
| A Message from Shelby County Mayor’s Director of Education, Dr. Cedrick Gray
Participating in the Mayor Lee Harris Summer Work Experience is more than about coming to work, collecting your pay, and going home. Participants in the MSWE learn how to show up and perform their jobs with excellence. The youth in our program sharpen current skills while developing a new awareness of how what they do impacts the greater community. County Government performs valuable service to its citizens. Our youth become more than co-workers, they become colleagues, friends, and even future leaders of county divisions and departments. Each participant takes away a different experience but all participants grow in some way during their experience. The Mayor Lee Harris Summer Work Experience provides hands-on, meaningful engagement within high functioning government departments. Participants interact with professionals that can help build networks that lead to future career opportunities. The insight and independence gained from the experience are long-lasting and deeply satisfying. Participants contribute to the overall well-being and quality of life of all of the citizens of Shelby County.
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