►
A
All
right,
so
we
will
move
to
begin
our
program,
greetings
and
good
evening
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
for
our
women
in
labor
program.
Today
I
am
council
member,
katherine
gilmore
richardson,
and
this
is
our
women's
history
month
celebration
honoring
women
in
labor:
let's
give
them
all
a
round
of
applause,
our
virtual
round
of
applause,
excellent.
A
So
since
my
time
as
a
member
of
philadelphia
city
council,
it
has
truly
been
important
to
me
to
highlight
the
trades
as
a
part
of
an
overall
workforce
development
strategy
to
help
young
people
realize
a
career
in
the
trades
is
an
honorable
profession
that
provides
family,
supporting
and
sustaining
wages,
along
with
better
economic
opportunities
for
those
who
chose
who
choose
to
have
a
career
in
the
trades
and
so
annually.
My
office
releases
an
apprenticeship
guidebook
and
we
host
labor
friday
programs
and
I've
partnered
with
someone
who
has
really
led
on
this
work.
A
One
at
a
time,
and
it
has
really
been
a
focus
to
you-
know,
help
young
people
and
those
who
want
to
reskill
and
upskill
realize
that
they
can
have
a
career
pathway
in
the
trades.
And
so
last
week.
The
resolution
that
I
introduced
in
philadelphia
city
council
declaring
march
6
through
the
13th
of
2022
as
women
in
construction
week
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
honoring
women
in
non-traditional
trades,
was
unanimously
passed
and
supported
by
all
of
my
colleagues
in
philadelphia
city
council.
A
Karen
is
an
electrician
with
almost
30
years
experience
in
the
construction
industry.
She
is
passionate
about
raising
awareness
and
mentoring,
women
about
the
construction
industry.
Karen
went
through
the
electrical
apprenticeship
at
local
union
98
finishing
in
september
1998
and
after
finishing
her
apprenticeship.
She
went
on
to
obtain
her
philadelphia
and
new
jersey
electrical
contractor's
license
in
2005.
A
She
was
the
first.
Let
me
say
that
again
the
first
a
female
98
electrician
to
open
an
electrical
construction
company
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
She
is
currently
a
board
member
of
the
pennsylvania,
unified
construction
council
review
and
advisory
council,
and
this
board
works
to
adopt
and
regulate
building
codes
for
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania.
B
Councilwoman
richardson,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
I'm
honored
to
be
here,
and
I
want
to
say
congratulations
to
all
the
women
that
are
being
honored
tonight.
It's
really
nice
to
see
more
women
entering
the
trades.
When
I
got
in
in
1990,
there
were
really
only
a
handful
of
us
and
I
even
think,
as
of
today
they're,
I
think
from
what
I've
seen
there's
only
one
percent
of
women
in
the
trade
forces
in
the
city,
which
is
really
sad
and
it's
a
low
number.
B
But
as
councilman
richardson
has
told
everyone
you
know
I
went
through
the
apprenticeship.
I
love
it.
I
couldn't
imagine
being
in
another
job
and
I
feel
very
fortunate
and
blessed
that
you
know
the
opportunity
was
shown
to
me
kind
of
on
accident.
You
know
I
graduated
high
school
and
I
didn't
want
to
go
back
to
school.
College
was
not
in
the
cards
for
me
and
I
ended
up
actually
going
to
hairdressing
school
and
I
hated
it
and
my
uncle
who's.
B
An
electrician
came
over
one
day
and
he
had
his
vacation
check
with
him
and
it
was
for
like
two
thousand
dollars
and
at
the
time
in
1993.
That
was
a
lot
of
money,
so
I
said
to
him:
where
do
I
sign
up,
and
he
said:
oh,
yes,
17
19
spring
garden
and
it
was
kind
of
almost
like
a
joke
like
yeah,
okay,
you
might
go
down
and
sign
up,
and
so
I
thought
well,
why
can't
I
go
down
and
sign
up,
you
know
that's.
I
was
raised
that
I
could
do
anything.
B
B
A
Let's
give
karen
a
round
of
applause.
Thank
you
so
much
karen
and
thank
you
for
your
work
with
wink
and
for
all.
You
do
to
really
help
uplift
and
support
women
in
the
trades.
We
truly
appreciate
you
being
here
and
providing
our
opening
remarks
this
evening.
I
now
want
to
recognize,
and
I'm
so
honored
to
have
our
met
a
majority
leader
of
philadelphia
city
council
with
us,
sharrell
l
parker.
Thank
you,
madam
majority
leader,
for
joining
us.
I
wanted
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
say
hello.
C
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
in
this
space,
along
with
workforce
development,
you
know
I'm
a
good
soldier,
so
we're
going
to
follow
you
when
you're
doing
all
of
this
good
work
and
the
young
lady
who
gave
the
opening
remarks
you
couldn't
have
chosen
a
better
person,
because
when
she
started
talking
about
that
student
loan
debt,
I'm
telling
you
if
I
had
known
I
was
going
to
have
to
pay
lincoln
and
pin
all
of
the
money
I
had
to
pay
them.
I
might
be
an
electrician
or
a
carpenter
or
something
else
right
now.
C
So,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me.
I
apologize
for
not
being
able
to
stay
councilwoman
you.
You
know.
I
have
an
event
that
I'm
prepping
for
that's
coming
up
in
about
a
half
an
hour,
but
I
I
couldn't
let
this
go
by
without
saying
thank
you
to
you
special
hello
to
aaron,
morita
and
mark,
and
so
many
others
who
are
on.
Thank
you
for
having
me.
Yes,.
A
Well,
thank
you
so
much
madam
majority
leader,
and
I
must
tell
you
all
that
our
majority
leader
is
chair
of
city
council's
committee
on
labor,
so
she
oversees
all
of
these
issues
in
philadelphia
city
council
and
has
been
a
leader
not
just
in
council,
but
during
her
time
in
the
state
house,
when
she
served
as
a
state
representative
and
also
chair
of
the
philadelphia
delegation.
So
she
has
been
laboring
with
us
for
a
very
long
time
met
a
majority
leader.
A
So
thank
you
very
much,
madam
majority,
leader,
sharrelle
l
parker,
and
then
I
wanted
to
recognize
my
colleague
and
my
partner
in
this
area
representative
joe
hohenstein
for
brief
remarks,
and
then
we
will
hear
from
our
friends
at
ibew
local
98
mark
lynch
is
here
marieta's
here,
and
I
just
want
to
recognize
you
also
for
remarks
before
5
30..
Thank
you.
D
A
Now,
thank
you
so
much
representative
hohenstein
and
I
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
at
our
next
tour
down
at
frankfort
high
school,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
representative
hohenstein
is
one
of
those
partners
where,
if
he
finds
information,
he'll
email,
the
information
over
to
me.
So
I
have
report
that
I
have
to
read
this
weekend
from
the
workforce
board.
So
thank
you
so
very
very
much
now
I'd
love
to
recognize
mark
lynch,
marita
crawford
from
ibew
local
98.
Are
you
with
us.
E
Councilwoman,
I'm
I'm
on
right
now,
I'm
not
sure
I
know
that
mark
may
be
driving,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
he
can
hop
on.
I
wanted
to
say
a
few
words
we're
we're
also
proud
at
local
98
of
our
apprentices,
ashley
and
katora,
and
in
celebration
of
women's
history
month.
I'd
love
to
announce
that
local
98
has
started
its
first
women's
group
and
because
of
ashley
and
her
concerns
about
women
having
a
space
to
address
their
issues.
This
group
was
started
and
ashley
is
the
chair.
E
A
Thank
you
thank
you,
marita,
and
that
is
an
awesome
announcement,
so
kudos
and
congratulations
to
the
team
at
ibw,
local
98,
congratulations,
ashley,
you're,
being
honored
tonight
and
you're
the
chair
of
this
new
committee.
I'm
super
excited
for
you
and
what
the
future
holds.
So
this
is
just
wonderful
and
wonderful
to
hear.
Next,
we
will
hear
from
molly
elkman
molly
is
the
owner
of
group
two,
which
is
a
philadelphia-based
marketing
partner
for
home
building
companies
around
the
country
by
focusing
specifically
on
housing.
A
She
understands
the
industry
and
the
need
for
awareness
around
the
opportunities
for
successful
careers
in
construction.
She
is
especially
passionate
about
sharing
these
careers
with
the
most
underrepresented
community.
Women
molly
is
the
author
of
the
award-winning
best-selling
children's
book,
of
which
I
just
ordered
a
copy.
The
house
that
she
built,
which
is
inspired
by
a
true
story,
the
house
that
she
built
educates
young
readers
about
the
people
and
skills
that
go
into
building
a
home
one
by
one.
A
We
learn
about
the
framer,
the
roofer,
the
plumber,
the
excavator
and
many
more
as
they
contribute
their
individual
skills
needed
to
complete
the
collective
project,
which
is
a
new
home
with
illustrations
that
connect
and
empower
in
words
that
build
upon
each
other.
With
each
page.
This
book
will
leave
all
children,
parents
and
teachers
interested
in
steam,
science,
technology
engineering,
arts
and
math
and
construction
careers.
A
Last
week
I
introduced
the
resolution
celebrating
molly
and
the
house
that
she
built
on
the
occasion
of
women's
history
month
and
I'm
so
proud
to
announce
that
that
resolution
passed
philadelphia,
city
council
today,
unanimously
supported
by
all
members
of
philadelphia
city
council.
I
present
to
all
of
you,
molly
elkman
molly,.
F
F
You
know
amazing
women
doing
these
things
in
philadelphia
is
so
inspiring
and
empowering
karen
mentioned
earlier
that
in
the
city
only
one
percent
of
the
trades
are
women,
and
that's
actually
a
national
statistic.
So
this
project
that
inspired
this
book
in
order
to
complete
this
build
women
had
to
fly
in
from
all
over
the
country.
F
So
you
know
this
movement
is
coming
out
of
philadelphia
and
it
was
just
announced
that
we
are
launching
a
national
girl
scout
patch
and
charm
program
based
on
the
book.
So
girl
scouts
now
will
have
an
opportunity
to
learn
from
real
women
about
the
trades
and
what
they
do,
and
this
is
really
just
the
beginning
of
this
really
really
exciting
movement
and
I'm
so
proud
to
be
from
philadelphia
and
I'm
so
proud
that
you
know
this
is
all
the
things
that
are
going
on
here
and
council
member.
F
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
molly
and
thank
you
for
writing.
Such
an
awesome
book,
the
house
that
she
built
and
as
soon
as
molly,
told
me
about
her
book.
While
we
were
in
the
meeting,
I
went
online
to
order
a
copy
of
the
book,
and
I've
already
read
the
book
to
my
daughter,
catherine,
and
thank
you
to
taylor
on
my
team
who
just
linked
a
copy
of
the
book
in
the
chat.
It
is
a
phenomenal
phenomenal
book.
It's
truly
phenomenal,
so
please
check
it
out
molly.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
A
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
girl
scouts,
and
so
I'm
so
excited
to
hear
that,
because
today
I
introduced
a
resolution
in
council
honoring
the
girl
scouts.
My
daughter
is
also
a
daisy
and
one
of
the
local
troops
here.
So
we
are
really
interconnected
with
the
girl
scout.
She
recently
sold
over
500
boxes
of
cookies.
So
it's
all
you
know
coming
together.
So
thank
you
so
much
molly
for
your
work
and
patricia
for
being
here.
A
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
recognize
a
few
people
before
we
recognize
our
wonderful
amazing,
extraordinary
deserving
honorees
for
this
evening,
sue
hoffman
from
wink.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
corrine
from
philly
clue.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
tia
right
out
from
the
fast
foundation
in
the
school
district
of
philadelphia.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
and
I'm
going
to
be
recognizing
a
lot
of
you
in
between
the
breaks.
I
see
a
few
of
our
apprenticeship
coordinators
here
with
us.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
our
apprenticeship
coordinators.
We
could
not
do
this
without
you.
I
have
to
recognize
also
pastor,
terry
lynn,
donald.
I
see
you
there
pastor
terry
lynn,
from
church
of
christian
compassion.
They
are
doing
wonderful
work
in
the
community.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
A
Each
apprentice
has
received
a
citation
from
philadelphia
city
council
which
was
signed
by
our
council
president
daryl
l
clark
and
me
is
the
sponsor
and
supported
by
members
of
philadelphia
city
council
recognizing
their
hard
work
and
all
of
their
achievements,
and
so
for
the
first
honoree
that
we
will
recognize
this
evening.
I'm
proud
to
introduce
someone
that
I've
already
recognized
in
city
council
to
introduce
our
next
apprentice
but
aaron
hoffman
from
the
commercial
she's,
a
commercial
paint
instructor
for
the
finishing
trades
institute
of
the
mid-atlantic
region.
G
Thank
you,
councilwoman.
Thank
you
for
having
me
it's
with
great
pleasure
to
introduce
our
next
apprentice.
Jennifer
young.
She
is
a
third
year
commercial
paint
apprentice
with
the
iupac
district
council,
21
local
2011..
She
is
a
mother
of
two
and
she
resides
in
northeast
philadelphia.
She
has
been
painting
in
the
philadelphia
union
building
trades
for
three
years
and
she
will
be
going
into
her
final
year
of
her
apprenticeship
program.
Jennifer
has
her
osha
10..
She
has
her
scaffold,
ued
fall
protection
and
rrp
certifications
to
set
her
apart
in
the
industry.
G
She
has
worked
for
frampkin
brothers,
incorporated
on
the
university
of
penn
hospital
that
was
built
across
from
chop,
and
she
is
currently
working
for
schnell
painting
on
a
large
50-story
luxury
condominium
condominium,
building
called
delauro
in
rittenhouse
square
in
her
spare
time
from
work.
She
is
a
and
her
mom
judy
she
likes
to
go
to
the
gym,
travel
and
loves
to
go
out
to
eat
and
try
different
restaurants
and
foods,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
jen
has
been
a
pleasure
to
be
in
my
class.
She
gets
it
done.
A
H
H
You
know
offered
the
opportunity
for
me
to
get
into
the
painting
apprenticeship
so,
and
he
told
me
the
benefits
of
it.
I'm
not
gonna
say
that
every
day
is
easy,
but
can
I
say
that
it's
worth
it?
It
is
I'm
about
to
finish
my
third
year
in
my
apprenticeship
going
into
my
fourth
and
final
year
as
of
now
I
feel
like
I've
accomplished
so
much
and
learned
so
much
as
far
as
skills,
basically
anything
on
the
jobs
that
I've
been
on,
that
the
men
do.
H
I
can
do
I'm
not
limited,
I
feel
like
women
may
be
discouraged
because
it
is
the
building.
Trades
is
more
male
dominated.
So
I
feel
like
that's
where
some
women
are
hesitant
in
getting
into
the
trades.
But
honestly,
if
you
are
dedicated
and
reliable
and
just
show
up
every
day
willing
to
be
better
than
your
last
day,
you
can
make
it
and
I'm
excited
for
the
opportunities
that
I
know
lay
ahead.
H
H
A
A
We
know
it
means
the
world
coming
from
you
and
when
I
I
think
about
aaron,
and
I
think
about
you,
jennifer
and
so
many
of
us,
I
think
of
my
slogan-
moms
get
the
job
done,
because
we
are
truly
getting
the
job
done
and
doing
the
work.
As
we
know,
we
can
and
like
jennifer
says
sometimes
better.
So
thank
you
so
very
very
much
for
being
here
with
us.
A
We
are
now
going
to
move
on,
but
I
wanted
to
recognize
in
between
kristin
who's,
the
vp
of
operations
and
finance
for
gbca.
Thank
you
for
being
here
with
us.
Also
wendy
green
harvey
from
scepter
was
here
with
us.
Thank
you
so
much
wendy
for
being
here
and
so
now
I
will
introduce
couture
mcrae
kat
mcrae
is
a
34
year
old
black
woman,
with
a
spunky
and
unique
spirit.
A
Couture
was
born
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
grew
up
within
the
united
states
virgin
islands
on
the
island
of
saint
croix.
During
her
senior
year
at
temple
university,
she
decided
to
stop
the
pursuit
of
her
career
in
academia
and
decided
to
join
the
ibew
local
union
98
apprenticeship
program
to
have
more
of
a
say
and
control
over
her
future.
As
a
fifth
period,
apprentice
couture
hopes
to
inspire
young
women
to
want
to
pursue
a
career
field
outside
of
the
norm
where
women
can
have
more
control
on
the
outcome
of
their
career.
I
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
having
me
it's,
it's
a
honor
to
be
our
privilege
to
be
honored
tonight.
I
just
want
to
say,
like
making
a
career
choice
to
local
98
was
a
no-brainer
I
was
actually
introduced.
While
I
was
actually
studying
for
one
of
my
tests
and
I'm
like
the
second
generation
electrician
and
my
cousin,
he
came
over
and
he
had
on
these
nice
shoes.
I
I
They
teach
you
everything
that
they
know
and
they
want
to
show
you
more
and
it's
really
like
a
family,
and
I
really
think
some
of
the
issues
that
women
don't
know
is
that
they
don't
know
because,
like
when
they
see
me
and
like
in
my
neighborhood
they'll,
see
me
with
my
local
98
gear
and
I'm
like.
What's
that,
and
I
tell
them
and
I'm
like.
Oh,
I
didn't
know
about
that,
and
I
wish
they
would
have
known
and
I'll
have
people
in
my
community
contacting
me
like.
I
A
Well,
kudos
and
congratulations
to
you
couture
kat
mcrae,
I
told
kator
at
the
beginning
of
the
program.
We
have
the
same
nickname
so
I'm
just
so
proud
of
you
super
proud
of
the
work
that
you
are
doing,
how
you
represent
and
inform
everyone
you
can
as
many
people
as
you
can
about
your
apprenticeship
program
and
the
good
work
of
ibw
local
union
98.
So
kudos
and
congratulations
to
you,
katora
and
I
see
a
lot
of
congrats
to
you
in
the
chat
from
your
local
98
family.
A
A
Besides,
her
work
as
an
electrician
ash
aspires
to
make
the
trades
more
equitable
and
accessible
via
her
work
with
the
wink
project,
women
in
non-traditional
careers
and
the
west
philly
tool
library
most
recently-
and
we
just
heard
about
this
earlier-
ash
founded
a
women's
committee
at
local
union
98
and
she
is
beyond
grateful
to
her
union
for
all
of
their
support
ash.
The
floor
is
yours.
J
J
J
I
didn't
know
that
I
would
be
able
to
pay
off
my
student
loans
in
three
years
or
that
I
would
be
able
to
buy
a
house
in
two
years
or
that
I
would
be
like,
given
this
great
confidence
to
sculpt
my
physical
world.
Around
me,
these
are
all
like
cool
secrets
that
you
things
that
you
get
when
you
join
the
trades
and
yeah.
I
think
that
everyone,
every
woman,
should
consider
it.
J
I
also
just
want
to
plug
an
event
we're
having
over
at
wink
on
march
26th
we're
going
to
have
a
meet
up
at
like
a
pool
like
a
billiard
room
and
all
trades
women
are
welcome.
You
don't
have
to
be
an
electrician,
but
if
you're
an
electrician
and
you're,
you
know
we
also
have
meetups
and
I'm
really
excited
about
our
new
women's
committee,
a
special
thank
you
to
marita
for
all
of
the
support
there
yeah.
Thank
you.
A
Oh
well
kudos
and
congratulations
to
you
ash.
We
are
so
proud
of
you
and
all
the
wonderful
work
you
are
doing
with
the
women's
committee
coming
to
fruition,
just
everything
you're
doing
kudos
and
congratulations
to
you.
I
mean
you
can
sign
up
for
the
wink
trades
women
meet
up.
We
have
the
link
in
the
chat
if
you're
interested
and
really
join
ash
and
all
the
women
in
a
non-traditional
careers
for
a
wonderful,
wonderful
program.
So,
thank
you
so
very
very
much.
A
Next
I
will
introduce
ty
lisa
williams,
ty,
lisa
c
williams
is
a
single
mother
of
four
three
boys
and
a
beautiful
nine-month-old
daughter.
You
go
ty
lisa
as
a
single
mom,
ty
lisa
has
had
to
juggle
many
responsibilities
while
she
has
had
to
work
long
hours.
Tylissa's
children
gain
an
example
of
what
you
can
accomplish
through
hard
work
through
diligence
and
determination.
A
A
These
skills
make
ty
lisa
perfect
for
the
laborers
apprenticeship
program,
ty
lisa.
You
have
no
idea
how
proud
I
am
of
you
to
be
a
part
of
this
program
as
a
single
mother
of
children.
I'm
a
working
mother-
and
I
know
it's
very
difficult,
but
also
because
of
my
grandfather
migrated
to
philadelphia
in
the
50s
from
south
carolina.
A
K
Hi
thanks
for
having
me,
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
given
this
opportunity
to
become
an
apprentice,
really
is
a
great
opportunity
for
any
woman,
I'm
in
the
local
332,
my
grandmother
was
was
local
332
for
over
30
years.
My
mother
was
with
local
332
for
over
20
years,
and
I
just
became
an
apprentice
and
and
the
union
as
of
october
22nd
of
last
year,
but
given
the
opportunity
to
be
an
apprentice,
I've
learned
so
much.
I've
took
a
lot
of
classes.
It
takes.
K
K
You
know
going
to
different
classes,
it's
a
lot
when
you
have
children,
but
it
definitely
pays
off.
It
does,
and
I'm
just
so
glad
that
I
was
given
the
opportunity
and
my
union
is
great
in
my
classes.
You
know
we
had
three
different
instructors
and
they
were
hands-on
with
us.
They
didn't
mind
going
the
extra
mile
and
you
know
really
helping
us
through
the
class
I
go
to
my
union
hall.
I
was
given
a
job.
I
worked
my
job.
My
first
job
with
the
union
was
for
seven
months.
K
I
worked
at
if
you
don't,
if
you're
familiar
with
the
oil
refinery,
that's
being
demolition
in
south
philly.
I
worked
here
for
seven
months
when
I
first
got
there.
I
was
like.
Oh,
I
don't
know.
If
I'm
going
to
be
able
to
do
it,
but
I
got
there
being
a
work
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning.
You
know
breaking
down
tanks,
draining
them
and
everything,
so
they
can
get
rid
of
it.
So
they
can
turn
it
into
something
else.
But
you
know
I
was
laid
off
there.
K
A
A
Shout
out
in
their
absence
ryan
boyer,
mr
sam
state
and
junior,
and
also
kim
washington
and
the
entire
family
over
at
labor's
local
332
and
labor's
district
council
ty
lisa.
We
are
so
proud
of
you.
We
can't
wait
to
see
what
you
continue
to
do
in
the
future,
so
kudos
and
congratulations
to
ty
lisa
and
lastly,
I
will
introduce
rachel.
Weary
rachel
is
a
third
year
apprentice
for
the
united
brotherhood
of
carpenters
and
joiners
of
america.
A
Rachel
is
currently
working
with
target
building
construction
at
children's
hospital
in
philadelphia,
which
she
says
has
been
an
amazing
learning
experience
thus
far.
Rachel
graduated
from
penn
state
university,
with
an
associates
of
arts
and
human
development
and
family
studies
prior
to
embarking
on
her
carpenter
apprentice
journey
outside
of
work.
Rachel
enjoys
traveling
volunteering
for
non-profits
and
working
out
currently
serving
as
a
member
of
the
apprentice
board,
with
local
164.
A
A
L
L
I
first
got
introduced
to
the
trades
a
few
years
out
of
college.
I
was
working
at
children's
hospital,
it's
crazy!
It's
like
a
full
circle.
I
was
working
at
children's
hospital,
doing
security
and
as
security
guards,
we
get
the
walk
through
construction
sites,
so
long
story
short
a
gentleman
there
by
the
name
of
dan.
I
asked
him
like
how
do
I
get
in?
How
can
I
do
what
you
do?
He
gave
me
the
blueprint
told
me
to
go.
Take
the
test
I
went.
I
took
the
test.
L
Full
circle
came
back
around.
I
passed
the
test.
I
got
sponsored
by
pdm,
I'm
currently
with
target,
and
ultimately
it's
been
one
of
the
best
decisions
I've
ever
made.
I
look
at
my
life
now
and
right
out
of
high
school.
You
know
my
family,
pushing
college
on
me
and
I
feel
like
at
that
time.
They
really
didn't
know
any
better
know
any
better.
They
feel
like
you
know.
L
You
know
I
feel,
like
I'm
not
sure
who
touched
on.
I
think
it
was
ash
touched
on
it
earlier,
and
girls
and
women
have
this
perception
of
what
the
trades
are.
But
I
feel
like
with
us
shedding
light
and
sharing
our
story.
We
kind
of
can
persuade
them
or
just
give
them
the
real
of
our
everyday.
It's
not
easy,
but
it's
worth
it
and
I'm
honored
to
be
working
for
target,
I'm
honored
to
be
a
member
of
local
164,
and
you
know
you
start
off
as
co-workers
and
eventually
you
become
family.
L
A
A
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
everyone
at
the
carpenters
that
we
work
with
so
very
closely
and
mongoose
sanchez
leila
bibby,
who
we
love
and
also
all
of
you
who
have
joined
us
rachel.
Congratulations!
So,
let's
give
a
big
round
of
applause
to
all
of
our
honorees.
You
can
come
off
mute
and
give
them
a
big
round
of
applause
because
they
deserve
it.
A
A
F
Hello,
everybody.
Thank
you
so
much
council
member
gilmore
richardson.
This
is
such
a
wonderful
celebration
with
a
lot
of
trades.
Women
and
allies,
who
I've
known
and
worked
with
wink
is
the
place
to
go
for
career
exploration,
resources
for
women
who
are
interested
in
the
trades,
not
just
in
the
building
trades,
but
also
in
in
septa
and
transit
and
in
utilities
and
in
manufacturing.
So
we
really
want
to
get
women
access
to
these
high
paying
careers
that
are
really
satisfying
contact
us
at
wink
project
go
online
winkproject.org
and
be
in
touch.
A
A
Thank
you.
So
much
he's
our
point
of
contact.
Thank
you,
dornow.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
on
this
program
into
taylor.
Eliza
nayar,
all
of
you
who
worked
on
this
program.
Thank
you
so
very
much
james
who
delivers
the
apprenticeship,
guidebooks
beth
and
miss
venita,
who
take
the
calls.
There
is
no,
I
in
team,
and
I
truly
appreciate
each
and
every
one
of
you
have
a
wonderful
evening.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
until
next
time.