Swan Vocational Enterprises

Swan Graphics is a non-profit enterprise that is changing the lives of youth on the Yakama Reservation and, in turn, making an impact on future generations. Due to a lack of economic opportunity for high school students and graduates on the Yakama Reservation, Swan Graphics began as a non-profit economic development enterprise, training youth in life, job and vocational skills. In addition to providing business and vocational experience, Swan Graphics focuses on building positive character traits. Recent economic research shows that character skills predict a wide range of life outcomes. Programs that show the most promise in alleviating these challenges have integrated work skills with character and ethics components.