in the world is a job”. King is the founder and co-chair of the HIRE Minnesota coalition, which works to create jobs that reduce racial disparities and lift individuals out of poverty. In 1996, Louis was elected to the Minneapolis School Board, and completed his four-year term. He is currently a board member with the following organizations: Minneapolis Club, St. Thomas Academy, Robins Kaplan Miller Ciresi Foundation, Allina Health System and OIC of America.He has also served on the Abbott Northwest Hospital Board and the Fairview Healthcare Foundation Board. He has held leadership positions in several community organizations such as the Bryant Neighborhood Organization and the Glenwood-Lyndale Community Center, where he served as President of their respective Boards. King is a graduate of Morehouse College with a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to joining Two or More in 1993, he served in the U.S. Army for 10 years, achieving the rank of Major.

Dr Mario Goessl of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. 22 thousand Americans die each year from Heart Valve disease. Dr Goessl talks about what research is being done to find new treatment strategies, and how you can get involved. Louis King President & CEO of Summit Academy. Summit Academy President Louis King will share some exciting stats about the number of students getting their GED. Also, they played a key role getting employees to construct and staff US Bank Stadium as they helped many people of color get good jobs at the home of this year’s Super Bowl. WCCO NFL expert & Host, Eric Nelson. After last weeks “Minneapolis Miracle” the Vikings are now just one win away from playing the Super Bowl in their own stadium. With kickoff in Philadelphia just hours away Eric Nelson helps preview today’s NFC Championship game.

Business of Health.Well.Fit. - Apostle SB Barber talks with Jessica K. Rogers Executive Director of C2i. Louis J. King, CEO of Summit Academy gave Jessica the opportunity of a lifetime! She has positively impacted youth and families in Minneapolis through various community programs she has led over the last 15 years. Jessica is truly passionate about the mission and work of Connections to Independence because she is a product of foster care herself. Jessica is committed to creating a unique culture and environment for C2i youth and staff to feel like this is more than a place to come to work and participate in programming. It’s a safe place where all staff and youth are valued and considered part of a family. The Mission of Connections to Independence is to provide unique programming and advocacy for foster care youth, ages 15 - 21, to promote a successful and healthy transition to living independently as they reach adulthood.  GMSbuzz & Guest Contact: *Sat, 4.23.16 @2PM. Hats & Pearls Springtime Tea Party 'Take a sip for Civili-Tea w/ Mz. Lola Thomas & Cycle Changers Tickets $20. Georgetown On The River, 5750 East River Rd, Fridley, MN 55432. Call 763-355-7177 *Donate In memory & support of Kirk E. Washington, Jr & Family Legacy *Sat, 5.7.16, 3PM-7PM. 3rd Annual Kentucky Derby Fundraiser for Connections To Independence Youth C2i Food, Fashion, Fun all for a great cause! *Twitter@C2iyouth Send us your questions/comments before, during, after the broadcast. Join us on Twitter@GMNetwork, Facebook@GMNLiveTv, YouTube@GMNLiveTv or Instagram@GMNLiveTv -- SB Barber Morning Show with Apostle Shena SB Barber is produced by ShenaBarber.com and presented by GRACE Media Network.