What if women built the world they want to see? | Emily Pilloton-Lam

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Only four percent of construction workers are female -- that's totally unacceptable, but it's also a huge opportunity both for women and for the trades, says youth educator and builder Emily Pilloton-Lam. She makes the case for putting power (and power tools) into the hands of young women and gender-expansive youth, dreaming of inclusive construction sites and daring to ask: What if women built the world they want to see? (The power tool sounds you are hearing are Pilloton-Lam sharing live demo of her own woodworking skills ... while giving the talk.) Stay tuned after and hear from our host Modupe on some other programs that are creating opportunities for career-readiness.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	When I was a kid, I wanted to be an architect.
0:11.4	I really loved drawing and growing up in New York City.
0:15.0	There was no shortage of beautiful buildings to look at and admire.
0:19.0	I'm a very precise thinker and I figured this skill would come in handy based on the
0:24.4	precision required in all aspects of designing buildings.
0:29.4	However, I had no idea how to go about becoming an architect.
0:34.7	I didn't know any architects and my school didn't offer any classes related to that field.
0:40.4	Yes, I got a chance to study art history and I loved learning about all different types
0:46.3	of architecture across the globe, but that was kind of it.
0:50.5	And so the aspiration to be an architect died early.
0:55.5	But I wonder what would it have been like if there had been a program focused on technical
1:00.5	drawing or building things, especially geared toward girls?
1:06.0	That could have changed everything.
1:08.9	So how do we give young people more chances to explore different professions that may not
1:13.8	be featured in schools, especially kids interested in industries where there aren't enough people
1:20.1	who look like them?
1:26.4	I'm Madu Bacanola, this is Ted Business.
1:29.9	Our speaker today is Emily Pilotin-Lam, founder and executive director of Girls Garage,
1:35.8	a non-profit construction and design school for girls.
1:39.7	In this talk, she makes the case for putting power and power tools into the hands of young
1:45.6	women and gender expansive youth so they can build the world they want to see.
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