Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs

[NEWS] Residents trained for tech apprenticeships

February 7, 2018

The university’s Computer Recycling Center is partnering with the Philadelphia-based homelessness nonprofit Project HOME to offer community residents a paid technology apprenticeship at Temple.

Together, the Computer Recycling Center and Project HOME, which combats issues of poverty and homelessness, provided participants with 10 weeks of training in technology courses in the fall before they began a nine-week rotating apprenticeship program.

[NEWS] Teaching tech

December 14, 2017

From Temple Now:

A new partnership between Temple and Project HOME provides community members with the skills they need to fill jobs in the technology industry.

[NEWS] Music 101: Student-Run Record Label in North Philadelphia Boosts Kid-Artists

September 27, 2017

From NBC10:

Mikel Louis, who claims King Kells as his stage name, is a North Philadelphia student who now has his first album out. Louis says the opportunities he’s had only came along because of Inner Power Records, a free, student-run record label.

Piecing It All Together

August 30, 2017 | Posted by S. Regina Burrichter

S. Regina Burrichter teaches adult literacy at Project HOME’s Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs.

I looked at the cover of the book: One Fat Summer. Probably a light story of summertime teen-age romances, thought I, the teacher and tutor of Eric Darnell Bordley.

A World of Possibilities

August 14, 2017 | Posted by Aisha Boyd

Aisha Boyd is an Employment Specialist at Project HOME’s Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs.

Project HOME is Seeking Placements for Summer Interns

May 8, 2017 | Posted by Brendan Sculley

The John and Sheila Connors Youth Employment Program at the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs provides the opportunity for high school and college students enrolled in the College Access Program to complete a summer internship where they are paid for up to 120 hours over a six week period.

A Summer Filled with Learning and Fun

August 24, 2016 | Posted by Darasia Selby

This year's camp attendees enjoyed a pretty active summer / IMAGE: Darasia Selby

The K-8 Program at the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs just successfully completed six weeks of summer camp! With almost 100 students enrolled, each day of summer camp was filled with academic skill development, fun science projects, engaging enrichment activities, and exciting trips.

Spirit of Generosity: John and Sheila Connors

May 17, 2016

John and Sheila Connors with Mickel Lewis, who participated in the Teen Internship program. IMAGE/Project HOME

The following article is in the just-released spring edition of our News from HOME print newsletter.

The Power of Story

April 5, 2016 | Posted by Heather Bargeron

Ericka Brown has become an expert in many things over the last year: teaching computer literacy to adults, managing the phones and doors at the front desk of several Project HOME sites, and telling a story that will leave an audience spellbound.

Scoring Points By Mentoring Teens

March 16, 2016 | Posted by Brendan Sculley

Our teens and their mentors enjoy first-class treatment at a 76ers game.

On February 23^, a group of students from Project HOME’s College Access Program attended a Philadelphia 76ers game with their business mentors from The Harold A Honickman Entrepreneur Program at the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs. This program provides high school students the opportunity to research and develop their own products and/or business proposals. As a way to evaluate the process and build relationships, students present twice a year to their group of mentors.