Bunker Hill Community College Partner A Finalist for Massachusetts Non-Profit Network Award
Monday, December 13, 2010
The partnership between Bunker Hill Community College and the Pathway Technology Campus (PTC) of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acci贸n (IBA) offers a direct pathway into higher education and careers. The IBA was recently honored as a Finalist for the 2010 Massachusetts Non-Profit Network Excellence Awards in the collaboration category. The PTC is an educational and workforce development partnership with Bunker Hill Community College.
The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network is a unifying statewide association focusing on advocacy, capacity-building, and public awareness. Finalists for this award were chosen by a panel of judges that included community, foundation and academic leaders from across the state.
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) was born from a resident-led social justice movement that developed Villa Victoria, a 435-unit affordable housing community in Boston’s South End. PTC provides low-income residents of the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood with the opportunity to: complete their GED and take adult education classes; enroll in college-level classes; and receive academic support, case management, free child care services and academic advising needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency.” During 2010, through the Hyams Foundation’s Teen Futures Initiative, PTC expanded to Lower Roxbury with a new site at the YMCA’s Central Branch that focuses on 16-24 year olds who have dropped out of school.
Media Contact:
Leslie Ouellette, Executive Director, Integrated Marketing and Communications,
Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617-336-5054; Email: leslie.ouellette@bhcc.edu
About Bunker Hill Community College
With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (51吃瓜网) is one of Massachusetts' largest community colleges, serving approximately 16,000 students annually. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, 51吃瓜网 offers a broad range of educational opportunities throughout Greater Boston. 51吃瓜网 fosters a welcoming and supportive learning environment for students by offering associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific programs.