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CVTC’s New Connections to Work Coordinator Attends Conference in Washington
LaTrenda Booket, New Connections to Work Coordinator for Coosa Valley Technical College (CVTC), recently joined 150 community leaders and service providers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to advocate for women’s education and training programs. Booket met to discuss the successes of New Connections to Work and to ask for increased support.
Booket, along with 14 other representatives from around the state, traveled to Washington to participate in Programs, Policies & Partnership: Building for the Future, a national conference organized by “Women Work!” The National Network for Women’s Employment. The “Women Work!” annual conference brings together service providers and advocates from across the country for three days of skill-building, networking, and advocacy. While there, they also attended a rally on raising the minimum wage sponsored by Senators Ted Kennedy and John Edwards.
“At New Connections to Work, we work with women who are taking steps to change their lives,” says Booket. “Displaced homemakers and single mothers must often overcome numerous barriers to employment, including little or no experience in the paid workforce. New Connections to Work is a critical link between women in transition and full-time jobs that pay well and offer growth opportunities.”
Conference attendees also participated in a variety of policy panels and professional development workshops that focused on growing organizational capacity, helping make positive policy change at the state level, and building diverse relationships and partnerships.
“The Women Work! conference was a great opportunity for me to tell other programs about New Connection to Work’s successful strategies for helping women achieve economic self-sufficiency and to learn from our counterparts in other states,” says Booket. “Our services to Northwest Georgia women will be strengthened and enhanced as a result of this conference.”
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