Grant to help drive critical programming to
further connect diverse job seekers and businesses
DALLAS, Oct. 12,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- T.D. Jakes Foundation today
announced it received a $250,000
grant from Truist Financial Corporation through its Truist
Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund at The Winston-Salem
Foundation. The grant will support T.D. Jakes Foundation's PATHWAY
program, which seeks to support individuals in their journey toward
family-sustaining careers, and further support the program's
economic mobility and empowering of diverse job seekers.
Grant to help drive critical programming to
further connect diverse job seekers and businesses
"We often see people from underrepresented communities do not
know where to begin in a job search or do not know the resources
that might be available in a career transition," said Kelley Cornish, CEO of T.D. Jakes
Foundation. "Grants like this allow us to facilitate job training
and improve our PATHWAY program model to reach more job seekers. We
are grateful to Truist for the contribution and are excited to see
how it propels our PATHWAY program forward to further helping job
seekers reach their full career potential."
PATHWAY's focus is on skill building, including job skills,
training, and support to create competencies that close the
opportunity gap and create potential for future generations.
Truist's support will help this service model implement an approach
that takes candidates from awareness to training to
self-sufficiency. Support of this program allows T.D. Jakes
Foundation to connect vetted and qualified candidates to businesses
seeking diverse talent.
"Truist is proud to invest in the PATHWAY program to support
avenues for career growth and economic mobility across the
communities we serve," said DeVon
Lang, North Texas Regional President at Truist. "By
partnering with T.D. Jakes Foundation, we can more effectively work
together in our shared efforts to create opportunities for
prosperity and financial independence. We look forward to seeing
how PATHWAY equips the next generation of leaders with the skills
they need to excel in their careers."
Through programs like PATHWAY, T.D. Jakes Foundation is
elevating and integrating services, including job skills, training,
and support to transform lives and enrich communities. With
PATHWAY, those who need employment and support do not have to
navigate a maze of programs and bureaucracies independently.
PATHWAY provides a helping hand, guiding those in need through
intervention services, training, educational and aftercare programs
– and ultimately connecting them to living-wage employment, part of
T.D. Jakes Foundation's end-to-end accountability system.
Additionally, Truist was a sponsor of T.D. Jakes Foundation's
"You're Hired!" event, hosted on Saturday,
October 7 at the P.L.A.C.E at The Potter's House, located at
6777 W Kiest Blvd, Dallas, TX
75236. The event, a hiring mixer, presented in partnership with
Workforce Dallas, the Dallas Mavericks, and State Farm, was open to
PATHWAY participants and was designed to connect job seekers with
employment opportunities.
About T.D. Jakes Foundation
T.D. Jakes Foundation is building bridges by unlocking the power of
global competition through workforce training that prepares workers
to compete in today's economy through STEM/STEAM education,
financial literacy and inclusion, and a laser focus to close the
racial wealth gap and support minority women in corporate
leadership. For more than 40 years, T.D. Jakes has connected
diverse communities across socio-economic divides. Through the work
of T.D. Jakes Foundation, Chairman Jakes is harnessing decades of
resources and connections to prepare people for success in the
21st-century workforce, lift underserved populations and connect
corporations to new, highly skilled pools of talent amid increasing
global competition. For additional information visit:
https://tdjfoundation.org/
About Truist Charitable Fund
The Truist
Charitable Fund ("TCF") is committed to Truist Financial
Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better
lives. TCF was established as a donor-advised fund and is
administered by the Winston-Salem Foundation. TCF invests in local
community organizations, focusing on grants that support
initiatives and programs in the areas of educational equity,
leadership development, career pathways, small business, and
community services. To learn more about Truist's purpose, visit
https://www.truist.com/who-we-are/about-truist.
About Truist
Truist Financial Corporation is a
purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring
and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading
market share in many high-growth markets in the country and offers
a wide range of products and services through our retail and small
business banking, commercial banking, corporate and investment
banking, insurance, wealth management, and specialized lending
businesses. Headquartered in Charlotte,
North Carolina, Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with
total assets of $555 billion as of
June 30, 2023. Truist Bank, Member
FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com
Contacts:
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T.D. Jakes
Foundation Media Contacts:
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Truist:
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Liz Gleason
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media@truist.com
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(817) 800-6793
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Elizabeth.gleason@bcw-global.com
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Jordan A.
Hora
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jhora@tdjakes.org
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