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From YouTube: Council President Clarke on Job Training at the Bankwork$ Partnership Announcement 6-8-2017
Description
Council President Darrell L. Clarke (5th District) speaks on job training as a path out of poverty at Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. (OIC) headquarters during the announcement of the arrival of BankWork$, a free eight-week program that prepares economically disadvantaged young people for banking careers.
Philadelphia is the first market BankWork$ will serve in the Northeast and the 10th to be served nationwide.
More info: http://phlcouncil.com/philadelphia-to-host-bankworks-jobs-training-program/
A
Thanks
Thank
You
Reverend.
Thank
you.
So
much
I'm
excited
to
be
here
for
a
number
of
reasons.
One
because
I
represent
the
district.
You
know
always
happy
about
things
happen
in
the
district
but,
more
importantly,
to
be
in
a
place
where
there's
such
history.
I
was
actually
telling
one
of
my
younger
staff
as
a
minute
ago
about
the
history
of
this
particular
location.
The
history
of
this
corridor,
the
history
of
the
Greek,
great
Reverend
Sullivan,
and
how
we
dealt
with
self-empowerment,
so
I'm
excited
to
be
here
to
have
this
opportunity.
A
Wherever
you
mentioned
the
fact
that
we
unfortunately
had
the
designation
as
the
city
with
the
highest
poverty
level
of
the
ten
largest
cities
in
the
country
and
that's
a
designation
that
we
clearly
want
to
fix.
So
as
a
result
of
that,
you
know
we're
always
trying
to
think
and
we're
looking
at
Stafford
we're
talking
to
people.
How
can
we
deal
with
these
issues
of
the
simple
reality
is
in
spite
of
having
probably
maybe,
second
to
Boston,
some
of
the
most
significant
universities
in
the
country,
temple
trachsel,
Penn
flower
throughout
our
city.
A
The
simple
reality
is
everybody's
not
going
to
go
to
college
right
and
sometimes
when
you
talk
to
young
people-
and
you
tell
them-
you
could
go
to
this
four-year
college
in
some
times
it
kind
of
glaze
over.
So
we
talked
about
figuring
out
a
way
to
get
these
entry-level
jobs,
something
where
there's
a
window
of
opportunity
within
reach
of
a
lot
of
these
young
folks
out
here
and
your
older
folks
too,
because
older
folks
want
employment
opportunity
too,
so
they
looked
and
I
want
to
give
credit
man
councilmen
former
councilman
good.
A
And
they're,
green
and
I
didn't
know
that
this
guy
was
actually
on
your
board
and
you
know
keep
kept
that
secret
from
me.
It's
all
good,
but
I
want
to
thank
them
for
doing
the
due
diligence,
so
we
reached
out.
We
did
our
research
and
we
said
well
this
great
program.
Bank
works,
he
said.
Well,
you
know
we
looked
at
the
time
line.
They
said
well,
they're,
probably
not
gonna,
come
here
for
about
three
four
years
right.
A
You
looked
everything
all
right,
so
some
reality
is
that
one
of
the
things
about
elected
officials-
you
know
they
always
say
well,
I,
don't
believe
it
right.
You
know
we
try
very
hard
and
I
want
to
say
through
a
lot
of
conversation,
putting
things
into
play,
expressing
the
needs
of
our
city,
that
our
good
friends
from
the
Billa
foundation,
Les
and
sherry
decided
that
this
was
the
move
they
needed
to
make,
and
you
kind
of
kind
of
skipped
us
over
a
few
other
cities.
A
We're
not
going
to
talk
about
it
right
now
really
work,
but
we
really
appreciate
this.
So,
as
we
talked
about
the
possibilities
of
bringing
this
to
fruition
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
we
said
well,
we
gotta
really
have
a
provider
and
you
got
to
think-
and
you
say
well
who
the
heck
else,
but
oh
I,
see
right
an
entity,
that's
not
only
so
centrally
located.
That
has
the
level
of
expertise
in
terms
of
administrative
skills
and
it
have
the
ability
to
do
this
right
here
in
the
middle
of
our
city.
That
was
a
natural
choice.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
you
reverend
so
much
for
for
being
the
recipient
of
this
wonderful
opportunity,
my
friends
from
Wells
Fargo,
where
we
actually
kind
of
started
this
conversation.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
is
this
a
very
exciting
time
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody.
We
can't
can't
wait
to
get
those
young
people
gainfully
employed,
so
they
can
start
paying
some
of
that
wage
tax.