Women Build Nations Conference in Chicago April 30-May 1, 2016

The 2016 WOMEN BUILD NATIONS conference will mark a momentous occasion for tradeswomen worldwide when the conference convenes outside of California for the first time in its 15-year history. The annual conference brings together hundreds of tradeswomen from multiple construction crafts to build leadership skills, learn strategies for overcoming challenges and unite around common issues.

Chicago Women in Trades is serving as the local host committee of the 2016 Women Build Nations Conference and partnering with the North American Building Trades Unions, along with other national, regional and local tradeswomen advocates and other allies.

Additional information regarding registration for the 2016 Women Build Nations conference will be announced in December of 2015.

In the meantime:

Download a Save the Date flyer for 2016 and share it with your sisters

and

visit: http://www.sbctc.org/ for newsletters, pictures and videos of previous years conferences.

For other conference information, contact kkupcak@cwit2.org

Hope to see you in Chicago this spring!

Chicago Women in Trades online manual for bringing more women into the trades (2004)

Chicago Women in Trades created this online manual for bringing more women into construction. Their website states:

"The goal of this on-line manual is promote replication of strategies that increase the number of women joining the construction workforce. The site, therefore, contains comprehensive information and material from which organizations can build an entire training program, augment an existing program or simply improve their ability to promote construction careers to women. Under each section, organizations can find overviews of the activities as well as downloadable tools that include implementation guides for staff, lesson plans for instructors, hand-outs for participants and administrative tools such as job descriptions and evaluation forms. 

The highlights of this guide include a customizable “Jill of All Trades”flyer, “You Can Do It, A Woman’s Guide to Building a Construction Career”, a career education video which you can download or view on site, a student aptitude assessment, and a comprehensive training curriculum, all developed with support from the U.S. Department of Labors’ High Growth Job Training Program."

Visit http://www.chicagowomenintrades.org/top/top_home.html to view the manual or learn more.