Apprentices
6-week program- Exploration of self
- The People’s History
- Dismantling oppressive systems
- The labor movement
Prepares apprentices for a work placement with a local business.
Apply to become a VAP apprentice (opens in a new tab)Village Apprenticeship ProgramBuilding community generational wealth
We invest in the growth of BIPOC-owned small businesses and help them hire from our local community — transforming the employer-employee relationship toward co-ownership.
Build
We are transforming the employer-employee relationship to emphasize co-ownership and community generational wealth over individual profits and worker exploitation.
With young people, businesses, and communities working cooperatively, we can thrive together — ensuring workers receive living wages and opportunities for leadership, growth and ownership, and that employers generate wealth for themselves and for the community.
- 70%
- of the first cohort secured part- or full-time work after a 6-month apprenticeship
- $30,000
- in seed investments to three Black-owned businesses
- 3
- neighborhoods: East New York, Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy
Watch the program
Building community generational wealth.
Hear from the apprentices, business partners and Village leaders who make the Village Apprenticeship Program work.
Two tracks, one village
Apprentices and businesses learn side by side.
Business partners
4-week program- Critical look at economic systems
- Successful business leadership
- Responsibility to community
Prepares businesses to mentor and build models that put people before profit.
Apply to become a VAP business partner (opens in a new tab)