COMMISSIONER ATTENDS “WOMEN BUILD” GRADUATION
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Ten women who completed the eight-week, pre-apprenticeship course were issued certificates during a service held inside the PSE&G Building in Newark.
The administration of Governor Chris Christie, through the Department of Labor, awarded two $300,000 grants, one each to the NJISJ and the Hispanic Family Center, to pilot the Women Build program. The initiative serves low-income and low-skilled women by preparing them for entry into construction trades and nontraditional occupations.
Women Build is a skilled-trades, work opportunity initiative that specifically targeted women returning home from incarceration in Essex and Camden counties. The initiative is important because women entering non-traditional occupations, like construction, are able to earn 20 to 30 percent more than women in many other jobs.
The NJISJ program is serving women in Essex County while the Hispanic Family Center is focusing on Camden County. The graduation marked the end of the first segment of the Women Build project in Newark.
Commissioner Wirths was joined at the ceremony by Cornell William Brooks, Esq., the Executive Director of NJISJ; Albert Williams, who serves as NJISJ Director of Workforce Development; Marty Schwartz, President of Essex County Building Trades Council and Peter Cocoziello, President and CEO of Advance Realty.
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New Jersey Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths commended the recent graduates of the Women Build program during a ceremony held in Newark at the PSE&G Building. The eight-week course targeted women returning home from incarceration to prepare them for entry into construction trades and nontraditional occupations.
Pictured left to right: Front Row Sharonda Jeter; Peter Cocoziello; Erica Brown; Moya Watts; Commissioner Harold J. Wirths; Cornell William Brooks. Middle Row: Albert Williams; Keisha Drake; Pearl Tynes; Danielle Jones; LaTisha James; Douglas Eakeley. Back Row: Nichele Wilson; Ed Gittens. Graduates
