BRATTLEBORO — HatchSpace staff are being trained to run a new-to-the-area carpentry program for middle school girls this summer.
Caelan Keenan, youth program manager at Vermont Works for Women, said the idea is to create an environment with “can-do attitudes” and mutual encouragement to try new things, take pride in the work and have confidence.
“We really break down any sort of stereotypes that might exist in the world about what girls are capable of doing and where they can or cannot work or what career fields are available to them,” she said.
Erin Bell, a woodworking instructor at HatchSpace in Brattleboro, talks about the different woodworking machines that are used at the facility during a workshop on Wednesday, March 22,…
