Mayor Andre Dickens
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for eight weeks during the summer, that's not gonna break your business bank, but it's gonna give you an opportunity to help change someone's life.
That's not going to break your business bank.
But it's going to give you an opportunity to help change someone's life.
You'll be a mentor to them.
You'll be a mentor to them.
You'll help them earn while they learn.
You'll help them earn while they learn.
And that individual, that young person, they won't get in trouble that summer.
And that individual, that young person, they won't get in trouble that summer.
They're going to have a steady job.
They're going to have a steady job.
They'll be able to go to the movies, go to Six Flags.
They'll be able to go to the movies, go to Six Flags.
They'll be able to buy clothes and all the fancy things that they like, all the little cool stuff the kids like to do.
They'll be able to buy clothes and all the fancy things that they like, all the little cool stuff the kids like to do.
They won't have to get in trouble to get the things that they want.
They won't have to get in trouble to get the things that they want.
And so we did that.
And so we did that.
Over the last four years, we've had over 16,000 young people employed in this city making a minimum wage of $15 an hour.