Apr 30, 2020 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Community, Featured, GivingTuesday, News, Success Story, The Matrix Center
“More than two months after the coronavirus pandemic hit Detroit, nearly half of all Detroit residents have lost their job.” – according to a new University of Michigan Detroit Metro Area Communities (DMACS) survey. That is double the Michigan...
Nov 1, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Featured, News, Poverty, Success Story, The Matrix Center
Ladaisha Cotton has had her share of struggles that has kept employment further from reach than the average job seeker. With a criminal history including felonies, Ladaisha couldn’t even find work at McDonalds. Since there is no federal law that prohibits...
Sep 20, 2019 | Adults, Careers, Community, News, Success Story, The Matrix Center, Volunteer, Young Adults
Matrix is known for touching lives and helping the clients that we serve achieve self-sufficiently, but it’s not every day that a volunteer for Matrix shares how their life was changed as well. Alex Wilson, currently a candidate for Juris Doctor at New England Law in...
Jul 22, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Community, Featured, News, Success Story, The Matrix Center
Silvia may not appear to be your average grandma considering she is still in her fifties, but nevertheless, Silvia graduated from the Matrix Manufacturing Boot Camp with her grandson Mario on Friday, July 12th at The Matrix Center alongside more than ten other...
Jun 1, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Community, Featured, News
Stories abound from the first cohort of Matrix Manufacturing Boot Camp graduates. The commencement event was held at The Matrix Center where one father graduated with his 19-year-old son after encouraging him to learn manufacturing skills that will benefit him for...
Jun 12, 2018 | Careers, Early Childhood, Employee Spotlight, Featured, Matrix Head Start, News, Parents, Programs, Success Story
Susan was once a client seeking the very assistance that she now provides others. After finding herself pregnant at a very young age, she dropped out of college and began working as an office manager to provide for her son. Seven years later, she became a mother of...
