In his nigh recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama issued a challenge to develop two 1000000 Americans as well as house them inwards middle-class careers through community college-employer partnerships. In a recent catch to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Downtown Campus, United States of America Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis discussed this as well as other initiatives at a roundtable alongside African American describe organisation leaders inwards the Greater Richmond Region.Billed equally the “State of the Union Roundtable as well as its important to the African American Community,” the forum was moderated past times JSRCC President medico Gary Rhodes. After an introduction past times medico Barbara Glenn, Dean of the School of Humanities as well as Social Sciences, Secretary Solis addressed the participants as well as thence engaged inwards an opened upwards dialogue roofing work challenges, grooming opportunities, federal funding initiatives, as well as faith-based as well as community partnerships.
“We postulate to help businesses past times making it easier for them to achieve these college students,” noted Solis. “We postulate to achieve those that postulate our help as well as practise opportunities for these students to travel successful.”
Secretary Solis was start elected to populace operate inwards 1985 equally a fellow member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served inwards the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, as well as inwards 1994 made history past times becoming the start Latina elected to the California State Senate. As the chairwoman of the California Senate Industrial Relations Committee, she led the battle to growth the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hr inwards 1996. She likewise authored a tape seventeen field laws aimed at combating domestic violence. She was confirmed equally Secretary of Labor on Feb 24, 2009.