Stories

My name is Chester Bowling and I work for Ohio State University Extension. My e-mail address is bowling.43@osu.edu. During the last half of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008 a colleague of mine and I helped the Ward 2 Education Committee hold an Education Summit for John Adams High School. The summit was funded in part by America’s Promise. One of the most outstanding outcomes of the Summit was a program put together by a group of women from the General Motors plant in Parma. The women, all GM employees and members of an internal organization called “Women in Manufacturing,” took 93 girls from John Adams High School to the Parma plant and introduced them to the world of manufacturing. The John Adams students who participated in the program were transformed and are looking forward to another opportunity to learn more about professional opportunities for women next year. This program is an outstanding example of how professional wome n can engage with high school girls in a way that changes lives for the better.