March 2, 2021
Complimentary Tickets Available Now on Eventbrite for 2021 In Conversation
Tickets are available now for the ZWHJCOC 2021 In Conversation with Dale Hansen, WFAA-TV Sports Anchor. This virtual event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 5. Honorary Chairs are Rev. Richie Butler, Senior Pastor, St. Luke “Community” UMC & Mrs. Neisha Stambler-Butler. Title sponsor is Roland Parrish and Parrish Restaurants Ltd.

Hansen is an award-winning journalist who has been a part of the WFAA-TV team for 37 years. He is the weeknight sports anchor and also hosts Dale Hansen’s Sports Special on Sundays, which is one of the highest-rated sports shows in the DFW area.

You don’t want to miss this event. You can register now by clicking this link:
Streaming information will be shared after you register. For more information, visit www.zwhjcoc.org or email inconversation@zwhjcoc.org.
ZWHJCOC Receives a TMF Racial Justice Award
The ZWHJCOC received from The Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) the TMF Impact Investment for Racial Justice Award. The $65,000 award will help the Center continue its programming and services focused on creating self-sustaining pathways out of poverty for young people and families through education and job placement.

In a video created by the Texas Methodist Foundation, Center staff and clients talk about the impact these funds will have on the work the ZWHJCOC is doing and about how this investment in the Outreach Center will help change lives in the community. Click this link to see the video: Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center on Vimeo
Lunch & Learn Sessions Continue via Zoom
The ZWHJCOC continues to offer courses for small businesses, individuals and nonprofits providing an opportunity for them to learn about more efficient ways to operate their businesses and organizations. So far this year, topics have included federal programs to help small businesses, Living with Low Vision and Social Media Marketing.

Upcoming topics and dates:

  • March 11 – Understanding the Sales Game
  • March 23 – Expunction and Non-Disclosure Order in Texas
  • April 15 – Scaling Your Business Forward
  • April 29 – Know Your Numbers
  • May 11 – Will’s Clinic
  • May 27, June 3 & 10 – Grant Writing Boot Camp
Low Voltage Session Set for Early April
If you or someone you know is interested in training in low voltage installations, you can register now for an opportunity to join this program. This free light electrical job training program provides training to individuals who need an opportunity to get back into the workforce by learning a livable-wage skill. A total of six cohorts have been completed which produced 35 graduates of the program with 25 being placed on jobs with Infrastructural Wiring Specialist and other companies.

Register now for an opportunity to participate
in the next training session.

Deadline to submit application: March 10
Interviews: March 16, 17
Class Starts: Early April

Click here to complete an application.
Orientation is mandatory to be considered for the program. 
 
For more information, email jasmine.anderson@zwhjcoc.org.
Planning Underway for 2021 Juneteenth Economic Forum
The 5th annual Juneteenth Economic Forum will be June 22-24. The purpose of the forum is to educate individuals in the community about changes happening economically within our landscape. Some of the topics for the virtual event include:

  • How to Thrive Within the Various Economies - Gig, Shared, and Platform
  • International Living as an American 
  • Group Economics
  • Things you need to know for the workplace

Registration will open in late May. Follow us on Facebook to stay informed.
Partnership Highlights
  • ZWHJCOC is collaborating with partner St. Luke Community United Methodist Church on initiatives which focus on the health and wellbeing of the community.
  • Through a donation from Bank of America, ZWHJCOC and St. Luke were able to distribute vouchers for free flu shots to 100 individuals. Pastor George Battle spearheaded this activity.
  • Pastor Velda Turnley and ZWHJCOC’s Anthony Coleman are leading an effort geared toward mental health initiatives. They are working with the St. Luke Mental Health Ministry’s Greenhouse Project which will allow for the collection of data to help inform future program planning and grant requests for work in this area.
  • Schedule of upcoming sessions:
  • March 20 - Children and Youth coping with social distancing (lack of personal interaction
  • April 17 - Caregiver Strain/Multigenerational households/Blended Families- STRESS
  • May 15 - Family Violence Survivor
  • June 19 - Juvenile Justice & Mental Health

For more information about these sessions, call 214.821.2970.
 
  • Thanks to our Dallas ISD partner Extended Learning Opportunities Department, headed by Lori Mangrum Griffin, for highlighting the ZWHJCOC in their February newsletter. Read more here: https://www.smore.com/b60qx
Of Note ...
 
  • ZWHJCOC Black History salutes in February highlighted Rev. Holmes, Amabassador Ron Kirk, Former State Representative Helen Giddings and longtime South Dallas resident Lewis Rhone. Visit our Facebook page to see the salutes.
ZWHJCOC's mission is to help create self-sustaining pathways out of poverty for young people and families in Dallas through education and job placement.
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