Touch the Future
Volunteering
As a volunteer, your time, your energy and your participation will contribute to the provision of an after school program for children who are legally blind which is respectful, inclusive, challenging and fun.
About Touch The Future
Career Foundations For Blind Youth and Their Parents
For years, there has existed a 70% unemployment rate within the blindness community. Our Space Our Place, Inc. offers a career exploration program for blind youth ages 13-18.
Topics Covered will include:
- Identifying interests and skills and matching those with future career options
- Meeting professionals in ones interested field and touring companies
- Role of parents
- Practicing interviewing, creating a resume, writing cover letters and thank you notes
- Using resources at school and at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
- Enhancing interpersonal skills
Interviews With Professionals
- Coding instructor- why coding matters for blind students
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on job searching tips
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on soft skills
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on dressing for your interview
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on how to start your own business
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on interviewing and networking to find a job
- recorded presentation from the world of careers seminar on writing a resume and cover letter
- Eyes On Success program featuring interviews with blind people in various jobs
- recorded presentation from the Beyond Stocks And Bonds seminar at Fidelity investments
- presentation by Rick Moran about his life and career
- demonstration by Tim Cumings on using goldwave, an accessible digital audio editing program
- presentation by Maria Rueters about her career as a computer professional and teacher
- What is an informational interview?
- Presentation on working in radio by Ken Myer
- presentation by teacher Ver Nard Fernandes
Touch The Future Program Registration
For more information, please call (617) 459-4084.