PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Two local industrial development directors were guest speakers at Stanford University near San Francisco, California earlier this summer.
Clarksdale/Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Executive Director Jon Levingston and South Delta Planning and Development District’s (SDPDD) Workforce Director Mitzi Woods were invited speakers at the Ideal Village Conference at Stanford University, School of Medicine, on June 25.
They spoke to an audience of approximately 200 people, from all across the United States and from India, about the Delta Workforce experience with PeopleShores in Clarksdale.
The Ideal Village program is a holistic, integrated collaboration platform aimed at delivering solutions for education, healthcare, clean energy, water, sanitation and sustainable livelihoods that lead to healthy, self-sustainable and economically viable communities in under-served regions globally.
While there, Woods and Levingston met with the PeopleShores team in San Jose and visited with the staff. Three of the PeopleShores team members from Clarksdale were there for a week to receive advanced Master training in Robotic Automated Processing (RPA). Woods and Levingston also visited Automation Anywhere, a leader in the development of robotic process automation software.
PeopleShores is a for-profit social enterprise with a charter to bring technology driven jobs to the 'shores' of economically challenged communities in the United States through 'Impact Sourcing'.
PeopleShores empowers young adults and members of these communities by developing, honing and enhancing their professional skills; offering them employment with clear cut paths to long and successful careers. This goal is achieved through the establishment of technology and business process centres that offer compelling business propositions to companies that outsource these services.
PeopleShores is promoted by a group of highly accomplished industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs in the United States of America - all of whom share a common passion for social-good. The collective endeavour is a compelling business proposition but with an embedded social cause; essentially, creating values through values.
PeopleShores announced the location of its center in Clarksdale in December and began hiring and investing in its first cohort of employees – residents of Clarksdale – in January.
In June the company officially opened its doors at PeopleShores Center at 1540 Desoto Avenue in Clarksdale. The company has plans to scale the center in Clarksdale to about 200 employees by the end of 2020.
Also in June PeopleShores also announced the opening of a free medical clinic specializing in pre- and post-natal care and infant heart defect treatment.
