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The Westside
Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center was incorporated in January
2001. Our founder, Almetris Snulligan-Stanley, was born
and raised in the West Garfield community. Ms. Stanley
believes that community residents should be stakeholders in
our community through business ownership. Ms. Stanley
states "No longer can we depend on staying on the job for
thirty years. The world has changed and we must change
how we think about the world of work and business ownership.
Our youth must be taught at an early age that entrepreneurship
is a viable career option. Every student pursuing higher
education should walk across that graduation stage with a
diploma in one hand and a business plan in the other.
Every discipline offered in college must be thought of as a
foundation for creating a business after graduation."
WYTEC serves as
a bridge from the business sector to the youth in the
community to let them know that they have choices other than
drugs, gangs and violence. WYTEC also serves as a ray of light
in the West Garfield community that has been written off as
one of the worst neighborhoods for youth ages 8 to 17 years
old, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. WYTEC seeks to
revitalize the business community from the inside out; the
community residents must be empowered through entrepreneurship
education, technology training and the development of life
skills to improve the quality of their lives and to assist in
leveling the global business arena.
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