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West Palm Beach mayor urges tech upskilling to expand opportunities for underserved youth
Summary
At a Hilton West Palm Beach panel, Mayor Keith James said city leaders and partners should expand tech training and pathways into in-demand careers to help youth in nearby underserved neighborhoods.
At a conference panel at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Mayor Keith James said leaders should expand tech training and career pathways so young people in nearby underserved neighborhoods can pursue jobs in technology. "My vision is to make West Palm Beach a community of opportunity for all," Mayor Keith James said.
Panelists and speakers described the discussion as focused on tech upskilling, accelerating access to in-demand careers, closing the talent gap and transforming lives and communities. A panelist said, "It's about breaking down barriers. It's creating pathways. It's creating access, and it's creating a workforce that truly reflects the world that we live in and the communities that we live in." The panelists framed the effort as addressing both opportunity and workforce diversity.
James said offering tech opportunities to young boys and girls who live "just blocks away" from downtown would have been "literally unheard of 5 years, 6 years ago," using that timeframe to underscore recent changes in local opportunity and program availability. The remarks focused on workforce development and did not include any formal policy announcements or specific program commitments during the panel.
The panel took place at the Hilton West Palm Beach and was reported on-air by Cheryl Conn of WPB TV. "This is Cheryl Conn reporting for WPB TV," Conn said at the close of the segment.
