Columbus Urban League Program Celebrated with Documentary of 400 Students

 Teens and their families were met with a red carpet and photo shoots at a private showing of a documentary about their program.

The Columbus Urban League’s (Columbus, OH) Work Readiness Training University program wrapped up for the summer, and celebrated in style at Lennox Town Center.

“We had over 417 young people participate in the program this summer,” Vice President Charity Martin-King said.

The program began just over 15 years ago, in an effort to provide paid, real-life work experience for teens in Columbus from low-income families and backgrounds.

The Urban League said around 2,000 teens expressed interest in the program this year. More than 600 of them applied, and just over 400 were accepted.

Gabriel Eshun is a senior at Canal Winchester. He said he wasn’t sure about the program at first, but said it’s been a lot of fun getting to do things outside of what he would consider normal.

“We went on a college trip to OSU,” Eshun said. “We built a robot too. So, that was fun. So, we’ll help kids build, like, leadership skills and get them like, ready for, like, real life."

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