NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV ( KLAS ) – Each commencement is particular however there’s one that could be just a bit extra particular.
Dr. Genevieve Minter from the School of Southern Nevada’s Jail Training Program began the latest ceremony on the Nevada Dept of Corrections Florence McClure ladies’s jail in North Las Vegas, telling the grads:
“We got a lot of people who want to say a lot of nice stuff to celebrate the whole reason why we’re here: you guys.”
The “you guys” on this case had been 13 ladies who earned workforce coaching certificates in hospitality and air-con.
The founding father of “Hope For Prisoners,” Jon Ponder, who we have featured many instances on 8newsnow, requested the ladies to have a look at their palms, saying “those lines represent your past, but today, we’re pushing the reset button.”
The President of CSN, Dr. William Kibler instructed the ladies:
“You pursued training not simply as a way to an finish, however as a declaration of who you might be and who you might be changing into.You have invested in yourselves and your future and in your energy to create change.
In her keynote speech, Las Vegas Metropolis Councilwoman Nancy Brune quoted the favored guide “The Alchemist” telling the grads, “When you want something, the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
The ladies listened. And smiled. And one after the other they made their means throughout the stage, together with Karen Kincaid who high-fived her fellow grads on her means two certificates
The theme of reinvention echoed all through the afternoon.
Congrats not solely to the grads who put within the work, but additionally to the partnership between the School Of Southern Nevada and the Nevada Dept of Corrections.
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