empowHER: A Mentoring Program for Women in the WI Building Trades

empowHER: A Mentoring Program for Women in the WI Building Trades

March 2024

In this webinar, Dr. Ericka Wills discusses the empowHER mentoring program, which was established in 2019 to normalize the role of, support, and retain women in the construction industry and recruit more women into union construction careers. She discusses the scholarship regarding mentoring, the collaborative process of designing and launching the program, and offers examples of activities to demonstrate the unique issues women face in male-dominated industries.