STAR and Gold STAR!
* An announcement from our Maryland Partner.
Gold STAR 2025 Summer Program
Have you ever wanted to gain experience in the working world before formally entering it? Or wished you could get paid for learning instead of the other way around?
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM) is excited to continue the Gold STAR Program! This fully residential program will provide participants with a 4-week Work Based Learning Experience. Students will reside in apartment style housing with their peers while working in a professional environment and receiving job readiness skills training from competent Blind professionals.
This work experience will provide you as a student with a first-hand perspective of professional environments and the responsibilities that come with a career. Additionally, the job readiness skills (i.e. Professionalism, Technology, Self-Advocacy, and Independent Living) will help you learn how to become independent while maintaining a job.
Program Dates: July 13 to August 8, 2025 (including weekends)
Ages Eligible: 16 to 21
Location: Baltimore, MD
If you are interested in attending this program, please complete the Gold STAR 2025 Interest Form here.
STAR 2025 Summer Program
Have you ever been told certain career paths are off limits for you due to your blindness? Have you ever rejected certain occupations because you believed you wouldn't be able to do it? The STAR Program is here to show you that there are several professions blind people can do successfully and independently even though we are told it is "unreachable."
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM) is excited to continue the STAR (Students Training in Advocacy and Responsibility) Program! This 4-week, fully residential program exposes participants to a new industry each week, exploring the career options within the industry, attending job site tours, and completing real-life tasks and activities in that profession. The industries covered during the 2025 STAR Program are Healthcare, Engineering, Government & Law, and Sales & Marketing. We will also be traveling throughout the City of Baltimore, Washington DC, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Program Dates: June 22 to July 18 (including weekends)
Ages eligible: 14 to 21
If you are interested in attending this program, please complete the STAR 2025 Interest Form here.
With any questions or concerns, reach out to Juhi Narula at JNarula@BISM.org or Emma Meyer at EMeyer@BISM.org.
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