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Picture a typical construction

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site. Heavy

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machinery. And

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the work trucks. Philbin

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lumber and steel.

1:21

Now picture the construction crew.

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Hard at work in their day, Glo

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vast sense. Hard

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hat. There to

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about slung over dusty Duncan. It.

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Now picture that through.

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They're all women.

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Though if you just had a brief moment of

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cognitive dissonance, you're probably not the

1:54

only one. Our

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stereotypical image of the

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construction worker is May.

2:00

And by the numbers,

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it's not hard to see why. Only

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eleven percent of the construction industry

2:08

in the U. S. is See Mill. The

2:11

include operational positions. The

2:14

outline of actual construction site.

2:17

Only four percent of

2:19

construction workers are female.

2:29

One and

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twenty five. That totally

2:34

unacceptable. The

2:36

author, a huge opportunity. For

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women and for the traded.

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The new wave of trace them and carpenters,

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welders, electricians and mason are

2:48

rising through the ranks. Armed

2:50

with their power tools.

2:52

Creative thinking and new

2:55

ideas about who can and

2:57

should get to build our world.

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I am determined to help more women

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enter into and grow and the trades

3:14

because these are exciting, well paying

3:17

an essential job. More

3:19

than just an economic opportunity, though, is

3:22

a chance for women to play an equal

3:24

and substance, a role in the making of our

3:26

physical world. Construction

3:30

for many women, his purpose driven work.

3:33

A career in which power tools represent

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personal power. I

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want to walk on sidewalks, cross

3:41

bridges and answer buildings that I

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know were raised by a community

3:45

of builders that represents us all.

3:54

I want to live in a world bill

3:56

by women, and I mean that in the most

3:58

literal sense.

4:02

I am loved building thing for as long

4:04

as I can remember. And when I was sixteen

4:07

years old or petite. NeRdy

4:10

multiracial young woman I.

4:12

walked onto my first concession site

4:15

and site changed everything

4:22

The I worked alongside filled.

4:24

masons and carpenter Learn

4:27

how to frame a rules and next concrete by

4:29

hand. The first time

4:31

in my life. More powerful.

4:43

A bad and look at what we had, Belt. The

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pound.

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With a performance stage paths

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and public furniture. And

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I knew that I had something to contribute

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to the world.

4:56

Construction transformed my

4:58

hopes and anxieties.

5:00

"Into something tangible and beautiful,

5:02

something that I said point to and says

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I built that"

5:08

The I went on to say architecture.

5:11

And then I worked in architecture and construction

5:14

management.

5:16

And of I found myself on job sites more

5:18

frequently, I was almost always

5:20

the only woman.

5:22

And it never crossed my mind to quit because

5:25

of this, but I did feel very lonely.

5:28

And I longed for a sense of community.

5:40

The over the past two decades. That

5:43

pound and built that community for myself.

5:48

I realize that. The

5:50

river I love construction are not

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unique. That

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for my cielo trays, women.

5:56

We all walk on, do a job site with

5:58

the same shares. The purpose?

6:02

We know that for us. Building

6:05

and both our power and.

6:07

The world.

6:15

When I passed

6:17

my fellow trade than him.

6:20

They agree that working in construction

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is gratifying, it's creative

6:24

and a fun. It

6:26

does not require some cereal

6:29

typically masculine brute strength

6:31

that is what heavy machinery of for.

6:36

The construction of mostly problem solving.

6:40

The you will and facial reasoning and a lot

6:42

of communication and teamwork. Are

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women a? job and construction

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can pay more than twice the hourly

6:50

wage of wage comparable job in

6:52

childcare or health aid work

6:56

While the gender pay gap in the U. S. hovers

6:58

around eighty two cents earned by women

7:00

for every male earn dollar. In

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construction, the pay gap is nearly nonexistent.

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The ninety nine pounds for the dollars.

7:13

This option and construction management are

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also among the fastest growing job

7:17

for women with clear path in

7:19

the advancement and leadership.

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These are also jobs with Learn while you

7:24

earn training programs, making them financially

7:27

feasible careers to enter or

7:29

to transition into the. The

7:31

trades desperately. need

7:33

women too

7:35

With over three hundred thousand jobs

7:37

less unfilled. Women

7:40

are hugely unhappy. They report.

7:42

And it was a time when the demand

7:44

for infrastructure is only growing.

7:47

The new building technologies will require

7:50

new skills and new perspective to

7:52

break from the way it's always been done.

7:55

We already understand the value

7:57

of having more women in historically.

8:00

They'll dominated visit. Howard

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said. They please

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and Sen. What

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is going to take for trades

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by men to take?

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We do need a few things from the industries

8:18

in greater numbers. We

8:21

need more active recruitment and,

8:24

more equitable hiring practices And

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we need leaders of all genders. Step

8:30

up and advocate for better

8:32

workplace culture. Then

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bring others along with them.

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Back in that effort. Looking

8:46

to the future.

8:48

Pre intentional faces for the

8:50

next generation of praise, them and for

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learn hop mogul skills while being

8:54

unconditionally supported by

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community of other women.

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Do in 2008.

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I found it a non-profit to

9:12

teach design and construction skills to

9:14

middle and high school students specifically

9:16

young women of color. Now

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nearly 14 years later,

9:21

nonprofit Girls Garage has

9:24

taught over 1,000 girls and

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gender. Expansive use how to power

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tools. on.

9:35

How to use, power tools weld

9:37

draft construction, documents

9:39

and work on a job site. And we

9:42

have built over 150 pro projects

9:45

for other nonprofits in our community.

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When young women walk into. The garage.

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acknowledged as capable and

10:02

whole. The

10:04

hot by female and sectors.

10:06

Who are architects and carpenters

10:09

and wilders? The live lives

10:11

and who was has similar to

10:13

their own.

10:16

When a student

10:18

uses the chops off at the very first time,

10:21

I. I'm standing right next

10:23

to them saying you've that said. These

10:25

are the things that makes the difference. And

10:28

so the next generation of trades them

10:30

in our students.

10:33

Will enter the to know what it

10:35

feels like to be respected and

10:37

values and will know how to demand it

10:39

when they're not.

10:46

Hi may not have had a female mentor

10:49

on my first construction site.

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I can pay forward what I laughed to

10:53

the sixteen year old in front of me.

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That with other youth organizations

11:00

apprenticeship programs, we're

11:02

creating strong communities of

11:04

Trades. Women, as a microcosm for,

11:06

what we believe the industry needs at

11:09

a level. We're filling

11:11

their tool boxes with drills

11:13

and saws and ferocity, and

11:15

joy, this is not

11:17

a pipe dream. It's already a

11:19

reality, but one

11:21

that we must name and

11:24

nurture and the. It

11:27

is our job now to demand

11:29

unconditional support for trades, women

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in

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their quest to play a vital role in

11:34

the construction of our world. Thank

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you. yeah.