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The Mayor's Committee brunch drew about 200 people to talk hiring workers with disabilities
The Daily Santa Clarita team
If you know a business that's hiring, this one's for you. The SCV Mayor's Committee held its annual brunch for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, with the theme "Celebrating Value and Talent." Employers, nonprofit organizers and entrepreneurs came to eat, network and buy from tables run by young adults with disabilities.
About 200people attended the Mayor's Committee brunch
Employers, nonprofit organizers and entrepreneurs were among them.
Source: Santa Clarita Valley Signal
“It doesn't need to be Employment Awareness Month. It needs to be Employment Action Month because we have an amazing population of folks who are out there looking for jobs.”
Carmen Bowen told the crowd she hired her intern, Jacob Nakashima, after attending last year's brunch. She said he spotted problems that needed fixing that day. Mayor Laurene Weste said she started the committee in 2001 and "we started with a handful of people, with a dream."
- When: Thursday, Oct. 29
- Where: Canyon Country Community Center
- Coffee: Grizzlies Cafecito, run by Golden Valley High students
- Size: the committee's largest brunch presentation
2001the year Mayor Laurene Weste says she started the Mayor's Committee
She says it began with a handful of people.
Source: Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Sources: KHTS Radio, Santa Clarita Valley Signal