Standing in his yellow NFL Hall of Fame jacket, legendary cornerback Darrell Green hosted an event on Jan. 24 to promote opportunities not on the football field, but in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
The event was hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Employ Prince George’s and the Eckerd Connects Youth Workforce Center
Known as one of the fastest players in league history, the former football star was thankful to offer some motivational words to the rising generation of athletes and changemakers.
“We are talking about education. We are talking about fun. We are whetting the appetite [for] technology, and I love that. I really love that,” said Green. “I love when we give our young people an opportunity, we are knocking the barriers down to solid employment.”
During the training session, students assembled Bluetooth speakers that were distributed among the attendees at the end of the day.
Green emphasized that despite challenges some people encounter, there are resources to help them be successful.
“There are many things that you face. You’ve got people with disabilities. You’ve got people that have barriers with their language. You have people with different skill deficiencies,” he said. “We are trying to … give them a chance to have success, and be future leaders and future successful moms and dads, men and women in their lives. We are going to close the skill gap.”
The Washington Informer recently wrote about Darrell Green’s attendance of a Job Corps program. Read more here.
