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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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Building career success among out-of-school, out-of-work youth

on February 18, 2016

Juma is excited to share that after a rigorous national competition, we have been selected by REDF to join a national initiative to scale up the social enterprise field across […]

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Juma changing the game for youth across America

on February 8, 2016

“Juma helped me through my studies in high school. They’ve helped me get my college applications done. Now that I’m in college, I’m still getting support for all kinds of […]

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Reimagining the Cost of College in the U.S.

on November 9, 2015

Our own Director of Savings Programs, Beth Williams, wrote a piece for IDEO on how we might reimagine the cost of college in the U.S. and how it’s paid for. […]

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Champions for Social Enterprise

on November 2, 2015

Check out our CEO, Dr. Marc Spencer, and other champions discuss social enterprise in this recently produced Social Enterprise Alliance video below.

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Juma Seattle Wins Silver at the Community Impact Awards

on November 2, 2015

We are excited to announce that Juma Seattle received a Silver Award for Youth Development Nonprofit of the Year at the Seattle Business Magazine’s Community Impact Awards. We are thankful […]

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