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Education. At the bare minimum, a college education. You look at the jobs coming into Boston, all of them require education. —Segun Idowu, Community Organizer, Hyde Park
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You need knowledge, training and tenacity. You have to have a goal and stick with it. —Louis Elisa, Political Consultant, Roxbury
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I think you have to be driven as an individual. You have to have a degree, but you also have to have something that people want. —Jordan Taylor, Dancer, Orlando
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You have to be educated and have needed skills. —Herb Jackson, Jr., Chef, Brockton
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Perseverance, ingenuity and collective work to change a rigged system. —Chuck Turner, Organizer, Roxbury
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Hustle. You gotta work more than one job. —Allen Furey, Residential Services Coordinator, Randolph