Address:
www.maritimeblue.org
www.youthmaritimecollaborative.org
Contact:
Veasna Hoy, Program Director
YMC
(206) 948-9492
[email protected]
Overview of Services:
Maritime Blue is a 2022 finalist in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The EDA is awarding $30 million in planning grants to its 60 finalists. Maritime Blue will use the $500,000 award to integrate the region’s blue economy cluster.
See more at www.maritimeblue.org/updates/
Maritime Blue is committed to guiding today’s youth toward maritime-related careers. The YMC Maritime Youth Accelerator curriculum includes modules in areas such as professional communication, time-management, confidence-building, and problem-solving. The program includes job shadow experience with a maritime employer, technical training days that focus on building proficiencies in Microsoft Office, G-Suite, and Adobe, and other platforms, and experiential learning days which include networking opportunities with maritime professionals, site visits to youth-serving maritime organizations, and an opportunity to participate in vessel operator simulations.
Credential: NO
Equity Lens:
With a focus on reaching underrepresented communities through experiential events and high school internships, the Collaborative works to connect companies with the next generation of workers.
The Youth Maritime Accelerator Project is an 8-week culturally relevant program that connects underrepresented youth with maritime employers while teaching youth skill-based learning to earn fulfilling jobs in the maritime industry.
The YMAP internship is targeted at young adults in South King County, ages 18-24.
