Afterschool programs and how they can prepare students for the future work horse. We will year from the mayors of charlotte, North Carolina and gary, indiana. This is about 45 minutes. I am going to lead everyone in a stretch. In my secret life, i am a spin instructor. This Athletic Panel meant a lot to me. Before we get started, i wanted to say because i have had the honor of working with almost all of you in this room. After school is such a special place. It makes such a difference in the lives of the kids, and the families in the communities that we serve. It has a huge ripple effect. The reason we have been able to save and expand this program is because of all of you. And the tremendous leadership and voice of or Arnold Schwarzenegger down to some of the people that are not represented here, our staff. They create the dreams. I just wanted to thank you all. Give yourself a round of applause. We have such an amazing array of talent. We really want to prepare our kids for the workforce. And going back to the entrepreneurial drive how do we get our kids to really see themselves with the jobs of the future . The jobs we need here in america. It will be how we make america great. There has been a lot of attention on our military. Homeland security. Growing our defense. But to have a strong military, we need strong people in the military. A viceally happy to have admiral here. As we all know, military provides not only training for our kids but a great career path and opportunity. What are some of the recruiting challenges the military is facing . What role can afterschool play in conquering those challenges . If we look at Afterschool Programs, if you run into people who dont believe that making an investment in the youth is the right thing to do, let me offer you a different view. , 1825, 71 of them do not qualified to join the military. 71 . They go into three large buckets. Obesity, not completing high school, or having a criminal record. From the earlier panelists, and the research that many of you have access to, our Afterschool Programs go to the root causes that create those barriers. Meeting the minimums. In addition to that, as we talked about the changes that exist in our workforce today, it is an increasingly complex world that the military needs to operate in. So we also need youth coming in with higher and skills to go through the technology and the complex workplace. Afterschool programs offer that opportunity for access, they as so manyatter, but people described, it is really the ability to dream and to have access, and to see themselves in that work place and the possibility and a path to that possibility. If we do not make the investment, we are already experiencing difficulties in recruiting for the military. Think of all of the other segments of our workforce that are affected. First responders, our traits. It is a wide reaching impact. It just so happens that the military has some data we can apply. This goes far beyond the military. The future of our nation and it is a National Security imperative. Thank you. Clap. Se as we think about other sectors, obviously, high tech is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of new jobs in america. And it is one of the places that our country is really ask excelling. I wanted to ask you michael, what do Afterschool Programs do to encourage students to learn about and prepare for the jobs in the hightech world . It is an honor to be on such a distinguished panel. Everyone is doing such a great job for Afterschool Programs. Looking at our industry, Internet Companies, these are high skilled, high tech jobs in all 50 states. U. S. Ve a shortfall in the of kids that are graduating with the education in the stem fields in particular, for computer coding and engineers, there are so many jobs. Next year, the shortfall will be almost 250,000 person show fall of u. S. Based students graduating with the skills needed to work for Internet Companies and hightech companies. The jobs have to come from somewhere. By getting kids involved early, particularly middle school, to show them a path forward. We have had an opportunity to work with the afterschool allstars in bringing car in bringing kids around to some of our companies. When you see these middle school kids Walking Around our companies talking to the engineers and they see and learn how they got there, they can see a path forward. Study mathte, if i and science and i stay in school , i can work at a great place like this and have a high paying job and have a future. It sets a bar in a way that they might not have thought of otherwise. That is what we want. Part of it is for selfish reasons also. We want to have this dunes here are up in the u. S. And learn and have a diverse and educated workforce that we are able to get domestically. We want to instill that an part of that is starting in middle school and being involved in Afterschool Programs. Those three hours afterschool have a huge impact on their lives and we want to be a part of that. Excellent, thank you. Afterschool, we all do do our homework on research and data. The stories and the kids that drive us. Having the research and the data behind it really helps us make the case. Roberts, i want to ask you about charlottes task force and the report on economic mobility for children. What you found and what are the implications for afterschool . I have my show and tell here. I have a copy of the Task Force Report right here. Important to have show and tell. Ourad a coming together of counties, and Business Leaders around the opportunity gap that exists in charlotte and many of our major cities. We were spurred by a report that came out, done by harvard and berkeley, that look at generational poverty and the povertyof folks born in to move out of that poverty within a generation. Charlotte ranked the lowest of the 50 major metropolitan areas. We do not like being last in anything. Us what that did was bring the political will and the governor talked about bringing republicans and democrats together. We focused our entire community on changing that statistic. Report, they looked at so many things in two years but they wanted to have a blueprint for implementation and a scorecard, a way to actually make sure that things were getting implemented that were recommended. When you look at the areas that they chose to focus on, if you are going to change then ration of poverty, you have to focus on the young people. The three areas that we looked at were early childhood, college and Career Readiness, and then Family Structure and support. And in all three of those areas, Afterschool Programs play a role. Thatis so interesting is again if you were going to change the opportunity gap, and we were very conscious as a community to look at our systemic barriers that children born in a tough neighborhood, with concentrations of poverty, one. Families, some of these systemic, racial barriers we have in our communities because of the way that we developed and racial segregation that was written into law in many communities in our country. If you look at the wording for the afterschool components, expand access to quality out of integratee that academic support with career awareness, exploration and preparation and connects more students to opportunities. Awareness conscious that Afterschool Programs do that connecting that you do not have time to do during the seven our school day. Connecting the learning to what it looks like for a career. We have great things going on in charlotte and we need to help fund them better and coordinate them better. But there are things Like Technology jobs that go unfilled. We have talent right there in charlotte. We have created things like a group called hip hop university. Students to technology through hiphop. It is fun and creative. All of that video stuff, that is really technical. Goes on a lot that there that kids are really good at learning. That is away way into a possible career they can have later whether it is in media, technology, i. T. , software development. These are the kinds of things that we have to come together as a community to help implement and support. We are working with some of our area businesses to support that who see that technology need. Microsoft has stepped up. Other Software Companies we of the largest bank in the country, bank of america, has been a great supporter. We need to continue to focus. What is interesting is that as mayor, i have no technical responsibility for our schools. We have a school board funded by the state and the county. The city focuses on infrastructure. But i also get in front of a lot of people and i can be a convener and i know that our workforce is not going to survive and grow and thrive without focusing on kids. And on families. The Afterschool Program and the link to Career Readiness and awareness. I have talked a lot as mayor about how we bring people together to support our schools. Afterschool programs are very nimble, and active, creative, and responsive. The schools have so much curricula challenge and policy challenge but our Afterschool Programs can fill in the gaps much more quickly. We have helped empower and mobilize our private sector, and our Nonprofit Sector to see how we fill in those gaps for Technology Training for example. To can we nimble and respond these challenges. 20 years ago, you did not have social media managers. There will be more jobs in robotics and other things that we as adults cannot even foresee and that we have to help our kids the open to planning for and to give them those critical connections through Afterschool Programs. Back to the get value of partnerships. But first, brirn brittany, i wao talk to you. We had a really wonderful discussion about your Afterschool Programs. When we talk about pursuing your dreeption, you didnt dreams, you didnt think you could pursue a career in art, growing up. How did your Afterschool Programs, gold crown, convince follow youru to dreams . Well, i joined when i was 11, i was just a lonely kid in middle school. I didnt know anybody. Brother was in that program. And i went after school. Loved. Ound what i and i didnt realize i loved art to college. Ed to go and i went to community college, didnt know what i wanted to do. Forensice, oh, science, like. But that wasnt what i was about. Ate it was art. So my coordinators helped me get to that point to where i was can do this. I can be a freelance illustrator, no matter how hard is. How competitive it i can do it, as long as i believe in myself. I know you talked to me a lot how it was almost a family, your Afterschool Programs. They definitely are. What do you think youd be didnt have the fortune to go to gold crown . Who knows . I dont even know so. [laughter] you who dor those of want to know what shes doing now, stop by later and make sure postcards and the art. Because, as matt said, it is spectacular. Ive been talking to her about her myself, when this conference is over. I have stuff. Take it. [laughter] wilson, as freeman mayor, we heard this from mayor roberts, do you see the multiple ways that Afterschool Programs can really impact our students, families and our communities . Why are you a champion for these programs . Well, im a champion because multiple ways that Afterschool Programs help and ultimately help in the community. And in gary, were a little anderent from charlotte other cities. Were literally rebuilding a bymunity that has been hit financial disasters result a result of a reduction in industry. And so when youre rebuilding while there is a time that you focus on adults, has to be onocus the children. And its to provide for them. Ies and to really set a high bar. Typically, for us, our parents set that bar. The seventher in grade, coming home and having my of middlert card school, four as and two bs. I was pretty satisfied with myself. And my dad looked at me and he said, what about those two bs . And from then on, that was my the b. Not to have except in physics, where i would get a b inlad to physics, but thats another conversation. An Afterschool Programs for you. I still need it. Ha ha that ouroint is children dont always now have those expectations set. Not that our parents dont love them or that they thosewant to set expectations. But theyre so busy trying to food, clothing, shelter. And they have their own set of challenges. And so, in the Afterschool Programs, we can set expectation. We can provide additional exposure. Can provide opportunities to see things that you dont television. See on our children watch an inordinate today. Of television and they watch many of the same things. Videos, reality television, and, you know, theres nothing wrong, governor, with reality t. V. , in context now. [laughter] but, you know, they dont always see they always see things on reality t. V. If we can widen those horizons into the mayor talked about the hiphop university, in passions at our boys and girls clubs, they are developing a recording studio, we know that everybody, you know, has a rap career in future. [laughter] well, okay, so maybe its not producing. It may be it may be serving as a sound engineer. Many opportunities. A videographer. To really tap into that passion but we also want to raise the bar. Not employment but maybe its becoming a food with theeur to deal food deserts in our community. Were doing all of those things our Afterschool Programs in gary. Awesome. [applause] want to put ado plugin, when you talk about yearss, i think in my 12 in working in this field actually, its much longer than 12 years here, we have really seen an explosion of in. E. M. Learning afterschool. Its been extraordinary. So if you go to todays are very, very thoughtful s. T. E. M. Curriculums, aboutlly get kids excited the sciences, about math, about engineering. Theirt, you know, schoolwork becomes alive and they can be ready for these jobs. Organizations,r they have its the link which organization. But we have s. T. E. M. Scouting for girls and boys in the community. [applause] so speaking of s. T. E. M. , and to focus on partnerships, because partnerships are essential to everything we do. Thing that we dont take about a lot is when you look at 21st century learning centers, its a federally funded program for before school and after summer. N the average program has six partners working together to resources to our kids. But one voice that we all are weays searching for and really need that is incredibly powerful is the business voice. What advice do you have for all of us . How do we get more Business Leaders like you and your company to be speaking out about the power of afterschool . Great question. Dismayed thatim kids are watching t. V. They need to be on apps more and [laughter] stay on the computer. I dont know what theyre watching t. V. For. Thats terrible. [laughter] ha ha you know what . I think part of it is the community, certainly from Internet Companies, theyre working very hard to increase the diversity in their companies have sure that wre we have the workforce we need so companies can grow and create more jobs. The jobs are going to be there this industry grows and becomes a larger share of our economy from coast to coast. Part of it, just as i was struck by the conversation earlier governor schwarzenegger, about giving a ladder to these students, starting early, path fromem the middle school to high school to college on to a career in passionateeyre about, hopefully in the s. T. E. M. Fields, working for an internet company, but the same maybe is the corporate side, is showing the companies that if theyre investing in the in their community, and many are, and making sure that engineersving their volunteer and creating opportunities where kids can and and visit the campuses visit the companies and see and inspired, thats something that our companies certainly are doing increase gri. But wed like to see it happen at a broader section of Technology Companies and a broader section of companies within our economy to invest in young withty, Start Middle School kids and be involved with the Afterschool Programs, because one day the at the Afterschool Program in gary, indiana, or carolina, mayth be the founder of the next great engineerr might be an at facebook or twitter or snapchat here in southern california. And thats what its all about. And so our companies certainly are doing it. But wed like to see more. Excellent. Mayor, i want to turn to you, because i know you mentioned some of the business partnerships. Want to ask you, who are your partners in charlotte, and what is charlotte next . Sure. So one of the things that we we have a number of initiatives that are correlating with our Task Force Report. The initiatives, soon after i became mayor, was called charlotte next. Funded entirely by our corporate partners. One of the things i learned in dealing with city budgets is that theres never enough. And all of your colleagues on council are always struggling for the same dollars you are. So i got impatient and said, well, im just going to go out to the private sector and do this. And i tell you, the case you can make with employers, when they of talent andne they recognize that there are gaps, and there are gaps in content, gaps geographically, gaps in diversity, socioeconomic status, gender gaps, racial gaps. And so they really want to partner to change that workforce, for them as well. So with charlotte next, we