US Labor Department's Women's Bureau hosts ‘HerSTORY' conference at Northeastern University in Boston on Friday, Feb. 11

Please join U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau

National Director Sara Manzano-Diaz

on

Friday, February 11, 2011 • 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Imparting a Legacy of Change

Women Working Together: Writing the Next Chapter of herSTORY

An Intergenerational Dialogue

Northeastern University - Curry Student Center

360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

Join us for a morning of networking and inspiration! Come together to learn

and be inspired by women who have overcome barriers and young women

who are achieving educational and career success their mothers could never

have dreamed.

To register for this free conference, please complete the attached

form and e-mail to Jacqueline Cooke

cooke.jacqueline@dol.gov

or fax: 617-565-1986

If you need any special services, accommodations, or have

questions, please call 617-565-1988.

Here is a link to the flyer, including the short registration form for this free conference.

Color Magazine provides even more info about the event.

"The conference is being held to honor and celebrate the legacy of these accomplished women, and to encourage more intergenerational dialogue and mentorship"

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2011 Maine Tradeswomen's Conference: CAREER OPTIONS FAIR

CAREER OPTIONS FAIR

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Friday, March 25, 2011

1 PM TO 5 PM

SENATOR INN, AUGUSTA, Maine

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This conference looks relevant to tradeswomen interests. If you'd like to spread the flyer around, here is a virtual link.

PREVIOUSLY FEATURED:

Maine Turnpike Authority

Employment Times

Myjobwave.com

Department of Transportation

CPM Constructors

Reed & Reed

Pike Industries

Lane Construction

Wardwell Contracting

Maine School of Masonry

Downeast Energy

NAWIC ~ and more!

For more information and to

register for the conference,

check out the website at

www.womenunlimited.org

(800) 281-5259

Media Sponsors are:

Employment Times, MyJobWwave.com

Sponsored in Part By:

Maine Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Pike Industries,

MaineHousing

Have you seen this movie?

Hammering it Out: Women in the Construction Zone (2000)

Director Vivian Price

You can find it online at a page named movieflix.com. It is about the Century Freeway Pre-apprentice Program and contains a lot of good information, shots of the kind of training, and information on the numbers.
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Links for more info:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/labor_studies_journal/v029/29.4laporte.html
http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/documentary/labor/hammering.php

A great PDF, including additional resources
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Prefer to read? Here you go!