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Second Chance is a non-profit 501(C)(3) agency whose mission is to empower people to change their lives through job readiness, employment placement, housing placement, connecting community resources and in-house supportive services.

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Spring 2012

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*** Breaking News! ***

 

SUNDANCE CHANNEL FILMS ORIGINAL DOCU-SERIES
“GET TO WORK” AT SECOND CHANCE

The Sundance Channel announced it will premiere an original non-fiction series entitled “Get to Work” in August of this year. Sundance has been filming “Get to Work” at Second Chance since November last year, wrapping up filming of the eight-part, hour-long series last week.

“Get to Work” focuses on the STRIVE back-to-work model.  Second Chance has offered trainings based on the STRIVE model for the past 14 years.

Sarah Barnett, Sundance Channel General Manager, stated, “'Get to Work’ examines one of the country’s most urgent challenges – joblessness – with a portrayal that is sometimes painful but often deeply affecting. We see individuals that many might have given up on transform before our eyes. It is powerful and intense to watch as these students try to overcome incredible odds to build a future. We’re excited to provide our viewers with a gripping, intimate look at this important issue.”

Robert Coleman, Executive Director of Second Chance, said “In today’s economy, people without refined workplace skills, experience and self-esteem are hard pressed to find opportunity, but through Second Chance and the STRIVE program, we provide hope and turn lives around.  We are thrilled that Sundance Channel, a network intent on respectful and authentic programming, is pushing these important issues to the forefront by depicting the realities of today’s job environment and the experiences of those in our program.”

Second Chance was honored to be chosen as the film site. See the following links for more information about this upcoming television series:

Variety  -  Indiewire  -  The Futon Critic 

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Angie's Story


“I was a junkie all my life.  After Second Chance I live in a whole new world that I didn’t know existed.  I had no hope but now I have so much.  It feels really good to do an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.” 
 

“When I left Second Chance, I was determined to be the best I could be at my new job whatever it was.  Second Chance participants learn to be the best they can be at their new jobs even if the job is not a dream jobs”.  Angie took this advice to heart and it is really paying off for her.  After she graduated from Second Chance as part of class #112, she took a job at Vons, determined to be the best grocery bagger that Vons had ever seen.  So she did extra things like picking up litter while retrieving carts from the parking lot, taking to heart another piece of workforce training advice, “Be aware that people could be watching even if you aren’t aware of it”.  

Read more about Angies inspirational story

Hear Angie tell her own story

Angie is a member of the Second Chance Board of Directors and inspirational speaker.

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