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Opportunities Industrialization Center (usually shortened to “OIC” and doing business as OIC of America, Inc. and OIC International, Inc.) is a nonprofit adult education and job training organization headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] with affiliates located in 15 U.S. states.
The school was developed as a cooperative effort between OIC of America, a non-profit organization, designated to serve the community with the mantra of "Helping people help themselves", (founded by the late Rev. Leon Sullivan) and the School District of Philadelphia. The school provides transitional services both academic and developmental to ...
In 1964, Sullivan founded Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America in an abandoned jail house in North Philadelphia. The program took individuals with little hope and few prospects, offered them job training and instruction in life skills, and then helped place them into jobs. The movement quickly spread around the nation.
US Representative to the OIC Years served O.I.C. Secretary-General U.S. President 1 Sada Cumber: 2008–2009 Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu: George W. Bush: 2 Rashad Hussain: 2010–2015 Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Iyad bin Amin Madani: Barack H. Obama: 3 Ryan M. Gliha [2] 2020–2021 Yousef Al-Othaimeen: Donald Trump Joseph Biden: 4 Faris Y. Asad: 2021 ...
The investigation will revolve around NPR and PBS airing sponsorships across their 1,500-plus member stations, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.
Philipsburg is home to a number of sites of renovated historical interest, including the Rowland Theater (located on Front Street), the Union Church and Burial Ground, also known as the "Mud" Church, on Presqueisle Street, the Simler House (on North Second St), and the Hardman Philips House, located off Presqueisle Street near Ninth Street, thought to be a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Orlovsky would not be the first big-name analyst to leave ESPN in recent months. Fellow former NFL quarterback and football analyst Robert Griffin III was let go by the network in August 2024 ...
The Patriotic Order Sons of America is an American patriotic fraternal organization that traces its origins to the anti-alien riots of the 1840s. Founded in 1847 in Philadelphia, [1] the P.O.S. of A. once had "camps" (chapters) in well over 20 states. At its peak, there were more than 800 Camps in Pennsylvania alone.