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TBB is excited to announce that we are planning a 2022 #tradeswoman delegation to London in support of the #reclaimholloway project.Congratulations to our 2017 India delegation Sister Elizabeth Barton and her Husband Jim on starting their own union company! Barton Legacy Builders will primarily work on #homeremodeling and #homebuilding . With a combined 45+ years in the construction industry, we know they will be successful. Call them if you need work in St Louis area.We’re excited to announce that one of our co-founders, Noreen Buckley will be featured tomorrow in the @goservicetitan 8 week master class for the trades!Covid-19 has caused us to shift our focus toward building #internationalsolidarity virtually. Over the past year, we have held many training exchanges with #tradeswomen organizations around the world.We are excited to announce that Tradeswomen Building Bridges will be partnering with the #tradeswomentaskforce and @cuny_slu for a #virtualevent on November 21st!The hardest worker on the job. 💪🐘
Monthly Archives: January 2016
A little long. Experiences and reflections of the past few days
Thursday, January 28, 2016 I have seen the monkeys and they want my orange Today is my two-week anniversary in India. Ten weeks exactly to go. I hardly know how I will get everything done. I am in academic paradise, … Continue reading
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A visit to M-Ward
I am in the library working – struggling –with two presentations I will be making on Thursday and Friday. The first is on my research here on women in construction. I will be presenting to Women’s Studies students. The second, … Continue reading
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Jan 18- My MLK Day in Mumbai
I am still unsure of the balance of the personal and the political here on my blog, but I am clear that the main purpose is to document my research on women in construction in India—my fieldwork, in the lingo … Continue reading
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Day Two: What’s it like? How’m I doing? Where’s my stuff?
This blog was created to report on my research. It was in my proposal to Fulbright in response the question of how I would make my work known to others. I could not decide before I left if it would … Continue reading
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Day One
No problem finding women working in construction in Mumbai. These women are digging a trench right outside my hotel in preparation for pipe work. They appear to be family units. The women work in the trench shoveling and removing cobblestones … Continue reading
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Islands Within Islands
Originally posted on Teacher Without Borders:
Mumbai’s first residents were thought to be deep-sea fisherfolks, called the Kolis, who lived on what were originally seven islands along the shores of the Arabian Sea. Over the centuries, Hindu dynasties, Muslim conquerors,…
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24 hours to go!
I will be finally on my way to India at 8 PM tomorrow night. I am very excited, but some of my closest people are anxious because they have not received notices of any posts on my blog. That is … Continue reading
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