Labor Education, Teaching and Workshop experience
Labor Education:
Representative At-Large, Executive Board Member, United Association of Labor Education
- Serving second term in position
- Assist organization in basic yearly operations
- Help facilitate the organization of the biannual Conference
- Previous Women's+ Caucus Chair
Mental Health First Aid with Behind the Scenes
- Teach the nationally certified MHFA program to entertainment industry workers across the US
- Apply "generic" material to worker specific experiences and industry based situations
- Research and Facilitate Resource sharing
Previous Adjunct Lecturer at CUNY New York City College of Technology, "Introduction to Entertainment Technology
Educational Out Reach: Tools & Tiaras
Tools & Tiaras is an educational non-profit based in empowering and educating young girls in the labor and construction trades. Their Mission statement:
Tools & Tiaras Inc is committed to advancing the interest of young girls and women who want to pursue non-traditional careers. T&T motivate young girls and women who dream of having a career in the male-dominated construction industry, encouraging young girls and women already in the field to expand their horizon and set them on a path to the peak of their careers. We will make available a community network to help these young princesses connect with professionals, mentors, and leaders in the industry thus providing the support needed at all stages of their journey. We hope to build a lasting passion and curiosity within the present generations of girls and women that will make them consider a career as an electrician, carpenter, plumber or even an auto mechanic. Making intentional changes to the way we view and portray what constitutes "women work" will help foster the change that society needed desperately since yesterday. Tools & Tiaras wants and will be part of this movement of change.
www.toolsandtiaras.org/
For the past 5 years I have been fortunate enough to work with them in different forms, teaching workshops in carpentry, Stagecraft and "How to be a Jackie!" Jackie of all trades that is.
Tools & Tiaras Inc is committed to advancing the interest of young girls and women who want to pursue non-traditional careers. T&T motivate young girls and women who dream of having a career in the male-dominated construction industry, encouraging young girls and women already in the field to expand their horizon and set them on a path to the peak of their careers. We will make available a community network to help these young princesses connect with professionals, mentors, and leaders in the industry thus providing the support needed at all stages of their journey. We hope to build a lasting passion and curiosity within the present generations of girls and women that will make them consider a career as an electrician, carpenter, plumber or even an auto mechanic. Making intentional changes to the way we view and portray what constitutes "women work" will help foster the change that society needed desperately since yesterday. Tools & Tiaras wants and will be part of this movement of change.
www.toolsandtiaras.org/
For the past 5 years I have been fortunate enough to work with them in different forms, teaching workshops in carpentry, Stagecraft and "How to be a Jackie!" Jackie of all trades that is.
Omega Institute
The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies "is a nonprofit, mission-driven, and donor-supported educational organization. For more than 40 years, they’ve been at the forefront of holistic studies – helping people and organizations integrate personal growth and social change, moving beyond ‘the way it is’ toward ‘the way it can be’."
I was fortunate enough to be asked to co-teach, with Judaline Cassidy of Tools & Tiaras, to teach a class entitled " Hope Repairs for Women: You can do it yourself!" Within, Judaline taught the basics of plumbing, and I taught basic carpentry skills and safety. There was little more empowering than watching a 65 year old grandmother be excited to use a miter saw. Watching the wives of carpenters build their own tables, saying they won't let their husbands' do everything at home from now on. It was an astounding experience. Post Covid, it is our hope to expand the class to a week long course, and relaunch it summer 2021.
Omega Teacher page: https://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/kayleigh-truman
I was fortunate enough to be asked to co-teach, with Judaline Cassidy of Tools & Tiaras, to teach a class entitled " Hope Repairs for Women: You can do it yourself!" Within, Judaline taught the basics of plumbing, and I taught basic carpentry skills and safety. There was little more empowering than watching a 65 year old grandmother be excited to use a miter saw. Watching the wives of carpenters build their own tables, saying they won't let their husbands' do everything at home from now on. It was an astounding experience. Post Covid, it is our hope to expand the class to a week long course, and relaunch it summer 2021.
Omega Teacher page: https://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/kayleigh-truman
