Apprenticeship Program
Meet the 2024-2025 Class of Apprentices
The WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program is a multipronged initiative designed to identify, nurture, and train a new generation of women’s and non-binary people’s labor leadership. The WILL Empower apprentices may work in a variety of capacities, including organizing, research, communications, politics, mobilization, and policy. Apprentices benefit from a formal mentorship program, with mentors both within and outside of the host organization, and participate in a WILL Empower training and gathering at the beginning of their apprenticeship.
The apprenticeships run for 3-12 months. Each apprentice has two mentors and ongoing support and connection with members of the WILL Empower network. Pay starts at $20-$25 an hour. Following successful completion of the program, WILL Empower staff work with program graduates on job identification and recommendation.
Host Sites
WILL Empower has placed apprentices at dozens of host sites, working in various capacities. Many apprentices move on to become full-time employees after their apprenticeship has ended. If your organization is interested in hosting a WILL Empower Apprentice find out more information below.
Meet Our Past Apprentices
Past Apprenticeship Sites
Where did Apprentices Go After the Program?
AAUP-AFT
AFGE National VA Council
Campbell University School of Law
Fight for $15, SEIU
Harvard Divinity School
IATSE
Jobs to Move America
Jobs with Justice
Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University
Kidpower D.C.
Memphis AFL-CIO
National Black Workers Center
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops
NC A. Philip Randolph Institute
ONE DC
Strategic Organizing Center
Teamsters
United Campus Workers, CWA
United for Respect
United Students Against Sweatshops
University of Pennsylvania
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