4/7/2024 0 Comments Xee vang![]() Most of them hail from low-income, minority families and many of them will be the first in family to attend college, post-high school technical schools or training. Bancorp, Allianz Life, YWCA of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Thrivent Financial and more than 200 small and large employers, this summer employed nearly 2,000 city kids. ![]() The Minneapolis Step-Up program, championed by the likes of U.S. ![]() "The skills and tools I use today as a professional administrator, I first learned in my STEP-UP internships at Faegre & Benson law firm and the Minneapolis Public Works Department. "I was born in Somalia and lived in the slums of Kenya and Ethiopia before coming to Minnesota. "STEP-UP changed my life," said Yonis, who graduated from Edison High School in 2006, then from St. Matthew Vue, Kong Xiong and Hashim Yonis were telling some business folks the other day about how their summer internships had been huge steps up for them in connecting the world of education to the world of work. ![]()
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