A company that is changing the way people get around is teaming up with the local branch of the NAACP, The WorkPlace and the Workforce Alliance to connect people with a way to make an income.
Officials from the company, Uber Connecticut, and the state and local NAACP gathered at local NAACP headquarters on Whalley Avenue Tuesday to announce the launch of Uber’s Urban Partnership, also known as UberUP.
The tech company—which enables people to summon rides with a smartphone—will be working with the NAACP to offer information sessions, skill-building courses and workshops with potential drivers all across the state with hopes of increasing the number of people working with the company.
Scot X. Esdaile (pictured above), president of the Connecticut NAACP, said that many of the factory jobs that people moved to urban centers like New Haven for have disappeared, so people are in dire need of a way to put food on the table.
NAACP, Uber Partner Up For Jobs | New Haven Independent
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