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• Pivot Program Celebrates Graduation of Class of 2021

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5tWRzfIms A group of Pivot Fellows celebrated their graduation from the program at a ceremony on June 30, marking the culmination of the nine-month business and

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• Pivot Fellows Present Venture Pitches

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEuS0tHT6pQ The Pivot Program’s third annual Pitch Competition was held virtually on Friday, June 25. This event is the culmination of the business and entreprene

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• Pivot Fellow Spotlight: Tai’Anthony Carter

  For Tai’Anthony Carter, the Pivot Program gave him the opportunity to push through the stigma around returning citizens and find a leadership position in the workplace. Tai’Anthony, Tai for sh

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• Pivot Fellow Spotlight: Victoria Hunt

  “Now, I really know what my purpose is moving forward.” Victoria Hunt says the Georgetown Pivot Program gave her the chance to envision a new role for herself as she re-enters the workplace.

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• Pivot Fellow Spotlight: Ernest Boykin

  Ernest Boykin considers this past year a tremendous growth period in his life. Through the Pivot Program, he feels that he has finally developed the skills he needs to achieve his greatest potent

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• Pivot Program Joins Employer-led Effort to Advance Second Chance Employment

  Georgetown University’s Pivot Program announces its membership in the Second Chance Business Coalition (SCBC), a cross-sector group of large employers committed to expanding hiring and advancemen

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• Pivot Fellow Spotlight: Charles Hopkins

  Pivot Fellow Charles is taking the lessons in business and entrepreneurship to inform his vision for giving back to other returning citizens.

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• Tyrone Walker returns to Georgetown as PJI Director of Reentry Services

  Pivot alumnus Tyrone Walker joined the Prisons and Justice Initiative to expand its reentry work and support returning citizens.

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• Pivot Fellow Spotlight: David Schultz

  Meet David, whose experience with the Pivot Program put him on track for a career serving fellow returning citizens.

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• Pivot’s Third Cohort Begins Virtually

  The Georgetown Pivot Program’s third cohort launched on November 17 with a class of 10 Pivot Fellows. Although the program is running virtually this year, Pivot’s Program Manager Aliyah Graves-Brown

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