Our Mission
The mission of Philadelphia OIC is to assist the unemployed, underemployed, homeless, and disadvantaged youth and adults to achieve self-sufficiency and empowerment, primarily through education, training, job placement, supportive human services, and economic development.
Leadership & Staff
Our History
Philadelphia OIC was founded in 1964 by the Reverend Leon H. Sullivan. Under the philosophical banner of “Helping People Help Themselves”, OIC has been moving people from welfare to work, from tax dependent to tax payer and from homelessness to homeownership for over 50 years.
'Don't Buy Where You Can't Work' Leon Sullivan's Fight Against Job Discrimination
Watch Giuliana Alleva's documentary on Reverend Dr. Leon H. Sullivan and Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
OIC Through the Years