Revolution Workshop

Revolution Workshop's annual fundraiser is almost here! It will be a wonderful celebration of all that we've accomplished over the 6 years. Expect amazing food, drinks, and some passionate stories about the lives we've impacted. Consider becoming a sponsor, purchasing tickets to our raffle or making a donation on our website. Your support makes a difference. Hope to see you there! Get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gMf5v-RS

🚨 RW is Hiring 🚨 Revolution Workshop is looking for an experienced tradesperson that is passionate about growing the future of construction in Chicago. We're looking for someone with at least 4 years of construction experience who has a strong emphasis on our soft skill priorities (attendance, hustle, communication, and attitude). If interested, here’s the link to apply; https://lnkd.in/gmHdRt7q

Special Shout to Leverett Masonry Consulting and Bulley & Andrews Masonry Restoration (BAMR) for an incredible 1-week masonry workshop with selected RW graduates! 🧱👷🏽 We are grateful for your partnership and thankful for the wonderful founders who help making continue education for our alumni possible 👏🏽🚧 Bulley & Andrews #LeverettMasonryConsulting #HistoricPreservationEducationFoundation #NationalTrustForHistoricPreservation #NationalParkServicePullman #NationalHistoricalPark #HenryFrerkSons #TAWANIFoundation #Construction #Masonry #SkilledTrades #RevolutionWorkshop #FutureBuilders

🚧 SAVE THE DATE 🚧 We are thrilled to announce our 6th Annual Fundraiser! 🎉 📆 Friday, October 4th 📍 Goose Island Barrel House Join us on for an evening of celebration, giving and community 🙌🏽 As we celebrate 6 years of changing lives through construction 👷🏽♀️👏🏽 Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on event details and more; https://lnkd.in/dCu2izCq #SaveTheDate #AnnualFundraiser #RevolutionWork #GooseIslandBarrelHouse #Community #GivingBack

This week we kicked off a fantastic wood flooring workshop partnered with the National Flooring Association for a select group of our Roseland pre-apprenticeship graduates 🦺🙌🏽 A huge thanks to Northwood Flooring for their generous donation of 3,000 square feet of solid hickory wood flooring for our new office space and Powernail for making a special donation delivery of 2 flooring nailers for our workshop! 🤩👏🏽 Opportunities like this would not be possible without support of our funders who are dedicated to the continuing education of our alumni❗️ #NationalWoodFlooringAssociation #NorthwoodFlooring Powernail Company, Inc. #HistoricPreservationEducationFoundation #NationalTrustforHistoricPreservation National Park Service #TAWANIFoundation #RevolutionWorkshop #Flooring

We're so excited to see construction workforce development getting mainstage attention at the Autodesk Design & Make Educator Summit in Chicago July 30-Aug 1. Our very own Founder & Executive Director, Manny Rodriguez, will be talking with other industry, education, and tech leaders at the event. If you’re helping prepare people for the future of work, you should join us! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eRtMXbka Autodesk #RevolutionWorkshop #WorkforceDevelopment #Chicago #Construction #AutoDesk

Shoutout to our incredible women alumni for showing up and showing out at the Pink Hard Hat Symposium! 👏🏾🎊 The Pink Hard Hat program is part of Polished Pebbles' Real Skills, Real Jobs effort, aiming to prepare African American and Latina girls for the workforce 🚧 Tackling challenges they face in trades, manufacturing and construction industries. 👷🏽♀️🚜 Together, we're breaking barriers and paving the way for a more inclusive future. 🙌🏾💖 #WomenInTrades #PinkHardHat #BreakingBarriers #RevolutionWorkshop #Construction #PolishedPebbles

🌟 Exciting Visit from Revolution Workshop! 🌟 Today we were thrilled to welcome the team from Revolution Workshop to CS Architectural Woodworking (MBE, LEED Certified, AWI Members)! It was an enlightening and productive visit, filled with insightful discussions and valuable exchanges. Their passion for craftsmanship truly shone through as we explored innovative approaches in woodworking. Collaborations like these are what drive progress and push boundaries in our industry. A big thank you to Revolution Workshop for taking the time to connect with us and share your knowledge. We look forward to future opportunities to collaborate and learn from each other! #Collaboration #Woodworking #Craftsmanship #Innovation #Partnership

Meet Jamara, graduate of the Revolution Workshop main program focused on workforce development and current Safety Manager at Walsh Construction. Jamara currently assists Revolution Workshop by mentoring other graduates of the organization on various topics and sharing her experience and growth with Walsh and the organization. Together with Revolution Workshop, First Eagle has established a pilot program, RWheels Program, allowing graduates with loan opportunities to finance used cars. We’d like to take a moment to congratulate Jamara on all of her accomplishments as well as her newly approved car loan as part of our RWheels Program which will help her to continue to level up within the company! Congratulations! FEBank.com - Member FDIC - Equal Housing Lender #FirstEagleBank #CommunityBank #NonProfit #ChicagoBanking #ChicagoLending

Happy National Trades Skills Day 👷🏽🎉 We are extremely excited to announce that we are Grant Recipients of DEWALT “Grow the Trades" Grant 🙌🏾 Thank you for believing in our mission, investing in our work and providing top-quality tools that help tradespeople get the job done right 🛠️🚧 Today we're celebrating the hard work and dedication of tradespeople everywhere 👷🏻♀️🌎Here's to the skilled hands and innovative minds shaping our world! 👏🏾🎊 #NationalTradesSkillsDay #Dewalt #Construction #SkilledTrades #DewaltGrowTheTrades #RevolutionWorkshop #Chicago #GrowTheTrades