Educational

Job Training

Woodlawn sewing training: teaches local residents the basic skills of hand- and machine-sewing so that they can use these skills to generate supplemental income through small-batch manufacturing jobs for 3rd-party clients. summer camps: one week of hand's-on experience with sewing machines for children ages 9 to 14 (these children's family's pay a fee unless they need a scholarship) and one week of hand-sewing and math instruction with area school children (105 children in 2017). the march quilts: community sewing art project that teaches hand-sewing skills so that participants can create quilt blocks the represent their thoughts about the chosen theme. In 2017, we completed year 3 (50th anniversary of the loving v. Virginia supreme court ruling) and kicked off year 4 (environmental justice. )