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HOW DO YOU GET STARTED WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS AN INDIVIDUAL?

 DO’S AND DON’TS 

• DO explore the trades with your girls. 
• DO explore the trades as a career option with your wives and neighbors 
• DO encourage trades apprenticeship programs for teenagers 
• DO start conversations about diversity and inclusion at your workplace 
• DO encourage workplace awareness of the issues barring women from economic parity 

PODCASTS

Podcasts make it easy to learn about industry trends and you can listen anywhere.

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• BLUE IS THE NEW WHITE
• WOMEN IN TRADES WITH AMY THE SPARKY: SPANNERS WITH MANNERS. THE UK
• TODAY’S ROSIE: MOM IS A TRADESWOMAN
• TED TALKS DAILY: HOW TO FOSTER TRUE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT WORK (AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY).
• TRADESWOMEN TALK: TONYA HICKS She’s the first woman to become a journeyman wireman in local 917 of her hometown in Meridian, Mississippi.
• TRADESWOMEN TALK: TARA DAVIS She worked as an orthodontic technician for over 10 years until her husband Huge Craig a structural Ironworker encouraged her to become an Ironworker.
• REWORKED: CHALLENGING THE DOMINANT NARRATIVE WITH SALMA EL-WARDANY
• REWORKED: CHALLENGING THE WORKPLACE ATTITUDES TO THE MENOPAUSE WITH MEG MATHEWS

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STATEWIDE TRENDS

By committing to 50/50 By 2030 you will help North Carolina to become a DEI leader in the country. When we close the pay gap North Carolina’s women will achieve economic parity in 10 years instead of 40.

• THE STATE OF WOMEN IN NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS FROM NCDOA
• THE MECKLENBURG WOMEN’S ADVISORY BOARD
• MECKLENBURG COUNTY DEI INNITIATIVE #5
• EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 93 WRAL RELEASE
• BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS WOULD GET MORE POWER AND PROTECTIONS IN NEW NC BILLS
• NORTH CAROLINA STAY AT HOME ORDER DEFINES CONSTRUCTION AS A “CRITICAL TRADE”.