Built America Magazine | South
She Built This City’s programs are designed to cater to different stages of interest and skill development. Their initiatives include youth and community programming, a two- year, full-time Apprenticeship Program where women earn while they learn, focusing on critical home repair. Additionally, they offer a 9-week "Tour of the Trades" Pre- Apprenticeship program, providing an intensive introduction to the various skilled trades. "We offer a 2-year Apprenticeship Program and our 9-week Pre- Apprenticeship, giving participants multiple pathways into the trades," Faustin notes. For those interested in applying for the pre- apprenticeship program, they can do by using this link.
The approach is all-encompassing, starting with girls as young as seven and extending to adult women seeking full-time employment in the trades. "We start at age seven all the way up to hiring women for critical home repair work," Faustin says. "We’re showing little girls how to build with tools and materials that are traditionally seen as part of the trades." By engaging girls at such a young age, She Built This City is not just teaching them how to use a hammer or a drill; they are instilling confidence, ambition, and a sense of belonging in an industry that has historically shut them out. These young girls, once limited to dreaming within the confines of societal expectations, are now envisioning futures as electricians, carpenters, and builders.
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