• Women Who Weld

    Author(s):
    Samantha Farr
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    MSU EDA University Center: Regional Economic Innovation
    Subject(s):
    Economic development, Sustainable development, Women, Women--Employment, Welding
    Item Type:
    Report
    Tag(s):
    #Equity, #Economic, #Development, #EconomicDevelopment, #EconomicDevelopmentAdministration, #EDA, #Michigan, #Women, #Welding
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/fg1k-3953
    Abstract:
    Access to free or low-cost training programs that teach people skills needed for jobs that offer sustainable wages is critical for both human and economic development in Detroit. Farr provided free training in welding, career development, and communication skills, and hired a co-instructor, Ralph Taylor, to assist with training in Women Who Weld’s second round of funding. Farr developed a curriculum and replicable framework for an intensive welding training program that produced a direct economic benefit to the community. Please reference Women Who Weld’s Program Overview for information on the problems facing the welding industry, Women Who Weld’s solutions to addressing these problems, and the results of their efforts in and around Detroit. In 2014 Samantha Farr began a student-led, faculty-guided project to initiate a welding program for homeless, unemployed or underemployed women living in Detroit. Today Women Who Weld offers a subsidized 6-Week Intensive Welding Training Program to teach MIG welding and how to operate various metalworking tools and machines. In 2016 Ms. Farr developed a Co-Learning Plan to share the Women Who Weld program with the REI Network as of today has secured employment in the welding industry for over 100 women. In 2017, REI staff and the CP designated Ms. Farr an Innovation Fellow which allowed her to expand her program and take it on the road to other states, including California. In late 2017 Ms. Farr and Ms. Bruen earned the University Economic Development Association (UEDA) Award of Excellence for Best Talent Development Program.
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