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Abby Looks for a Job and Finds a Career

on March 19, 2019

Abby started her Juma journey the way many young people do; in need of an income. She was out of school and out of work, without a plan for moving […]

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Juma Employer Partnerships: Connecting Youth to Opportunity

on March 19, 2019

  “Over the past year I’ve really been looking hard at what the best way to create an employer partnership is and what a strong one looks like for both […]

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Making Possible, Possible since 1993

on November 29, 2018

When our founders opened the doors of their first social enterprise, a single Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop, they had one goal: to give homeless youth a bridge back to […]

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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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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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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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