We are thrilled to announce that Image Impact has been approved for expansion of our Mentoring 4 Impact Workshop at 3 additional CCNY campuses starting Fall 2021: City College CCNY, York, and City Tech. And, we are launching at John Jay College of Criminal Justice starting in February! The career readiness workshops will be offered to virtually across the multiple campuses and complemented with our personalized one-on-one mentoring. We are excited for the opportunity to impact even more college students with disabilities in the coming years.
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Our gratitude goes to the Focus for Health Foundation for their continuous support. The mission of the Focus for Health Foundation (FFH) is to promote advocacy, education, and research to combat the rise of chronic illness occurring around the world. FFH recently provided Image Impact with another generous $5,000 grant for Mentoring 4 Impact. Mentoring 4 Impact is a two-semester certificate program for college students with disabilities, that helps them develop a plan, make positive career connections, learn from mentors, and build a more resilient future. Huge thanks to our friends at Focus for Health for helping to keep this program going strong!
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Over the past several months, the Board has been forming a strategic plan to articulate Image Impact’s long-term vision and to set a framework for how we will achieve our vision. Broadly speaking, our Strategic Plan paints a narrative around our problem space, our theory of change, our programming, and most importantly our measures of success. As we look ahead into 2021, we remain confident in our ability to serve our students, fighting for equal access to employment opportunities for college students with disabilities, and expand our reach to even more students.
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Image Impact recently held a Mentoring 4 Impact workshop focused on mock interviews, that provided key practice exercises and tips for improving interview skills. Click below to learn more about the mock interview workshop and specific interviewing tips.
Look for summaries of our future workshops including Networking, LinkedIn, and Internships in the upcoming newsletters. |
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This year is the nation’s 75th observance of NDEAM, which is administered by the Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). The observance culminates the Department’s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Out of the 16.6 million undergraduate college students in the United States, 3.3 percent have a disability.
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Image Impact International held three virtual Mentoring 4 Impact workshops in October at Guttman Community College. Each workshop focused on a specific skill that is vital in obtaining an internship or full-time employment: transferable life skills, personal branding, and the facets of a great resume.
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Student with disabilities, many of them first generation and Veterans, are enrolling in college at rates higher than ever before. Over 11,000 students with disabilities are currently enrolled at CUNY campuses. Our career readiness program Mentoring4Impact helps college students with disabilities to define their career path and stay focused on a road to employment.
Image Impact is proud to be a non-profit partner of the LEADS program (Linking Employment, Academics, and Disability Services) at the City University of New York. Our goal is to raise at least $1,500 on #GivingTuesday to support the #Mentoring4Impact career readiness training program, including: • Seminars on such key topics to job search success as Developing Your Elevator Pitch and Dressing 4 Impact.4 • Spring 2020 classroom workshops on Federal Resumes, Interviewing Skills, and more! • Individualized mentoring for students to help them stay focused on what they need to do to succeed in their job search or summer internship search · Professional Strengths® Online Assessments and books to strengthen student resumes and prepare them for interviews |