May 23 Program

The Golden Triangle Empowerment Center (GTEC) is designed to help people who haven't been afforded the opportunity to get the necessary work skills to become successful workers in the industrial boom stirring  the Golden Triangle region.

A program developed by Melvin White, a Beaumont native, The Golden Triangle Empowerment Center is designed to help people who are disengaged get the necessary work skills to become successful workers in the industrial boom taking place in  Port Arthur.

The organization has already built a solid foundation in Austin where his first job training program has an 80 percent success rate.

Several years ago, State Rep. Joe Deshotel saw the positive things that were taking shape in Austin because of White's program and he asked White to bring the program to Southeast Texas. On the brink of an economic and industrial boom, the timing for the program implementation could not have been better than now.

White partnered with Motiva, Contex and other community outreach programs to organize the creation of GTEC — a process that has taken nearly 14 months. The inaugural class started October 15, 2007.

A Community - Based Service

Since fear is a major obstacle to hope, our team of trainers must help participants overcome those fears which hinder development. For example, there can be  no hope of achieving a goal if the fear of failure is so strong that one avoids setting  goals in order to avoid failing. After all, if you don't try something, you can't fail at it . (from www.gtec-triangle.org.