Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program
NEWS: Participants in DOT Pilot
Program Begin Transportation Careers
Four participants in the Department of Transportation's inaugural Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program intern class are working in transportation positions this summer. All members of the class of 2010, Adji Diagne, Debrittany Mitchell, Jasmine Porter, and Angelic Washington, are employed with the Federal Aviation Administration, MARTA and private, transportation-related businesses.
The Pilot Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program was created to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology and help women in the field to achieve their goals. This program provides internships and mentoring for young women as well as entrepreneurial training for female small business owners. This program is part of a broader effort, led by the White House Council on Women and Girls, to ensure that federal programs and policies take into account the distinct needs and concerns of women and girls.
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Project Background
Within the context of the White House Council on Women and Girls initiative known as Executive Order 13506, Spelman College and the United States Department of Transportation’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (DOT/OSDBU) have entered into a cooperative agreement focused on providing quality educational experiences to develop the advancement of women and girls as transportation-related entrepreneurs and transportation professionals.
This pilot project entitled The Spelman College Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program” will utilize a combination of community outreach and technical training to expand the number women and girls in the metropolitan Atlanta region with access to transportation-related industry opportunities. This will be achieved by way of student internships, town hall meetings, curricula training sessions and technical training seminars. Eligible participants are aspiring and existing small women–owned businesses (S/WOBS) and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) seeking to engage in business opportunities provided by DOT-related transportation entities in the Metropolitan Atlanta area.
These outreach and technical training components will be administered and organized by the Spelman College Economics Department with support from the Spelman College Leadership Center. The faculty team members are:
Dr. Bernice Scott,
Principal Investigator
bscott@spelman.edu (404) 270-6057
Dr. Marionette Holmes, Co-Principal Investigator mholmes@spelman.edu (404) 270-5569
Dr. Jack Stone, Co-Principal Investigator jstone@spelman.edu (404) 270-6056
Dr. Romie Tribble, Co-Principal Investigator rtribble@spelman.edu (404) 270-5590
