On September 1, only a handful of Philadelphians had heard of Launchpad. Over the next two months, our team gave info sessions, tabled at Back to School nights, hosted virtual…
Over the past three years, Building 21’s co-founders Chip Linehan and Laura Shubilla teamed up with Elevate 215’s Stacy Holland to brainstorm a new kind of workforce development program. Dannyelle Austin,…
With the help of the Catalyze Challenge grant funding, the Launchpad team has had the opportunity to pilot several components of our intended programming with a group of 10th and…
At 14 years old, I wanted to be a hairdresser. Now I’m 35 and the Executive Director of Launchpad. Launchpad is a new initiative from Building 21, that seeks to…