The Trades Women Build Nations annual conference took place on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Due to the pandemic, the 2020 conference was held entirely on-line. Over 1,500 people attended, virtually, with over 1,000 participating in the Lean In Circle conference immediately following the main conference. Please click here to view the conference video.

Speakers included:

• U.S. Senator and Vice-Presidential nominee, Kamala Harris;
• Facebook COO and Lean In Founder, Sheryl Sandberg;
• Southern Company Gas Chairman, President and CEO Kim Greene;
• American Petroleum Institute Executive Vice President and COO Amanda Eversole;
• Mayor of New Orleans LaToya Cantrell;
• NABTU President Sean McGarvey;
• AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Schuler;
• CBTU’s Workforce Development Director Lindsey Amundsen

The Lean In Circle for Union Tradeswomen was held immediately after the main conference. Lean In Circles for Union Tradeswomen program, a new mentorship and retention program developed for and by tradeswomen to empower building tradeswomen as they address unique and critical issues of tradeswomen in the workforce. (By clicking on the video link above, you can watch the Lean In conference video at about the 1 hour, 30 minute mark.)

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