ASU Insight: 100,000 Opportunities Luncheon
Howard Schultz, Starbucks, chairman and chief executive officer
The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative has the goal of forming the nation’s largest employer-led coalition committed to engaging at least 100,000 youth by 2018. In Phoenix, the initiative working with the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Opportunities for Youth Board, Maricopa Community College, Arizona State University, and other community-based organizations and civic leaders to help deliver the skills training and hiring opportunities young people need.