To All Our First Workings Stakeholders,

We are suspending our 2024-2025 high school internship, mentorship, and workplace readiness programs.

This decision has been made after careful consideration, taking into account our strategic priorities and capacity.

Moving forward, First Workings will pivot its focus from high school programming to exclusively supporting college-level and college graduate alumni. We will continue to support our alumni network with college prep such as application and essay coaching, and paid internships. We are hopeful that we will be able to connect our alumni with paid internship opportunities after they have finished their first year of college and employment opportunities once they have graduated.

I am very proud of the work that First Workings has achieved in the 9 years since our program began. 540 students have been through our program since 2015. 100% of our graduating students have been accepted into college, 10% of which were Ivy League schools. Crucially, and compared to a national average of approximately 25% of first-generation low-income students, 75% of our alumni have earned a bachelor’s degree within 4 years.

We would like to thank students, alumni, school champions, corporate partners, staff, and funders for their time, commitment, and generous support for our efforts over the past 9 years.

Please direct all questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected].

Sincerely,

Kevin R Davis

Founder & Chairman