Building Back America's Trades

1 season available

As America faces a housing and skilled labor crisis, communities across the country are stepping up to meet the challenge. This series chronicles the stories of students, mentors, and teachers as they remake the trades industry and themselves.
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The Skilled Trades Crisis
S1 E1

As the skilled trades crisis deepens in America, a new generation fights back. Veterans, women, and working professionals stand shoulder to shoulder to rebuild their lives and their industries through overlooked opportunities in the skilled trades.

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Dreams and Determination
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Deadlines loom as students and mentors race to build homes, secure jobs, and chart their futures. Doubt, discrimination, and hard choices lie around every corner as the realities of the present interrupt dreams of skilled trades futures.

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Building the Future
S1 E3

Innovation meets urgency as students confront a housing crisis. From AI robots to the resilience of the human spirit, futures take shape, revealing how new technology and old-fashioned mentorship can redefine who gets to build the future of America.