Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center News

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New principals for Portland-area high schools (The Oregonian)
posted on September 10, 2009 at 03:55:38 pm
Brent Wojahn/The OregonianCarla Randall, new principal of Madison High, is among a crop of new leaders at local high schools. She was lured back to PPS from her role as Tigard-Tualatin's curriculum director. Four of Portland's 10 high schools have...
Program helps youth and neighborhood businesses (Ashland Daily Tidings)
posted on August 20, 2009 at 07:38:01 pm
PORTLAND — At a time when finding any kind of job is hard work, Zoe Ace is getting paid to do what she loves, a 10-minute walk from home. But Mississippi Studios, where Ace is spending this summer learning firsthand about the music industry, isn't paying her.
Program helps youths, businesses (Salem Statesman Journal)
posted on August 18, 2009 at 10:16:46 am
PORTLAND — At a time when finding any kind of job is hard work, Zoe Ace is getting paid to do what she loves, a 10-minute walk from home.
Special program helps neighborhood businesses offer youth internships (The Oregonian)
posted on August 17, 2009 at 03:17:34 am
The program, offered through the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, means that smaller businesses can pay youths to learn new skills
Stimulus To Help Youth Get Summer Jobs (FOX 12 Oregon)
posted on April 3, 2009 at 01:55:40 am
Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of economic stimulus money is on its way to Portland to help disadvantaged kids.