Constructing Hope 15th Anniversary Celebration Recap
October 6, 2022- Constructing Hope celebrates 15 years as a pre-apprenticeship training program with an awards ceremony and happy hour. Since 2007, Constructing Hope has offered a no cost, 10-week, construction skills and life skills pre-apprenticeship construction training program for disadvantaged men and women, focusing on justice impacted and BIPOC [...]
Pat Daniels On Constructing Hope- Personnelity Podcast
Constructing Hope Executive Director Pat Daniels sits down with Lauri Rollings, co-host of Personnelity and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, and co-host Nicole Farup to discuss workforce diversity, equity and inclusion. About The Personnelity Podcast: The mission of this podcast is to honestly approach the issues employers face in [...]
Constructing Hope is Honored to Be Selected for the 2022 Justice40 Accelerator Cohort
Anchored in love and service, the Justice40 Accelerator is a 12-month program that will provide Constructing Hope seed funding, technical assistance, training, connections, and peer support as we seek federal funding flowing from the Biden Administration’s Justice40 Initiative. This initiative directs at minimum 40% of the benefits from federal investments in [...]
“Changing The World” With Constructing Hope & Dave Dahl Podcast Interview
Podcast Interview Description: "The mission of Constructing Hope is to rebuild the lives of people in our community by encouraging self-sufficiency through skills training and education in the construction industry. They take formerly incarcerated or homeless individuals and walk them though this program with support, life skills, and training. In [...]
June 2022 Stories Of Hope- Xavier Clark & Julie Smith
“Leveling The Playing Field” Xavier Clark Constructing Hope graduate Xavier Clark (Fall 2021) shares his story and the challenges he overcame to enter into the construction industry as a laborer. Julie Smith Julie Smith (Spring 2016), a [...]
Readers respond: Building a women’s construction workforce
According to a recent ODOT report, from 2011-20, women of color accounted for a paltry 2% of union and nonunion construction apprenticeships. This creates various barriers to success, including increasing the probability of racial microaggressions and gender stereotyping, as well as making it difficult to build a community of support. That [...]