GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Dismantling barriers and empowering women to step into male-dominated roles. A nonprofit called She Built This City trains women in carpentry, painting, plumbing and wiring, and it’s with the help of a community foundation.
“Getting into the trades is very high in demand,” says Carolyn Boston, the Morning Program Coordinator for She Built This City. “It is something that it’s going to always be an ongoing need, and because it’s an ongoing need … they’re always going to be able to fall back on that skilled trade.”
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Women measuring, sawing, hammering, and building. All traditional male-dominated skills, but at She Built This City in Greensboro, women are learning they can be carpenters and plumbers too, even if they have no experience.
“Some of the participants that come into the program, they’ve never even picked up a hammer. They’ve never even used a screwdriver,” says Boston. “We supply all of that. We show them the proper way to put that stuff on, how to use those proper materials.”…