New Executive Director

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We are very pleased to announce that Anne Rascón has been appointed Executive Director, effective November 15. Anne brings more than ten years of experience in the trades to her new position, including six years at NEW, most recently as Deputy Director. While at NEW, she has given workshops and presentations to state and national trades conferences on achieving workforce diversity, and has provided technical assistance to local and national trade unions on the recruitment of women and minorities into the skilled trades. She recently worked as a consultant for a national diversity initiative through the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employment and Labor Services. During the past few years, Anne has revised the curriculum for NEW's programs and developed a recruitment strategy that significantly increased the retention rate of the graduates we place into the skilled trades. Prior to joining NEW, she worked as a laborer in a gold mine in California and as a tungsten zone refiner in Oregon. She earned a B.A. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and did postgraduate work at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. "My vision for NEW," Anne remarks, "reflects my close association with unions and employers, and my experience working in nontraditional jobs and training women for them. I am confident that the increase in new construction projects in the New York City area will also result in a significant expansion of career opportunities for women interested in careers in the skilled trades."

Do you know someone interested in Nontraditional Employment for Women? Candidates must: • Be 18 years of age or older • Have a high school diploma or GED • Be interested in a career in construction work or other skilled trades • Be able, willing, and eager to undertake physical activity If you know someone who meets these guidelines, please tell her about NEW. To learn more about NEW's programs, visit our web site at www.new-nyc.org, or call 212-627-6252 to request an information packet.

Board of Directors

Job Developers Attend "Intro to the Trades"

Training Collaborations: Update In our continuing effort to increase the number of women in the building trades, we have initiated many new program adaptations. Our partnership with the New York City District Council of Carpenters’ Labor Technical College (LTC), now nearly a year old, has been especially rewarding. Those NEW graduates who have demonstrated a particular aptitude for commercial carpentry are being referred to the LTC for additional pre-apprenticeship training involving a one-week skills enhancement course. To date, over 40 women have been accepted directly into the Carpenters apprenticeship program. The hands-on training includes floor covering and concrete floors, ceiling work, dry wall installation, and millwright work. We also have a new collaboration with Painters District Council 9. All Blue Collar Prep students now attend a two-day painting curriculum that covers paint products and materials of the trade, sanding and painting techniques, and the differences between commercial and residential painting. All of NEW’s classroom instructors are journey-level tradespeople with teaching experience who see to it that once our students graduate, they are fully ready to meet the needs of the building and construction trades that employ them. The extra instruction at the LTC and the Painters gives the women an opportunity to hone their skills even further.

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Susan L. Hayes Board President CEO, Cauldwell Wingate, Company, Inc. Jeffrey M. Levy Board Chair Mary Ellen Boyd Consultant, Empire Blue Cross John A. Cavanagh Cavanagh Consulting Louis J. Coletti Chairman & CEO, Building Trades Employers Association Maxine Finkelstein Financial Consultant Lois Gray, Ph.D. Cornell University, NYS School of Industrial & Labor Relations Jean Hodge Director of Station Services, WCBS Channel 2 Edward J. Malloy President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Annie B. Martin Labor Liaison, American Red Cross Peter G. Marzec Special Representative, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Alice Ronne Assistant Director of Training, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 15

Cecile Shore Hofstra University Maureen M. Stampp, Esq. Partner, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Jill Youngerman President, Noble Marketing Associates

Honorary Board Denis M. Hughes NYS AFL-CIO Judith P. Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Anne Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck Waldman, Elias & Engelhard

Staff Ann Barnes AmeriCorps* VISTA Nicole Bertrán Program Manager Joanne Daniels Development Director Diane Ivanovic Director of Job Development Kate Lister Employment Services Coordinator

Mitch Mathias Executive Assistant Anne Rascón Executive Director Sigfrido Sepulveda Financial Officer Jennifer Tausig Program Assistant Kevin White IT Director Linda Young Case Manager/ Retention Specialist

Intructors Torie Aldrich, Shop Joi Beard Electrical Instructor Jaqui Carter Brown Intro to the Trades Peter Grech, Plumbing Ralph Johnson, Lead Shop Intructor Darlene Messinger Electrical Angela Olszewski Job Readiness Steve Russo, Shop Tammy Rivera, Carpentry Allannah Thomas, Math

"New York City is on the verge of the largest economic development expansion its history: Freedom tower, the Hudson Yards, Bank of America, the Hearst Tower, Atlantic Yards, School Construction, PATH and Fulton Street Stations, represent just some of the planned developments." This analysis from the Building Trades Employers' Association indicates that, in the coming decade, thousands of new jobs will be created, particularly in connection with the work at the Ground Zero site and surrounding areas in lower Manhattan. To ensure that women have a significant role in some of the largest construction projects, a coalition of organizations is conducting a citywide advertising campaign to inform the public about careers for women in the construction industry. "We want to make sure the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan is done by a diverse workforce that is reflective of the diversity of New York City," said Amy Peterson, vice president of memorial, cultural and civic development for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC). The campaign is being sponsored by NEW, LMDC, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, HUD, and Silverstein Properties. Starting in November, advertisements inviting women to learn more about NEW's free training and support services began appearing in metropolitan area newspapers including the New York Daily News, the Staten Island Register, and AM New York. Over 200 women signed up for the first orientation session on November 23. New began preparing tradeswomen for the redevelopement work last summer. In July, two representatives of LMDC, Amy Peterson and David Ridley, Project Manager of Development Programs and Economics, gave an overview of opportunities for tradeswomen to work on the demolition of the Deutsche Bank at 130 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan. A panel discussion, moderated by Mr. Ridley, addressed the time frame for the project, the Coffeehouse panelists Mark Loizeaux, specific work involved, and the potential makeup Philip Zezulinski, David Ridley, and Bruce Messina of the labor force. Panel participants included Peter Zezulinski, Operations District Manager, Bruce Messina, Senior Project Manager, and Bob Stewart, Consultant, from Gilbane Building Company; Mark Loizeaux, President of Controlled Demolition Inc.; and NEW board member and Gilbane consultant John Cavanagh. At the conclusion of their discussion, the panelists answered questions from the tradeswomen about environmental and safety issues and the general process for employment. The Deutsche Bank project represents the first of many building and reconstruction sites for which LMDC will be actively recruiting tradeswomen over the next ten years. NEW is managing a list of interested tradeswomen for this and future projects. For more information, tradeswomen may contact Kate Lister (x231, [email protected]), and contractors may email or phone Diane Ivanovic (x226, [email protected]).

A quarterly newsletter from Nontraditional Employment for Women - winter 2004 Celebrating 25 years of training and advocacy for women in nontraditional employment

NEW recently offered an "Introduction to the Trades" seminar designed to acquaint workforce development professionals with best practices pertaining to the employment of women in the skilled blue-collar trades. The seminar began with a viewing of "Going Up," a video that depicts the construction of a building from the ground up and shows the many different trades involved in that work. Anne Rascón then led a seminar on union versus nonunion work, blue-collar culture, and the New York State apprenticeship system. The next segment of the program focused on assessing clients' suitability for work in the trades and ways of helping them deal with some of the barriers they may face in their training and throughout their careers. Kate Lister wrapped up the session with a presentation on composing blue-collar résumés offering examples that would be suitable for different types of work histories. Attendees received a comprehensive binder of information detailing the requirements for entry into the building trades and discussing issues that women may face when entering the construction field.

Women Help Rebuild Ground Zero

Nontraditional Employment for Women

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Funding News

Apprenticeship Conference

NEW has been prospering in many ways since we became a grantee of the Robin Hood Foundation in May 2003. In addition to its very generous financial support, Robin Hood is helping us conduct strategic planning retreats, affording our staff the opportunity for additional skills training, and funding our website redevelopment through the Taproot Foundation. Robin Hood's program staff has also helped us identify and analyze a considerable amount of data that is strengthening our programming and our planning capacity. In July, Robin Hood renewed our funding with a grant that is the largest NEW has ever received from a private foundation. We were also very pleased this year to have our funding increased by the Gimbel Foundation, and to receive continuing and substantial commitments from the Clark Foundation and the Scherman Foundation. This summer, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation became one of our funders with a very generous two-year grant to support the hiring of an information technology manager. The DeCamp Foundation’s grantmaking currently focuses on workforce development, community-based health care, and foster care in the New York metropolitan area. In September, the RGK Foundation in Austin, Texas, became a supporter. RGK, an independent foundation established in 1966 by Ronya and George Kozmetsky, concentrates its philanthropic giving on education, medicine/health, and community services. An unexpected and very welcome gift from the Altria Group and Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., arrived in August. Altria has long been a supporter of NEW's programs and we greatly appreciate their introducing our work and mission to the Siebert Entrepreneurial Philanthropic Program (SEPP). Over the last fourteen years, SEPP has shared with designated charities half the firm's net profits from new securties underwritings, purchases, and sales.

AmeriCorps*VISTA Update In 2002, the Corporation for National and Community Service granted NEW up to three AmeriCorps* VISTA members annually for three years. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members dedicate themselves to a year of fighting poverty by improving the capacity of community-based organizations to effect meaningful change. Eva DuGoff joined NEW in September 2003, and was assigned to work on our community-based recruitment efforts, curriculum development, and marketing. In her year of service, she greatly expanded NEW’s grassroots recruiting efforts and its visibility in the social service community. She was also instrumental in restructuring the fitness curriculum and in organizing an Introduction to the Trades Seminar for job developers. Eva left NEW at the end of August for a Health Policy Fellowship at the Medicare Rights Center.

The 60th annual Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference, a gathering of labor union representatives from the eastern United States, was held in June in Portland, Maine. The major theme for this conference – “Apprenticeship: Skills for a World-Class Workforce” – was maintaining the quality and integrity of registered apprentices and programs. NEW’s Anne Rascón and Nicole Bertrán participated in a panel discussion on nontraditional strategies that unions and employers can use to increase workforce diversity. Anne and Nicole discussed the various methods job-training organizations such as NEW can use to provide qualified candidates for unions and employers. They also described the support services that were designed by tradeswomen’s organizations and that are currently being applied nationally by unions and employers to increase the retention of women and minorities in the skilled trades industries. Other participants on the panel included Paul Belliveau, Martin Daly, and Tim Warrington representing Painters, Carpenters, and Laborers respectively.

United Way Recognizes Executive Director

NEW's AmeriCorps*VISTA, Eva DuGoff

In September, we welcomed new VISTA member Ann Barnes, an experienced scenic carpenter, who comes to NEW from Davenport, Iowa. She is studying job retention strategies in collaboration with the District Council of Carpenters and Cornell University, and is working with NEW to implement these tactics for the benefit of New York City’s tradeswomen.

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Anne Rascón, Excecutive Director, was selected to participate in the Fall 2004 session of the Junior Fellows Program, sponsored by United Way’s Nonprofit Leadership Development Institute. The Fellows are participating in a ten-week seminar series that covers the key management issues challenging nonprofit organizations. We thank the United Way for offering our staff the opportunity to benefit from high-quality professional development.

Tradeswoman Interview: Sonya Smith

A NEW Approach to Improving Math Skills

Allanah Thomas, founder of Helicon, Inc., conducts a class at NEW

Students enter NEW’s programs with widely varying math skills and aspire to many different careers. In response to this, we recently revised the math component of our training to provide individualized instruction. Our partner in this endeavor is Helicon, Inc., a nonprofit organization that is a mathematics resource and support center for women. When students begin their training at NEW, they learn about the level of math skills necessary for different jobs. After Helicon’s assessment identifies areas that they should target for enrichment, students can then enroll in the free eight-week, three evenings-per-week course. The curriculum offers review in basic mathematic skills, spatial relations, mechanical reasoning and symbolic logic. Since 2003, Helicon has collaborated with NEW, performing predictive testing for 280 program applicants and conducting classes for over 145 students. This autumn, Helicon will also offer a physics course.

Fleet Bank Lends a Helping Hand One of the many issues facing domestic violence survivors is the economic control that abusers may exert over their lives, a control that often places women in the unfortunate position of being unable to establish their own credit or of finding themselves wrongly saddled with a bad credit history. In order to address these and many other issues, Project Superwomen’s Job Developer, Meg Black, invited Rich McKeon and Carmen Perez of Fleet Bank and Karen Gross, Professor of Law at New York Law School, to conduct a financial literacy Meg Black and Rich McKeon course for the most recent Superwomen class. Among the topics discussed were how to obtain credit, how to correct bad credit, how to fix an inaccurate credit report, and how to set up a personal budget. Professor Gross has been deeply involved in the revision of bankruptcy procedures to better protect privacy rights. For instance, one important change in online filing has been a prohibition against including any specific information (including names, ages, and home addresses) concerning the debtor’s minor children. Teaching women how to gain control of their financial lives is an important part of the Superwomen program, and Fleet Bank has been instrumental in helping us achieve this goal. Ms. Perez set up free one-year checking accounts for participants of the program and Mr. McKeon is helping students correct erroneous information on their credit reports. Ms. Perez said “Fleet Bank is committed to extending our services to local nonprofit organizations and we were pleased to participate in the Project Superwomen program to help the women obtain the financial freedom they deserve.” We thank Fleet Bank for its continued support of Project Superwomen. (Fleet Bank is part of Bank of America)

Second-Year Apprentice: Rose Coleman Rose Coleman is apprenticing with the International Operating Engineers, Local 15. Her apprenticeship consists of unpaid training on Saturdays from September to December and from March to June in the operation of backhoes, loaders, and many other pieces of heavy equipment. While she is training at the Operating Engineers, Rose supports herself by working for the New York City Department of Education. Rose writes: "This summer I am using my vacation time to get some additional training at Local 15, Operating Engineers – it’s making me much better and more confident at operating the machines. Mac, my instructor, has helped me tremendously. I am very thankful for NEW and all you have done for me. Sometime in the near future I will be able to do something in return for NEW."

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Project Superwomen Internships

What made you decide to go into the trades? I like being outside and working with my hands. I was in the U.S. Navy for ten years, then I worked an office job where I kept blowing up – gaining too much weight – just shuffling paperwork. Why did you choose painting? Ralph Johnson, NEW’s apprenticeship liaison at the time, called me up when I was looking for a job and asked if I was interested in painting. I thought it would be good because I would get to use my hands. And when I got into it, I really liked it – especially learning about the different textures of paint and the preparation before even starting to paint. I’m now a second-year apprentice with Painters Union District Council 9. What has been one of your most memorable experiences while working in the trades? My best day on the job was about a month ago when I got to prime out a whole apartment by myself. And I got NO complaints.

This year, under the direction of Meg Black, Project Superwomen increased the number and types of internships offered. The new sites included Urban Pathways, Inc., for carpentry projects; KeySpan, for gas meter repair; Made LLC, where the students helped to build a circular staircase for a private home; and the John J. Harvey, a decommissioned New York City fireboat, where students learned welding and diesel engine repair. In addition, The Fortune Society hosted several interns, as they have since the program’s inception. This time, students helped construct new offices at the Society's 23rd Street site and worked with the maintenance crew at their transitional home on 140th Street. We're grateful to all of the organizations that provided dedicated and enthusiastic staff to oversee on-the-job training for our students.

And your most difficult experience? I’d say learning to deal with different men and their opinions of women working in the construction field. When dealing with difficult situations, I remind them, “Respect me and I’ll respect you.” Where are you currently working? I’m working in an apartment building at 103rd Street and 1st Avenue with Spectrum Painting. What advice would you give to NEW’s current students? Be dedicated to your work. Don’t let anyone discourage you, because you can do it. How do you see the future of women in the trades? I hope that everyone will be working equally. There are men out there who appreciate a woman’s touch with paint – especially oil paint. And things are getting better. I see more female carpenters and even a female foreman electrician. I see us getting up there. They’re starting to see us as equal and are putting us in charge.

A KeySpan employee explains underground pipe installation to Superwomen students

NEW's Supporters Altria Group • Clark Foundation • Con Edison • Gimbel Foundation • Ira W. DeCamp Foundation • J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation • Lily Auchincloss Foundation • Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. • New Destiny Housing Corporation • New York City Council • New York City Department of Small Business Services • New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) • New York State Assembly • Olson Foundation • Prospect Hill Foundation • RGK Foundation • Robin Hood Foundation • Scherman Foundation • Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation • Tides Foundation/Starry Night Fund • Tiger Foundation • TJX Foundation • U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau ... and Hundreds of Generous Individuals page

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Funding News

Apprenticeship Conference

NEW has been prospering in many ways since we became a grantee of the Robin Hood Foundation in May 2003. In addition to its very generous financial support, Robin Hood is helping us conduct strategic planning retreats, affording our staff the opportunity for additional skills training, and funding our website redevelopment through the Taproot Foundation. Robin Hood's program staff has also helped us identify and analyze a considerable amount of data that is strengthening our programming and our planning capacity. In July, Robin Hood renewed our funding with a grant that is the largest NEW has ever received from a private foundation. We were also very pleased this year to have our funding increased by the Gimbel Foundation, and to receive continuing and substantial commitments from the Clark Foundation and the Scherman Foundation. This summer, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation became one of our funders with a very generous two-year grant to support the hiring of an information technology manager. The DeCamp Foundation’s grantmaking currently focuses on workforce development, community-based health care, and foster care in the New York metropolitan area. In September, the RGK Foundation in Austin, Texas, became a supporter. RGK, an independent foundation established in 1966 by Ronya and George Kozmetsky, concentrates its philanthropic giving on education, medicine/health, and community services. An unexpected and very welcome gift from the Altria Group and Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., arrived in August. Altria has long been a supporter of NEW's programs and we greatly appreciate their introducing our work and mission to the Siebert Entrepreneurial Philanthropic Program (SEPP). Over the last fourteen years, SEPP has shared with designated charities half the firm's net profits from new securties underwritings, purchases, and sales.

AmeriCorps*VISTA Update In 2002, the Corporation for National and Community Service granted NEW up to three AmeriCorps* VISTA members annually for three years. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members dedicate themselves to a year of fighting poverty by improving the capacity of community-based organizations to effect meaningful change. Eva DuGoff joined NEW in September 2003, and was assigned to work on our community-based recruitment efforts, curriculum development, and marketing. In her year of service, she greatly expanded NEW’s grassroots recruiting efforts and its visibility in the social service community. She was also instrumental in restructuring the fitness curriculum and in organizing an Introduction to the Trades Seminar for job developers. Eva left NEW at the end of August for a Health Policy Fellowship at the Medicare Rights Center.

The 60th annual Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference, a gathering of labor union representatives from the eastern United States, was held in June in Portland, Maine. The major theme for this conference – “Apprenticeship: Skills for a World-Class Workforce” – was maintaining the quality and integrity of registered apprentices and programs. NEW’s Anne Rascón and Nicole Bertrán participated in a panel discussion on nontraditional strategies that unions and employers can use to increase workforce diversity. Anne and Nicole discussed the various methods job-training organizations such as NEW can use to provide qualified candidates for unions and employers. They also described the support services that were designed by tradeswomen’s organizations and that are currently being applied nationally by unions and employers to increase the retention of women and minorities in the skilled trades industries. Other participants on the panel included Paul Belliveau, Martin Daly, and Tim Warrington representing Painters, Carpenters, and Laborers respectively.

United Way Recognizes Executive Director

NEW's AmeriCorps*VISTA, Eva DuGoff

In September, we welcomed new VISTA member Ann Barnes, an experienced scenic carpenter, who comes to NEW from Davenport, Iowa. She is studying job retention strategies in collaboration with the District Council of Carpenters and Cornell University, and is working with NEW to implement these tactics for the benefit of New York City’s tradeswomen.

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Anne Rascón, Excecutive Director, was selected to participate in the Fall 2004 session of the Junior Fellows Program, sponsored by United Way’s Nonprofit Leadership Development Institute. The Fellows are participating in a ten-week seminar series that covers the key management issues challenging nonprofit organizations. We thank the United Way for offering our staff the opportunity to benefit from high-quality professional development.

Tradeswoman Interview: Sonya Smith

A NEW Approach to Improving Math Skills

Allanah Thomas, founder of Helicon, Inc., conducts a class at NEW

Students enter NEW’s programs with widely varying math skills and aspire to many different careers. In response to this, we recently revised the math component of our training to provide individualized instruction. Our partner in this endeavor is Helicon, Inc., a nonprofit organization that is a mathematics resource and support center for women. When students begin their training at NEW, they learn about the level of math skills necessary for different jobs. After Helicon’s assessment identifies areas that they should target for enrichment, students can then enroll in the free eight-week, three evenings-per-week course. The curriculum offers review in basic mathematic skills, spatial relations, mechanical reasoning and symbolic logic. Since 2003, Helicon has collaborated with NEW, performing predictive testing for 280 program applicants and conducting classes for over 145 students. This autumn, Helicon will also offer a physics course.

Fleet Bank Lends a Helping Hand One of the many issues facing domestic violence survivors is the economic control that abusers may exert over their lives, a control that often places women in the unfortunate position of being unable to establish their own credit or of finding themselves wrongly saddled with a bad credit history. In order to address these and many other issues, Project Superwomen’s Job Developer, Meg Black, invited Rich McKeon and Carmen Perez of Fleet Bank and Karen Gross, Professor of Law at New York Law School, to conduct a financial literacy Meg Black and Rich McKeon course for the most recent Superwomen class. Among the topics discussed were how to obtain credit, how to correct bad credit, how to fix an inaccurate credit report, and how to set up a personal budget. Professor Gross has been deeply involved in the revision of bankruptcy procedures to better protect privacy rights. For instance, one important change in online filing has been a prohibition against including any specific information (including names, ages, and home addresses) concerning the debtor’s minor children. Teaching women how to gain control of their financial lives is an important part of the Superwomen program, and Fleet Bank has been instrumental in helping us achieve this goal. Ms. Perez set up free one-year checking accounts for participants of the program and Mr. McKeon is helping students correct erroneous information on their credit reports. Ms. Perez said “Fleet Bank is committed to extending our services to local nonprofit organizations and we were pleased to participate in the Project Superwomen program to help the women obtain the financial freedom they deserve.” We thank Fleet Bank for its continued support of Project Superwomen. (Fleet Bank is part of Bank of America)

Second-Year Apprentice: Rose Coleman Rose Coleman is apprenticing with the International Operating Engineers, Local 15. Her apprenticeship consists of unpaid training on Saturdays from September to December and from March to June in the operation of backhoes, loaders, and many other pieces of heavy equipment. While she is training at the Operating Engineers, Rose supports herself by working for the New York City Department of Education. Rose writes: "This summer I am using my vacation time to get some additional training at Local 15, Operating Engineers – it’s making me much better and more confident at operating the machines. Mac, my instructor, has helped me tremendously. I am very thankful for NEW and all you have done for me. Sometime in the near future I will be able to do something in return for NEW."

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Project Superwomen Internships

What made you decide to go into the trades? I like being outside and working with my hands. I was in the U.S. Navy for ten years, then I worked an office job where I kept blowing up – gaining too much weight – just shuffling paperwork. Why did you choose painting? Ralph Johnson, NEW’s apprenticeship liaison at the time, called me up when I was looking for a job and asked if I was interested in painting. I thought it would be good because I would get to use my hands. And when I got into it, I really liked it – especially learning about the different textures of paint and the preparation before even starting to paint. I’m now a second-year apprentice with Painters Union District Council 9. What has been one of your most memorable experiences while working in the trades? My best day on the job was about a month ago when I got to prime out a whole apartment by myself. And I got NO complaints.

This year, under the direction of Meg Black, Project Superwomen increased the number and types of internships offered. The new sites included Urban Pathways, Inc., for carpentry projects; KeySpan, for gas meter repair; Made LLC, where the students helped to build a circular staircase for a private home; and the John J. Harvey, a decommissioned New York City fireboat, where students learned welding and diesel engine repair. In addition, The Fortune Society hosted several interns, as they have since the program’s inception. This time, students helped construct new offices at the Society's 23rd Street site and worked with the maintenance crew at their transitional home on 140th Street. We're grateful to all of the organizations that provided dedicated and enthusiastic staff to oversee on-the-job training for our students.

And your most difficult experience? I’d say learning to deal with different men and their opinions of women working in the construction field. When dealing with difficult situations, I remind them, “Respect me and I’ll respect you.” Where are you currently working? I’m working in an apartment building at 103rd Street and 1st Avenue with Spectrum Painting. What advice would you give to NEW’s current students? Be dedicated to your work. Don’t let anyone discourage you, because you can do it. How do you see the future of women in the trades? I hope that everyone will be working equally. There are men out there who appreciate a woman’s touch with paint – especially oil paint. And things are getting better. I see more female carpenters and even a female foreman electrician. I see us getting up there. They’re starting to see us as equal and are putting us in charge.

A KeySpan employee explains underground pipe installation to Superwomen students

NEW's Supporters Altria Group • Clark Foundation • Con Edison • Gimbel Foundation • Ira W. DeCamp Foundation • J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation • Lily Auchincloss Foundation • Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. • New Destiny Housing Corporation • New York City Council • New York City Department of Small Business Services • New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) • New York State Assembly • Olson Foundation • Prospect Hill Foundation • RGK Foundation • Robin Hood Foundation • Scherman Foundation • Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation • Tides Foundation/Starry Night Fund • Tiger Foundation • TJX Foundation • U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau ... and Hundreds of Generous Individuals page

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Funding News

Apprenticeship Conference

NEW has been prospering in many ways since we became a grantee of the Robin Hood Foundation in May 2003. In addition to its very generous financial support, Robin Hood is helping us conduct strategic planning retreats, affording our staff the opportunity for additional skills training, and funding our website redevelopment through the Taproot Foundation. Robin Hood's program staff has also helped us identify and analyze a considerable amount of data that is strengthening our programming and our planning capacity. In July, Robin Hood renewed our funding with a grant that is the largest NEW has ever received from a private foundation. We were also very pleased this year to have our funding increased by the Gimbel Foundation, and to receive continuing and substantial commitments from the Clark Foundation and the Scherman Foundation. This summer, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation became one of our funders with a very generous two-year grant to support the hiring of an information technology manager. The DeCamp Foundation’s grantmaking currently focuses on workforce development, community-based health care, and foster care in the New York metropolitan area. In September, the RGK Foundation in Austin, Texas, became a supporter. RGK, an independent foundation established in 1966 by Ronya and George Kozmetsky, concentrates its philanthropic giving on education, medicine/health, and community services. An unexpected and very welcome gift from the Altria Group and Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., arrived in August. Altria has long been a supporter of NEW's programs and we greatly appreciate their introducing our work and mission to the Siebert Entrepreneurial Philanthropic Program (SEPP). Over the last fourteen years, SEPP has shared with designated charities half the firm's net profits from new securties underwritings, purchases, and sales.

AmeriCorps*VISTA Update In 2002, the Corporation for National and Community Service granted NEW up to three AmeriCorps* VISTA members annually for three years. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members dedicate themselves to a year of fighting poverty by improving the capacity of community-based organizations to effect meaningful change. Eva DuGoff joined NEW in September 2003, and was assigned to work on our community-based recruitment efforts, curriculum development, and marketing. In her year of service, she greatly expanded NEW’s grassroots recruiting efforts and its visibility in the social service community. She was also instrumental in restructuring the fitness curriculum and in organizing an Introduction to the Trades Seminar for job developers. Eva left NEW at the end of August for a Health Policy Fellowship at the Medicare Rights Center.

The 60th annual Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference, a gathering of labor union representatives from the eastern United States, was held in June in Portland, Maine. The major theme for this conference – “Apprenticeship: Skills for a World-Class Workforce” – was maintaining the quality and integrity of registered apprentices and programs. NEW’s Anne Rascón and Nicole Bertrán participated in a panel discussion on nontraditional strategies that unions and employers can use to increase workforce diversity. Anne and Nicole discussed the various methods job-training organizations such as NEW can use to provide qualified candidates for unions and employers. They also described the support services that were designed by tradeswomen’s organizations and that are currently being applied nationally by unions and employers to increase the retention of women and minorities in the skilled trades industries. Other participants on the panel included Paul Belliveau, Martin Daly, and Tim Warrington representing Painters, Carpenters, and Laborers respectively.

United Way Recognizes Executive Director

NEW's AmeriCorps*VISTA, Eva DuGoff

In September, we welcomed new VISTA member Ann Barnes, an experienced scenic carpenter, who comes to NEW from Davenport, Iowa. She is studying job retention strategies in collaboration with the District Council of Carpenters and Cornell University, and is working with NEW to implement these tactics for the benefit of New York City’s tradeswomen.

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Anne Rascón, Excecutive Director, was selected to participate in the Fall 2004 session of the Junior Fellows Program, sponsored by United Way’s Nonprofit Leadership Development Institute. The Fellows are participating in a ten-week seminar series that covers the key management issues challenging nonprofit organizations. We thank the United Way for offering our staff the opportunity to benefit from high-quality professional development.

Tradeswoman Interview: Sonya Smith

A NEW Approach to Improving Math Skills

Allanah Thomas, founder of Helicon, Inc., conducts a class at NEW

Students enter NEW’s programs with widely varying math skills and aspire to many different careers. In response to this, we recently revised the math component of our training to provide individualized instruction. Our partner in this endeavor is Helicon, Inc., a nonprofit organization that is a mathematics resource and support center for women. When students begin their training at NEW, they learn about the level of math skills necessary for different jobs. After Helicon’s assessment identifies areas that they should target for enrichment, students can then enroll in the free eight-week, three evenings-per-week course. The curriculum offers review in basic mathematic skills, spatial relations, mechanical reasoning and symbolic logic. Since 2003, Helicon has collaborated with NEW, performing predictive testing for 280 program applicants and conducting classes for over 145 students. This autumn, Helicon will also offer a physics course.

Fleet Bank Lends a Helping Hand One of the many issues facing domestic violence survivors is the economic control that abusers may exert over their lives, a control that often places women in the unfortunate position of being unable to establish their own credit or of finding themselves wrongly saddled with a bad credit history. In order to address these and many other issues, Project Superwomen’s Job Developer, Meg Black, invited Rich McKeon and Carmen Perez of Fleet Bank and Karen Gross, Professor of Law at New York Law School, to conduct a financial literacy Meg Black and Rich McKeon course for the most recent Superwomen class. Among the topics discussed were how to obtain credit, how to correct bad credit, how to fix an inaccurate credit report, and how to set up a personal budget. Professor Gross has been deeply involved in the revision of bankruptcy procedures to better protect privacy rights. For instance, one important change in online filing has been a prohibition against including any specific information (including names, ages, and home addresses) concerning the debtor’s minor children. Teaching women how to gain control of their financial lives is an important part of the Superwomen program, and Fleet Bank has been instrumental in helping us achieve this goal. Ms. Perez set up free one-year checking accounts for participants of the program and Mr. McKeon is helping students correct erroneous information on their credit reports. Ms. Perez said “Fleet Bank is committed to extending our services to local nonprofit organizations and we were pleased to participate in the Project Superwomen program to help the women obtain the financial freedom they deserve.” We thank Fleet Bank for its continued support of Project Superwomen. (Fleet Bank is part of Bank of America)

Second-Year Apprentice: Rose Coleman Rose Coleman is apprenticing with the International Operating Engineers, Local 15. Her apprenticeship consists of unpaid training on Saturdays from September to December and from March to June in the operation of backhoes, loaders, and many other pieces of heavy equipment. While she is training at the Operating Engineers, Rose supports herself by working for the New York City Department of Education. Rose writes: "This summer I am using my vacation time to get some additional training at Local 15, Operating Engineers – it’s making me much better and more confident at operating the machines. Mac, my instructor, has helped me tremendously. I am very thankful for NEW and all you have done for me. Sometime in the near future I will be able to do something in return for NEW."

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Project Superwomen Internships

What made you decide to go into the trades? I like being outside and working with my hands. I was in the U.S. Navy for ten years, then I worked an office job where I kept blowing up – gaining too much weight – just shuffling paperwork. Why did you choose painting? Ralph Johnson, NEW’s apprenticeship liaison at the time, called me up when I was looking for a job and asked if I was interested in painting. I thought it would be good because I would get to use my hands. And when I got into it, I really liked it – especially learning about the different textures of paint and the preparation before even starting to paint. I’m now a second-year apprentice with Painters Union District Council 9. What has been one of your most memorable experiences while working in the trades? My best day on the job was about a month ago when I got to prime out a whole apartment by myself. And I got NO complaints.

This year, under the direction of Meg Black, Project Superwomen increased the number and types of internships offered. The new sites included Urban Pathways, Inc., for carpentry projects; KeySpan, for gas meter repair; Made LLC, where the students helped to build a circular staircase for a private home; and the John J. Harvey, a decommissioned New York City fireboat, where students learned welding and diesel engine repair. In addition, The Fortune Society hosted several interns, as they have since the program’s inception. This time, students helped construct new offices at the Society's 23rd Street site and worked with the maintenance crew at their transitional home on 140th Street. We're grateful to all of the organizations that provided dedicated and enthusiastic staff to oversee on-the-job training for our students.

And your most difficult experience? I’d say learning to deal with different men and their opinions of women working in the construction field. When dealing with difficult situations, I remind them, “Respect me and I’ll respect you.” Where are you currently working? I’m working in an apartment building at 103rd Street and 1st Avenue with Spectrum Painting. What advice would you give to NEW’s current students? Be dedicated to your work. Don’t let anyone discourage you, because you can do it. How do you see the future of women in the trades? I hope that everyone will be working equally. There are men out there who appreciate a woman’s touch with paint – especially oil paint. And things are getting better. I see more female carpenters and even a female foreman electrician. I see us getting up there. They’re starting to see us as equal and are putting us in charge.

A KeySpan employee explains underground pipe installation to Superwomen students

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New Executive Director

F 646-486-2293 E-mail www.new-nyc.org

243 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011

We are very pleased to announce that Anne Rascón has been appointed Executive Director, effective November 15. Anne brings more than ten years of experience in the trades to her new position, including six years at NEW, most recently as Deputy Director. While at NEW, she has given workshops and presentations to state and national trades conferences on achieving workforce diversity, and has provided technical assistance to local and national trade unions on the recruitment of women and minorities into the skilled trades. She recently worked as a consultant for a national diversity initiative through the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employment and Labor Services. During the past few years, Anne has revised the curriculum for NEW's programs and developed a recruitment strategy that significantly increased the retention rate of the graduates we place into the skilled trades. Prior to joining NEW, she worked as a laborer in a gold mine in California and as a tungsten zone refiner in Oregon. She earned a B.A. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and did postgraduate work at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. "My vision for NEW," Anne remarks, "reflects my close association with unions and employers, and my experience working in nontraditional jobs and training women for them. I am confident that the increase in new construction projects in the New York City area will also result in a significant expansion of career opportunities for women interested in careers in the skilled trades."

Do you know someone interested in Nontraditional Employment for Women? Candidates must: • Be 18 years of age or older • Have a high school diploma or GED • Be interested in a career in construction work or other skilled trades • Be able, willing, and eager to undertake physical activity If you know someone who meets these guidelines, please tell her about NEW. To learn more about NEW's programs, visit our web site at www.new-nyc.org, or call 212-627-6252 to request an information packet.

Board of Directors

Job Developers Attend "Intro to the Trades"

Training Collaborations: Update In our continuing effort to increase the number of women in the building trades, we have initiated many new program adaptations. Our partnership with the New York City District Council of Carpenters’ Labor Technical College (LTC), now nearly a year old, has been especially rewarding. Those NEW graduates who have demonstrated a particular aptitude for commercial carpentry are being referred to the LTC for additional pre-apprenticeship training involving a one-week skills enhancement course. To date, over 40 women have been accepted directly into the Carpenters apprenticeship program. The hands-on training includes floor covering and concrete floors, ceiling work, dry wall installation, and millwright work. We also have a new collaboration with Painters District Council 9. All Blue Collar Prep students now attend a two-day painting curriculum that covers paint products and materials of the trade, sanding and painting techniques, and the differences between commercial and residential painting. All of NEW’s classroom instructors are journey-level tradespeople with teaching experience who see to it that once our students graduate, they are fully ready to meet the needs of the building and construction trades that employ them. The extra instruction at the LTC and the Painters gives the women an opportunity to hone their skills even further.

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Susan L. Hayes Board President CEO, Cauldwell Wingate, Company, Inc. Jeffrey M. Levy Board Chair Mary Ellen Boyd Consultant, Empire Blue Cross John A. Cavanagh Cavanagh Consulting Louis J. Coletti Chairman & CEO, Building Trades Employers Association Maxine Finkelstein Financial Consultant Lois Gray, Ph.D. Cornell University, NYS School of Industrial & Labor Relations Jean Hodge Director of Station Services, WCBS Channel 2 Edward J. Malloy President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Annie B. Martin Labor Liaison, American Red Cross Peter G. Marzec Special Representative, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Alice Ronne Assistant Director of Training, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 15

Cecile Shore Hofstra University Maureen M. Stampp, Esq. Partner, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Jill Youngerman President, Noble Marketing Associates

Honorary Board Denis M. Hughes NYS AFL-CIO Judith P. Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Anne Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck Waldman, Elias & Engelhard

Staff Ann Barnes AmeriCorps* VISTA Nicole Bertrán Program Manager Joanne Daniels Development Director Diane Ivanovic Director of Job Development Kate Lister Employment Services Coordinator

Mitch Mathias Executive Assistant Anne Rascón Executive Director Sigfrido Sepulveda Financial Officer Jennifer Tausig Program Assistant Kevin White IT Director Linda Young Case Manager/ Retention Specialist

Intructors Torie Aldrich, Shop Joi Beard Electrical Instructor Jaqui Carter Brown Intro to the Trades Peter Grech, Plumbing Ralph Johnson, Lead Shop Intructor Darlene Messinger Electrical Angela Olszewski Job Readiness Steve Russo, Shop Tammy Rivera, Carpentry Allannah Thomas, Math

"New York City is on the verge of the largest economic development expansion its history: Freedom tower, the Hudson Yards, Bank of America, the Hearst Tower, Atlantic Yards, School Construction, PATH and Fulton Street Stations, represent just some of the planned developments." This analysis from the Building Trades Employers' Association indicates that, in the coming decade, thousands of new jobs will be created, particularly in connection with the work at the Ground Zero site and surrounding areas in lower Manhattan. To ensure that women have a significant role in some of the largest construction projects, a coalition of organizations is conducting a citywide advertising campaign to inform the public about careers for women in the construction industry. "We want to make sure the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan is done by a diverse workforce that is reflective of the diversity of New York City," said Amy Peterson, vice president of memorial, cultural and civic development for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC). The campaign is being sponsored by NEW, LMDC, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, HUD, and Silverstein Properties. Starting in November, advertisements inviting women to learn more about NEW's free training and support services began appearing in metropolitan area newspapers including the New York Daily News, the Staten Island Register, and AM New York. Over 200 women signed up for the first orientation session on November 23. New began preparing tradeswomen for the redevelopement work last summer. In July, two representatives of LMDC, Amy Peterson and David Ridley, Project Manager of Development Programs and Economics, gave an overview of opportunities for tradeswomen to work on the demolition of the Deutsche Bank at 130 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan. A panel discussion, moderated by Mr. Ridley, addressed the time frame for the project, the Coffeehouse panelists Mark Loizeaux, specific work involved, and the potential makeup Philip Zezulinski, David Ridley, and Bruce Messina of the labor force. Panel participants included Peter Zezulinski, Operations District Manager, Bruce Messina, Senior Project Manager, and Bob Stewart, Consultant, from Gilbane Building Company; Mark Loizeaux, President of Controlled Demolition Inc.; and NEW board member and Gilbane consultant John Cavanagh. At the conclusion of their discussion, the panelists answered questions from the tradeswomen about environmental and safety issues and the general process for employment. The Deutsche Bank project represents the first of many building and reconstruction sites for which LMDC will be actively recruiting tradeswomen over the next ten years. NEW is managing a list of interested tradeswomen for this and future projects. For more information, tradeswomen may contact Kate Lister (x231, [email protected]), and contractors may email or phone Diane Ivanovic (x226, [email protected]).

A quarterly newsletter from Nontraditional Employment for Women - winter 2004 Celebrating 25 years of training and advocacy for women in nontraditional employment

NEW recently offered an "Introduction to the Trades" seminar designed to acquaint workforce development professionals with best practices pertaining to the employment of women in the skilled blue-collar trades. The seminar began with a viewing of "Going Up," a video that depicts the construction of a building from the ground up and shows the many different trades involved in that work. Anne Rascón then led a seminar on union versus nonunion work, blue-collar culture, and the New York State apprenticeship system. The next segment of the program focused on assessing clients' suitability for work in the trades and ways of helping them deal with some of the barriers they may face in their training and throughout their careers. Kate Lister wrapped up the session with a presentation on composing blue-collar résumés offering examples that would be suitable for different types of work histories. Attendees received a comprehensive binder of information detailing the requirements for entry into the building trades and discussing issues that women may face when entering the construction field.

Women Help Rebuild Ground Zero

Nontraditional Employment for Women

( NEW ) Nontraditional Employment for Women ( NEW ) Nontraditional for Women P 212-627-6252 The Judith P. Vladeck Center for Women Employment

New Executive Director

F 646-486-2293 E-mail www.new-nyc.org

243 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011

We are very pleased to announce that Anne Rascón has been appointed Executive Director, effective November 15. Anne brings more than ten years of experience in the trades to her new position, including six years at NEW, most recently as Deputy Director. While at NEW, she has given workshops and presentations to state and national trades conferences on achieving workforce diversity, and has provided technical assistance to local and national trade unions on the recruitment of women and minorities into the skilled trades. She recently worked as a consultant for a national diversity initiative through the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employment and Labor Services. During the past few years, Anne has revised the curriculum for NEW's programs and developed a recruitment strategy that significantly increased the retention rate of the graduates we place into the skilled trades. Prior to joining NEW, she worked as a laborer in a gold mine in California and as a tungsten zone refiner in Oregon. She earned a B.A. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and did postgraduate work at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. "My vision for NEW," Anne remarks, "reflects my close association with unions and employers, and my experience working in nontraditional jobs and training women for them. I am confident that the increase in new construction projects in the New York City area will also result in a significant expansion of career opportunities for women interested in careers in the skilled trades."

Do you know someone interested in Nontraditional Employment for Women? Candidates must: • Be 18 years of age or older • Have a high school diploma or GED • Be interested in a career in construction work or other skilled trades • Be able, willing, and eager to undertake physical activity If you know someone who meets these guidelines, please tell her about NEW. To learn more about NEW's programs, visit our web site at www.new-nyc.org, or call 212-627-6252 to request an information packet.

Board of Directors

Job Developers Attend "Intro to the Trades"

Training Collaborations: Update In our continuing effort to increase the number of women in the building trades, we have initiated many new program adaptations. Our partnership with the New York City District Council of Carpenters’ Labor Technical College (LTC), now nearly a year old, has been especially rewarding. Those NEW graduates who have demonstrated a particular aptitude for commercial carpentry are being referred to the LTC for additional pre-apprenticeship training involving a one-week skills enhancement course. To date, over 40 women have been accepted directly into the Carpenters apprenticeship program. The hands-on training includes floor covering and concrete floors, ceiling work, dry wall installation, and millwright work. We also have a new collaboration with Painters District Council 9. All Blue Collar Prep students now attend a two-day painting curriculum that covers paint products and materials of the trade, sanding and painting techniques, and the differences between commercial and residential painting. All of NEW’s classroom instructors are journey-level tradespeople with teaching experience who see to it that once our students graduate, they are fully ready to meet the needs of the building and construction trades that employ them. The extra instruction at the LTC and the Painters gives the women an opportunity to hone their skills even further.

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Susan L. Hayes Board President CEO, Cauldwell Wingate, Company, Inc. Jeffrey M. Levy Board Chair Mary Ellen Boyd Consultant, Empire Blue Cross John A. Cavanagh Cavanagh Consulting Louis J. Coletti Chairman & CEO, Building Trades Employers Association Maxine Finkelstein Financial Consultant Lois Gray, Ph.D. Cornell University, NYS School of Industrial & Labor Relations Jean Hodge Director of Station Services, WCBS Channel 2 Edward J. Malloy President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Annie B. Martin Labor Liaison, American Red Cross Peter G. Marzec Special Representative, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Alice Ronne Assistant Director of Training, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 15

Cecile Shore Hofstra University Maureen M. Stampp, Esq. Partner, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Jill Youngerman President, Noble Marketing Associates

Honorary Board Denis M. Hughes NYS AFL-CIO Judith P. Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Anne Vladeck, Esq. Vladeck Waldman, Elias & Engelhard

Staff Ann Barnes AmeriCorps* VISTA Nicole Bertrán Program Manager Joanne Daniels Development Director Diane Ivanovic Director of Job Development Kate Lister Employment Services Coordinator

Mitch Mathias Executive Assistant Anne Rascón Executive Director Sigfrido Sepulveda Financial Officer Jennifer Tausig Program Assistant Kevin White IT Director Linda Young Case Manager/ Retention Specialist

Intructors Torie Aldrich, Shop Joi Beard Electrical Instructor Jaqui Carter Brown Intro to the Trades Peter Grech, Plumbing Ralph Johnson, Lead Shop Intructor Darlene Messinger Electrical Angela Olszewski Job Readiness Steve Russo, Shop Tammy Rivera, Carpentry Allannah Thomas, Math

"New York City is on the verge of the largest economic development expansion its history: Freedom tower, the Hudson Yards, Bank of America, the Hearst Tower, Atlantic Yards, School Construction, PATH and Fulton Street Stations, represent just some of the planned developments." This analysis from the Building Trades Employers' Association indicates that, in the coming decade, thousands of new jobs will be created, particularly in connection with the work at the Ground Zero site and surrounding areas in lower Manhattan. To ensure that women have a significant role in some of the largest construction projects, a coalition of organizations is conducting a citywide advertising campaign to inform the public about careers for women in the construction industry. "We want to make sure the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan is done by a diverse workforce that is reflective of the diversity of New York City," said Amy Peterson, vice president of memorial, cultural and civic development for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC). The campaign is being sponsored by NEW, LMDC, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, HUD, and Silverstein Properties. Starting in November, advertisements inviting women to learn more about NEW's free training and support services began appearing in metropolitan area newspapers including the New York Daily News, the Staten Island Register, and AM New York. Over 200 women signed up for the first orientation session on November 23. New began preparing tradeswomen for the redevelopement work last summer. In July, two representatives of LMDC, Amy Peterson and David Ridley, Project Manager of Development Programs and Economics, gave an overview of opportunities for tradeswomen to work on the demolition of the Deutsche Bank at 130 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan. A panel discussion, moderated by Mr. Ridley, addressed the time frame for the project, the Coffeehouse panelists Mark Loizeaux, specific work involved, and the potential makeup Philip Zezulinski, David Ridley, and Bruce Messina of the labor force. Panel participants included Peter Zezulinski, Operations District Manager, Bruce Messina, Senior Project Manager, and Bob Stewart, Consultant, from Gilbane Building Company; Mark Loizeaux, President of Controlled Demolition Inc.; and NEW board member and Gilbane consultant John Cavanagh. At the conclusion of their discussion, the panelists answered questions from the tradeswomen about environmental and safety issues and the general process for employment. The Deutsche Bank project represents the first of many building and reconstruction sites for which LMDC will be actively recruiting tradeswomen over the next ten years. NEW is managing a list of interested tradeswomen for this and future projects. For more information, tradeswomen may contact Kate Lister (x231, [email protected]), and contractors may email or phone Diane Ivanovic (x226, [email protected]).

A quarterly newsletter from Nontraditional Employment for Women - winter 2004 Celebrating 25 years of training and advocacy for women in nontraditional employment

NEW recently offered an "Introduction to the Trades" seminar designed to acquaint workforce development professionals with best practices pertaining to the employment of women in the skilled blue-collar trades. The seminar began with a viewing of "Going Up," a video that depicts the construction of a building from the ground up and shows the many different trades involved in that work. Anne Rascón then led a seminar on union versus nonunion work, blue-collar culture, and the New York State apprenticeship system. The next segment of the program focused on assessing clients' suitability for work in the trades and ways of helping them deal with some of the barriers they may face in their training and throughout their careers. Kate Lister wrapped up the session with a presentation on composing blue-collar résumés offering examples that would be suitable for different types of work histories. Attendees received a comprehensive binder of information detailing the requirements for entry into the building trades and discussing issues that women may face when entering the construction field.

Women Help Rebuild Ground Zero

Nontraditional Employment for Women

( NEW ) Nontraditional Employment for Women ( NEW ) Nontraditional for Women P 212-627-6252 The Judith P. Vladeck Center for Women Employment