She Built This City

SHE BUILT THIS CITY'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE INDUSTRY DISRUPTIVE PROGRAMMING THAT SPARKS INTEREST AND BUILDS PATHWAYS TO LUCRATIVE CAREERS IN THE SKILLED TRADES FOR YOUTH, WOMEN AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

IMPACT NUMBERS - 35 YOUTH SUMMER CAMP BUILDS, 243 HOURS OF CHILD SUPERVISION PROVIDED, OVER 500 VOLUNTEER HOURS SERVED, OVER 200 YOUTH SERVED, OVER 400 DINNERS PROVIDED TO PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PARTICIPANTS, OVER 2,000 PEOPLE ENGAGED -SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED 15 WOMEN FROM 2 PRE-APPRENTICESHIP COHORTS; LAUNCHED ELECTRICIAN PATHWAY AS A NEW TRADE SKILL PATH; CONNECTING WITH NEW EMPLOYERS -100% SECURED INTERVIEWS WITH A SKILLED TRADES COMPANY POST-GRADUATION -ELECTRICIAN COHORT: 3 OUT 5 GRADUATES ARE WORKING IN FULL-TIME SKILLS TRADES JOBS (60%) -100% REPORTED NOW HAVING A KNOWLEDGE OF/ABILITY TO WORK WITH HAND TOOLS -100% REPORTED NOW HAVING A KNOWLEDGE OF/ABILITY TO WORK WITH POWER TOOLS -85.7 % REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF/ABILITY TO DESCRIBE TAPE MEASUREMENTS -71.4% NOW FEEL CONFIDENT IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE CAUSES OF PLUMBING RELATED PROBLEMS AND WORKING WITH TOOLS TO REPAIR THE PLUMBING ISSUE. -85.7% REPORTED CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO DESCRIBE FITTINGS USED TO PROVIDE PLUMBING SERVICES, AND USING PLUMBING TERMINOLOGY. -100% REPORTED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPONENTS OF SELF AWARENESS -100% WERE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY IDENTIFY CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES -37.5 % INCREASE IN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WITH 100% REPORTING CONFIDENCE -100% REPORTED FULL CONFIDENCE IN THEIR AWARENESS OF HOW PHYSICAL CONDITIONING IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH -100% OF GRADUATED PARTICIPANTS OBTAINED THEIR OSHA 10 CERTIFICATION -100% OF GRADUATED PARTICIPANTS OBTAINED THEIR FIRST AID & CPR CERTIFICATION -PARTICIPANTS WERE TRAINED ON HOW TO SAFELY USE/HANDLE COMMONLY USED HAND TOOLS AND POWER TOOLS -SBTC PROGRAMMING PROVIDES SOCIAL CAPITAL TO PARTICIPANTS (YOUTH AND ADULT) AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY SPARKING INTERESTED IN THE SKILLED TRADES AND BUILDING PATHWAYS TO ENTER INTO THE CAREER FIELD -SBTC WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE PARTNERS EDUCATION AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE INCLUDING WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR -SBTC WAS REGULARLY SOUGHT OUT AS AN INDUSTRY EXPERT SPEAKING ON PANELS AND PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS ABOUT EQUITY IN THE TRADES AS IT PERTAINS TO WOMEN; FEMALE LEADERS IN CONSTRUCTION AT APPALACHIAN STATE, DAY 5 OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING WEEK PANEL, AND MORE. -LAUNCHED THE WOMEN @ WORK APPRENTICESHIP, HIRED AND RETAINED ONE APPRENTICE -BECAME A NC STATE CERTIFIED PRE-APPRENTICESHIP IN PLUMBING AND A NC STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP IN FACILITIES MAINTENANCE -HOSTED OVER 500 VOLUNTEERS HOURS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS -PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING WEEK FALL EDUCATION SERIES; 3 VIRTUAL EDUCATION WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON CELEBRATION EVENT -CREATION OF ?SHE BUILT IT? VIRTUAL REALITY GAME; A HANDY-WOMAN BUSINESS GAME THAT TEACHES HARD SKILLS ON DIFFERENT REPAIR PROJECTS -COMMUNITY BUILD PROJECTS: BERRYHILL SCHOOL PICNIC TABLES (8TH GRADE STUDENTS), CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS BENCH BUILD (20 PARTICIPANTS, BENCHES DONATED TO URBAN PROMISE CHARLOTTE), LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY FREE LITTLE LIBRARY BUILD (7TH GRADE STUDENTS), CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FREE LITTLE LIBRARY BUILD (AGES 9-12), PAULINA?S TEA BAR STAGE BUILD (VOLUNTEERS AND APPRENTICESHIP APPLICANTS), ADA JENKINS YOUTH BUILD (AGES 8-12), GIRLS FOR A CHANGE YOUTH BUILD (AGES 9-16), CHARLOTTE BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL COOKIES WITH SANTA YOUTH BUILD (AGES 3-9), YMCA LEVEL UP TEEN NIGHT 3D PRINTING (5 WORKSHOPS), VIRGINIA TECH VISIT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (20 HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, CIRCLE DE LUZ & GIRLS FOR A CHANGE), CHARLOTTE HOME SHOW YOUTH BUILD (ALL AGES) -INCREASE IN STAFF/TEAM; NOW HAVE 5 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (6 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS INCLUDING APPRENTICE) -ABILITY TO PAY FULL MATERNITY LEAVE FOR 2 STAFF MEMBERS (SIMULTANEOUSLY) -TWO SUCCESSFUL SUMMER INTERNS, ONE OF WHOM WAS HIRED PART-TIME POST SUMMER AND THE OTHER WHO IS RETURNING AS AN INTERN IN SUMMER 2023 -HIRED AN APPRENTICE INSTRUCTOR VIA TRADE UP (A LOCAL TRADES TRAINING NON-PROFIT) -INCREASED WEEKLY STIPEND AMOUNT FOR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PARTICIPANTS TO $120 PER WEEK TO KEEP ALIGNED WITH COST OF LIVING/INFLATION -INCREASED ALUMNI (GRADUATES OF FORMER PRE-APPRENTICESHIP COHORTS) PARTICIPATION INCLUDING HELPING WITH RECRUITING FOR NEW COHORTS, ATTENDING GRADUATION AND SUPPORTING CURRENT PARTICIPANTS -4 SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP FUNDRAISERS, TOOLS & TEA; 50 PARTICIPANTS