{"663795":{"#nid":"663795","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Logistics Education And Pathways (LEAP) Profile: Zaria Walker","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZaria participated\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;Juma, an employment and job training program which helps youth overcome the hardships of poverty and aspire to career success. As part of its social enterprise operations\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta, Juma\u0026nbsp;offers year-round employment to over 140 Atlanta youth at\u0026nbsp;SunTrust Park, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and State Farm Arena\u0026mdash;home of the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Dream\u0026mdash;as well as the Georgia World Congress Convention Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZuma promotes participants to earn while they learn, so while going to school during the week to pursue her GED, Zaria took\u0026nbsp;GT LEAP courses at night and worked\u0026nbsp;in the Juma Atlanta concessions operations group on the weekend.\u0026nbsp;Through perseverance and her will to succeed, she\u0026nbsp;later secured\u0026nbsp;fulltime employment within the JUMA organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the Future of Work 2017 summit\u0026nbsp;sponsored by The Atlantic, Zaria was asked about her experience. She commented,\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;sometimes, people just need a second chance and an opportunity to take advantage of it.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;The experience has opened her eyes to the possibilities and Ms. Walker has aspirations to be a crime scene investigator. Zaria plan to pursue further education and make that dream a reality some day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile going to school during the week to pursue her GED, Zaria took;GT LEAP courses at night and worked ;in the Juma Atlanta concessions operations group on the weekend. Through perseverance and her will to succeed, she later secured fulltime employment within the JUMA organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"While going to school during the week, Zaria took\u00a0GT LEAP courses at night and worked\u00a0in the Juma Atlanta concessions operations group on the weekend."}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2022-12-12 12:22:50","changed_gmt":"2022-12-12 14:29:03","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663791":{"id":"663791","type":"image","title":"Zaria Walker, Logistics Education And Pathways (LEAP) participant with Chuck Easley, program manager with the Georgia Tech LEAP program","body":null,"created":"1670821809","gmt_created":"2022-12-12 05:10:09","changed":"1670821939","gmt_changed":"2022-12-12 05:12:19","alt":"Zaria Walker, Logistics Education And Pathways (LEAP) participant with Chuck Easley, program manager with the Georgia Tech LEAP program","file":{"fid":"251262","name":"20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":438246,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work.jpg?itok=gjAHUe81"}},"663793":{"id":"663793","type":"image","title":"Zaria Walker, Logistics Education And Pathways (LEAP) participant and panel member of Future of Work 2017 event.","body":null,"created":"1670822182","gmt_created":"2022-12-12 05:16:22","changed":"1670822191","gmt_changed":"2022-12-12 05:16:31","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251263","name":"20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work_554.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work_554.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work_554.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2458724,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20171005_Atlantic_Future_Of_Work_554.jpg?itok=5UTcg_qJ"}}},"media_ids":["663791","663793"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/LEAP","title":"Learn more about the Georgia Tech Logistics Education And Pathways (LEAP) program"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/live\/future-work-2017\/","title":"The Future of Work 2017 Summit"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.juma.org\/atlanta\/","title":"Juma Atlanta"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"168418","name":"leap"},{"id":"167074","name":"Supply Chain"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"14511","name":"online learning"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["LEAP-Atlanta@scl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}