erris edgerly and the monique allen. >> my name it is erris edgerly. i represent a different population. i do do some youth work, but i worked the unemployed grown folks, 25 and up. we have to understand that we do have a population that is reentering and we have a population that has already reentered and is still unemployed. one of the things i bring to the board, i do currently have an outreach contract

erris edgerly and the monique allen. >> my name it is erris edgerly. i represent a different population. i do do some youth work, but i worked the unemployed grown folks, 25 and up. we have to understand that we do have a population t

next we have monique allen. >> thank you for considering my application. i am one of the board of directors. our foundation started a program called the get hired tour. we return to get a million people back to work a number of years ago. one of the things we have been seeing is that like many of the other applicants have indicated, people are not being hired. they're having a difficult time finding a job. reason why i have decided to apply to this committee is because i that a paradigm shift in how we may be able to fight this issue. one of the things i am looking at and what has become a passion for me is looking at our veterans and also just some folks who are on unemployment right now. what i would like to do is start a program where they can partner with a company that our nonprofit is working with right now and hire themselves. instead of it being get hired, you are creating your own job. the program will allow them to partner with developers and experience the other side of the technical innovators themselves, where they can work with a team of deve