Historic task and historic opportunity!
“We need to bring more women into the trades and good paying fields” - @SecMartyWalsh Equity in Focus Summit @WB_DOL@USDOL
Deputy Secretary @JulieSuCA of the USDOL announced today at the Equity in Focus Summit the $110 Million Federal Grant for Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in NYC where 15% of the jobs will go to women - NEW graduates! @NYCMayorsOffice#StrongWomenBuildingtheFuture
Researchers showed how Andrew Wakefield's 1998 MMR autism study led to a DOUBLING of complaints about vaccine side effects. This is the roots of the same hesitancy that has prolonged the pandemic here in the US and helped delta become dominant
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I just emailed my Senators to support @SenGillibrand 's Infrastructure bill amendment, which would ensure women & people of color have equal access to the millions of construction jobs that will be created. Join me! @equalrightsadv: https://t.co/Xi05dPCLap @NEWStrongWomen
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of a sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
- Martin Luther King Jr, 1967
.@NYCMayor@NYCCouncil & @NYCSpeakerCoJo: Workforce development & jobs must be prioritized through significant investments during these final FY22 budget negotiations
We must invest in jobs & training programs to help NYorkers get back to work & have equitable #RecoveryForAllNYC
.@franciscomoyaNY Thanks to your support, NEW CD21 grads have the support they need to succeed in construction & building trades “NEW afforded me the opportunity to not only be placed in a job but I was trained & equipped to enter into a career that I didn’t even know was for me”
Lots of upset folks are confused about this today. I’m proudly CEO of @RobinHoodNYC, one of the largest antipoverty nonprofits in the U.S.
We are completely unaffiliated with the @RobinhoodApp.
Thanks to @NYCBldgTrades & @NYCMayor, today we celebrate a historic achievement to advance opportunities in the building and construction trades for women, particularly Black and Brown women, in life-changing union construction careers. #NEWStrongWomen
From all of us at NEW and all of the #tradeswomen who are a part of our community, we wish you a very happy holiday season and a constructive New Year! #NEWStrongWomen 💪🏾💪🏼💪🏿