Man Up<\/a> is a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide a broad range of workforce development and higher educational opportunities, resources and support services to men of color who have not had the opportunity to aspire to such goals. It also addresses the social, financial and legal issues that create barriers to employment and education.<\/p>\nRobert Bailey V \u201983, of Providence, one of four case managers at Man Up, is also an alumnus of the Talent Development program. \u201cThe benefits of Talent Development are educational and academic, social, personal growth, and is a support system for students,\u201d he said. \u201cStudents develop lifelong relationships as a result of participating in Talent Development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bailey was a history major at 溏心vlog免费B站, where he participated in the Talent Development program throughout his 溏心vlog免费B站 career. Bailey credits the Rev. Arthur Hardge, co-founder of the Talent Development program, Frank and Sharon Forleo and DiMaio, and mentor David Petty for his success.<\/p>\n
Bailey\u2019s career has been focused on mentoring children, youth, and families in his community and assisting them with the guidance and tools to improve their lives educationally and economically.<\/p>\n
Bailey has worked in his family\u2019s business, the Bailey Funeral Home; the Providence School Department; and Casey Family Services, the direct service arm of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Bailey is also a cancer survivor and an American Cancer Society volunteer.<\/p>\n
Price compared the Talent Development program to the thoughts of author, historian and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois in his 1903 essay \u201cThe Talented Tenth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEducation and work are the levers to uplift a people,\u201d Price quoted. \u201cWork alone will not do it unless inspired by the right ideals and guided by intelligence. Education must not simply teach work \u2013 it must teach life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexa Stewart, intern in the Marketing and Communications Department at 溏心vlog免费B站 and public relations and communication studies major, wrote this press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KINGSTON, R.I. — Nov. 16, 2018 — While studying psychology at the 溏心vlog免费B站, Rhonda Price \u201984 participated in the Talent Development program, learning skills that have enabled her to launch an organization that also empowers an underserved population. Price, of Providence, R.I., studied psychology at 溏心vlog免费B站 and participated in Talent Development for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}