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Introducing Black and Latinx Students To The Financial Industry
Introducing Black and Latinx Students To The Financial Industry
A few of our participating firms include
2017
120 Students and 8 Firms
2018
225 Students and 24 Firms
2019
300 Students and 35 Firms
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Greenwood Project's Impact

Since its inception in 2016, Greenwood Project has exposed high achieving students from Chicago's south and west sides to career opportunities within the financial industry. The number of participating firms helping to support this initiative has grown each year and Greenwood students continue to be converted from interns to full-time employees.

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Internships

Greenwood students have gained real-world experience, networking connections, and unmatched exposure to the financial industry

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Women of Wall Street

The finance industry is male-dominated, so we launched a Women of Wall Street (W.O.W.) speaking series to show our female students as many success stories as possible

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The Summer Financial Institute

Students are immersed in an intensive 6-week program. The curriculum includes financial literacy, educational field trips, simulated trading, soft skills training, leadership and professional development workshops, and tons of exposure to the financial services and tech industry.

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Wall St. Tour

This tour gives students some amazing exposure and experience, as they network with the CEO/President and employees of firms such as NYSE, Nasdaq, CME Group, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, UBS, and others.

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Connecting minority students to the financial industry
Thousands of minority students are disconnected from stable career pathways in the financial industry
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Greenwood Project works with companies to connect talent with opportunity

"Ultimately, my experience this summer has opened my eyes to the bevy of careers within financial services and specifically confirmed my plans to pursue trading. I am greatly appreciative of both Greenwood and RCG for making this internship as seamless as possible."

Hayes Bynum
College Scholar

"This experience introduced me to various opportunities that I didn’t know existed prior to this summer, and that is the mission of Greenwood Project. Introducing academically talented youth like myself to the financial industry and the innumerable amount of opportunities there are."

Yusuf Aljabri
HS Scholar