Harold Washington College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Bank of America announced a new $1 million jobs initiative partnership to help students of color successfully complete the education and training necessary to enter the workforce and embark on a path to success in Chicago. This year, the bank provided more than $1 million in grants to nonprofits that are connecting individuals to skills and employment in Chicago. The jobs initiative is part of the bank’s recent $1 billion, four-year commitment to advance racial equality and economic opportunity, and its $25 million commitment to enhance up-skilling and reskilling for Black/African American and Hispanic-Latino individuals.  Harold Washington College is the first educational institution in Illinois to receive support from the bank’s $1 billion commitment. Located in the heart of Chicago’s business district, Harold Washington College is the community college system’s Center of Excellence in business and provides pathways for students to transfer to four-year universities or launch and advance their careers.  A federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority Serving Institution (MSI), more than 70 percent of the college’s 11,000 students identify as Latinx or Black.