First Friday Book Club Brown Bag

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Join us!
Our next First Friday Book Club discussion features the work of Dave Philips who will speak at Catholic Charities’ Fall Breakfast on October 6. We invite local businesses, organizations and anyone interested in helping people help themselves to participate in this monthly book discussion.
Why Don't They Just Get a Job? describes the journey and incredible results of Dave and Liane Phillips' efforts to help those in poverty find their way to self-sufficiency. Under the premise that existing job-readiness programs only focus on job placement and not retention, Dave and Liane Phillips created a poverty to economic self-sufficiency program called Cincinnati Works with an 80% one-year employment retention rate. In the past three years, the non-profit has brought $25 million in wages to over 1,500 families in the Cincinnati area. The program offers a complete spectrum of free, lifetime employment services for the entry-level job-seeker to sustain and advance in today’s work climate. The model is a winner of the 2009 Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneur Award. Following its success, Dave Phillips is now volunteering as a consultant for similar programs in other cities.
Begins August 7, 2015 12-1 p.m. 2 Smith Ave., Mansfield, Ohio