{"id":4418,"date":"2019-08-08T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2023-12-12T20:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:44:34","slug":"invest-now-flourish-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/2019\/08\/08\/invest-now-flourish-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest now; flourish later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the summer, the Pinellas County Urban League equipped 50 youths with the skills to flourish in life. The young students mastered the art of leadership and employment, in STYLE (Summer Training in Youth Leadership and Employment). This eight-week, hands-on training was hosted at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/locations\/downtown-center\">\u00a0St. Petersburg College Downtown Center<\/a>\u00a0and Gibbs High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Aug. 1, the emerging leaders graduated with knowledge about entrepreneurship, finances, team building, problem-solving, critical thinking and more. At the ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/about-the-president\/\">SPC President Tonjua Williams<\/a> encouraged the graduates to continue the process by investing in their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not where you start but where you finish,&#8221; Williams said. \u201cPeople in the community have taken time to invest in you. To make the best out of your life, the rest of your life, invest now so you can flourish later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At SPC, a large part of our mission is to be a Community of Care, which means that we want to make sure that the entire SPC family: students and employees as well as the surrounding communities, have what they need to lead a healthy and productive life. One of the many ways we can accomplish this is by partnering with organizations like the Pinellas County Urban League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the STYLE program,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcul.org\/style-program\">visit here<\/a>&nbsp;and to learn more about the SPC\u2019s Community of Care,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/leadership\/college-initiatives\/community-of-care\">visit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"4423\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0622-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0622-M.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0622-M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0622-M-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"4424\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0650-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0650-M.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0650-M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0650-M-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"4425\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0665-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0665-M.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0665-M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/08\/IMG_0665-M-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the summer, the Pinellas County Urban League equipped 50 youths with the skills to flourish in life. 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