About Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project Malcom M. Burges, Jr. is a Career development Professional, and Social Entreprenuer. He specializes in providing vocational and life Skills training to individuals with multiple barriers to employment. He is CEO/Founder of Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project - a 501 ( c) (3) Congressional District Program that provides vocational and life skills training. Prior to establishing Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project Malcolm spent fifteen years as a Financial Services Professional holding positions as a Registered Financial Advisor, Loan Officer, Mortgage Broker, and Mortgage Consultant. He was principle owner of MVB Investor, LLC a registered investment company. Since 2000 Mr. Burges has worked with disadvantaged individuals and special populations offering a wide range of programs and services from vocational skills training, to career coaching and job placement. Malcolm has recently launched his first social purpose business a commercial cleaning franchise with the goal of providing career opportunities to the populations he services. Mr. Burges has current memberships in several professional organizations always seeking educational, information sharing, and networking opportunities. He serves on the Board of Directors of Social Enterprise Alliance-Chicago Chapter and the Board of Trustees at New Progressive St. James, MBC. Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project - a Congressional District Program, is a faith-based comprehensive model for partnering with employers in providing industry specific job skills training and employment placement for entry level positions. Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project is founded on the belief that everyone deserves a chance to realize his or her potential. Our comprehensive vocational skills, personal and spiritual development programming enables students to successfully pursue careers of their choices. Mission: To provide a model for development that incorporates employment training, employment placement, personal and spiritual development to disadvantage individuals, at-risk youth, and special populations, promote public safety by lessening the exposure to employers and the general public to unreasonable risk, by diverting, deferring, and deflecting ex-offenders from moving further into the Justice system. To insure long term success the project model combines four elements: Industry Specific Training
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