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Committee hears pitches for distributed STEM hubs and JA experiential learning center
Summary
The Jacksonville Youth Empowerment Committee on Jan. 15 heard presentations on a ‘distributed campus’ STEM hub model and a Junior Achievement experiential learning center to expand youth access to career-connected community spaces; presenters emphasized partnerships, flexible use of city facilities and measurable usage tracking.
Ronnie King and Dr. Betty Birney told the Youth Empowerment Committee on Jan. 15 that the 100 Star STEM Center is being used as a model for a distributed campus that links multiple city and partner sites to give young people hands-on technology and entrepreneurship opportunities. The center, King said, serves middle- and high-school students and some college-age participants and has partnered with groups including 100 Black Men in Jacksonville and the I’m a Star Foundation. “These students are absolutely having businesses, growing businesses,” King said, adding that students in the program “have collectively earned over $1,000,000 on their own from their…
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