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Women’s History Month: Organizations to Join

Women’s History Month: Organizations to Join

Tradeswomen Build Nations (North America’s Building Trades Unions) is the largest gathering of tradeswomen in the world. Their next in-person meeting is planned for Washington D.C.   Dykes with Drills is a nonprofit organization focused on...

Hands-on Trades Opportunity Alert: TTAP Applications Open!

Hands-on Trades Opportunity Alert: TTAP Applications Open!

Are you a young adult looking to join the historic trades? Looking to start a career with the National Park Service? Applications are open now for HPTC's Aspiring Preservationist Programs. The Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) is a 26-week program for...

The Campaign at the National Building Museum’s Big Build

The Campaign at the National Building Museum’s Big Build

The Campaign team members, Andrea Barber and Jordan Riggs, were excited to talk with the public about opportunities. Jessica Gordon from HPTC helps the first of many future masons! Saturday, October 14, The Campaign for Historic Trades attended the National Building...

The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases Training Videos in Spanish

The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases Training Videos in Spanish

Last year we announced a partnership with El Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico to translate historic trades training videos into Spanish. The project was, in part, funded by the Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) Partners in Training...

Color the Tools of the Trade(s) 🖍️

Color the Tools of the Trade(s) 🖍️

Our work often brings us out in the field to areas across the country to recruit, educate, and meet with partners. We created these coloring pages to have on hand at events as something fun and educational for our younger trades enthusiasts, but quickly realized they...

2023 Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellow Announced

2023 Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellow Announced

Molly Baker and her project, Replicable Models for Traditional Trades Training, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship. Molly serves as HOPE Crew Manager in the Preservation...

Resources for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Trades

Resources for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Trades

The Campaign is dedicated to making the construction and trades industry an inclusive and welcoming career field for everyone. A 2021 Gallup Poll found that 7.1% of adults in the United States identify as LGBT.[1] US construction labor data does not track people’s...

Recapping The American Historic Trades Summit

Recapping The American Historic Trades Summit

Our team is back from Providence, RI where we hosted program leaders, tradespeople, educators, preservationists, and funders from across the country at the first American Historic Trades Summit from June 12-14, 2023. With two full days of sessions, networking, and...

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