BY COLIN MIXSON
A local LGBTQ center is accepting
applications for a
paid-internship program this
spring, offered exclusively to
young adults within that community.
The Brooklyn Community
Pride Center’s internship
training and placement program
is tailor-made to help
aspiring young LGBTQ professionals
overcome unique
challenges they face in kickstarting
careers, an executive
at the Bedford-Stuyvesant–
based Center said.
Nearly a dozen formerly
homeless, LGBTQ youths —
who were all forced to live on
the street because of their sexual
orientation — received opportunities
through the socalled
Pride Path program
since it launched last year with
funds from a city-based trust,
according to the do-gooder.
“There are many barriers
to entering the workforce for
queer young adults, including
poverty and homeless,” said
Floyd Rumohr, the local Pride
Center’s chief executive offi -
cer. “When your basic needs
aren’t being fulfi lled, it’s very
diffi cult to compete for and
sustain a job.”
Center leaders are currently
looking to recruit 20
eager beavers between 18-
and 24-years-old for the program’s
upcoming semester,
which kicks off with two
weeks of job-training classes
on Feb. 18. Following their
training, participants will
begin eight-week internships
at one of 15 participating
companies, according to the
Center’s Programs Director
Jako Borren.
The budding professionals
will earn $15-per hour during
the training program and internships,
which offer experience
in fi elds including retail,
media, arts and entertainment,
health, and real estate.
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PROUD OF HIS WORKERS: Brooklyn Community Pride Center head Floyd Rumohr is recruiting a new batch of
aspiring young LGBTQ professionals for the organization’s spring job-training and internship program.
File photo by Zoe Freilich
And college degrees are not required
to apply, Rumohr previously
told this newspaper.
The program also covers
participants’ commuting expenses
and, after it concludes,
Center leaders will help the future
leaders of tomorrow land
real jobs, Borren said.
Would-be interns can apply
for the Pride Path program by
visiting the Brooklyn Community
Pride Center’s website at
www.lgbtbrooklyn.org/pridepath
.
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Pride Center seeking young
LGBTQ adults for internships
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