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Minneapolis Millennials Demand Facts on Youth Jobs Crisis

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Rae Roca
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Rae.Roca@younginvincibles.org

MEDIA ADVISORY:

Minneapolis Millennials Demand Facts on Youth Jobs Crisis:
Event to highlight critical solutions to combat youth unemployment

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. –Young Invincibles has taken their Get the Facts About Youth Jobs Tour to Minneapolis to hear directly from young people dealing with unemployment woes in their community, and to hear about solutions that are working on the ground. The event comes on the heels of a state report released this month [http://jobs.younginvincibles.org/get-the-facts-about-youth-unemployment-in-minnesota/] on the high rate of unemployment for young people in Minnesota.

While in Minneapolis, Young Invincibles will lead an event with Tree Trust – an urban forestry focused program that addresses unemployment by hiring job seekers to plant trees and reforest the Twin Cities. Program participants hail from TreeTrust’s YouthBuild program as well as Tree Trust’s Young Adult Conservation Corps. The event will include a roundtable discussion with program participants and staff, followed by visits to each job training site on the following day.

WHAT:
Get the Facts About Youth Jobs – Minneapolis

WHEN:
Monday, May 20, 2013
9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Tuesday, May 21
TBA

WHERE:
2231 Edgewood Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55426

Members from the media are invited to attend each of these events, and are encouraged to RSVP prior to attending.

Media, please note: One-on-one interviews may be scheduled with Kim Lawler of Tree Trust kim.lawler@treetrust.org and Young Invincibles State Outreach and Policy Coordinator Erin Hemlin erin.hemlin@younginvincibles.org at each event.

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Young Invincibles is a national organization committed to amplifying the voices of young Americans, aged 18 to 34, and expanding economic opportunity for our generation. Young Invincibles ensures that young Americas are represented in today’s most pressing societal debates through cutting-edge policy research and analysis, and innovative campaigns designed to educate, inform and mobilize our generation to change the status quo.