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Liberty Partnerships Attends Summit

JCC’s Liberty Partnerships Program participants Alex Navarro, MacKenzie Watson, Eylessia Stilson, and Mateo Janczylik with the vision board they created for a recent state conference.

Students in Jamestown Community College’s Liberty Partnerships Program participated in the 15th annual Liberty Partnerships Program Empire Promise Youth Summit in Utica recently.

JCC’s representatives were joined by 46 other Liberty Partnerships Program programs from throughout New York state. Liberty Partnerships Program students, staff, and parents participated in interactive workshops, college tours, college and career fairs, and enrichment activities.

Each LPP group presented a vision board about the accomplishments and goals for their program.

Representing JCC’s Liberty Partnerships Program were students MacKenzie Watson and Eylessia Stilson from Jamestown High School and Mateo Janczylik and Alex Navarro from Dunkirk High School. Accompanying the group were parent Bianca Plascencia and Liberty Partnerships Program staff members Laurie Whitermore, Lindsey Rensel and Katelyn Stahlman.

“I expected nothing but the best experience when asked to accompany LPP on this trip,” Plascencia said. “What I took from this summit was truly a time that I will not soon forget.”

JCC’s Liberty Partnerships Program, in its second year of a five-year grant cycle, serves 360 students in fifth through 12th grades in Jamestown, Dunkirk, and Salamanca. The program guides high school students toward graduation with a college and career ready mindset.

The Liberty Partnerships Program was established in 1988 through the state Education Department.

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