NEW ORLEANS — ThriveWorks Green is a workforce training program that equips program that equips the BIPOC community in developing climate solutions for New Orleans. The program also serves to close the critical skills gap between the growing demand for green workers and a local trained workforce. Participants took part in an 8-week, earn and learn curriculum where they were able to learn from innovative Green Industry experts and work in apprenticeships with industry leaders. ThriveWorks Green is committed to creating equitable opportunities and provides resources in housing, transportation, childcare, etc. It also includes life skills coaching to help participants retain employment following graduation and provides apprenticeship opportunities to transition into the workforce.
Green Small Business graduates received a hands-on curriculum that connected them to local landscaping professionals and contractors with access to information capital.
WHAT:
This special graduation event will honor the graduates of ThriveWorks Green and Green Small Business.
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 10
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE:
3600 Desire Parkway
New Orleans, LA 70126
MORE INFORMATION:
Through Industry-Based training and certification programming, Thrive New Orleans has been able to sustainably connect numerous community members seeking better financial opportunities for themselves and their families with stable employment. Through the implementation of our ‘Earn & Learn’ paid cohort model, we sought to address economic challenges that obstruct many lower-income individuals from investing in their futures.
Thrive Works Green participants are able to build skills that will make them competitive job seekers in the green infrastructure industry while still earning an income. Thrive has built relationships with city agencies like Parks and Parkways, Sewerage & Water Board, and the Department of Public Works. These partnerships have led to Thrive Works Green graduates being connected to stable employment.
Participants are encouraged to see themselves, not only as laborers in the Green Infrastructure Industry, but also as potential business owners and employers. Through Thrive’s Green Business Academy, business owners in the landscaping, horticulture, construction, and green industries are introduced to stormwater management interventions that they can implement into their existing business model, in order to become more marketable to secure contracts for green infrastructure projects.
About Thrive New Orleans
Thrive New Orleans is committed to racial equity by advancing new systems for economic opportunity, climate resiliency, and community stability. Thrive focuses on three areas of impact: developing a skilled green workforce, building the capacity of small businesses in green interventions, and engaging vulnerable youth and families. Thrive envisions an equitable New Orleans with living-wage jobs, critical infrastructure for climate change, and flourishing neighborhoods. Learn more at: www.thrivenola.org.
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