Co-hosted with Jewish Family and Community Services, these three workshops will get you up and running on LinkedIn. Starting with the basics of creating a profile and moving into networking, learning to navigate this powerful job search and networking tool can assist you in your career. Sign up for any number of the learning sessions. Register HERE.

We are excited to announce that the Center for Women is now MomsWork, powered by NCJW Pittsburgh! MomsWork continues to empower women who seek financial wellbeing through a strengthened focus on moms. Visit our newly updated webpage to learn more about our focus and join the movement.

With this shift, we’re shining a brighter light on child care advocacy - we want to empower and educate YOU to make a difference in your own life, and in strengthening and stabilizing child care. If you are a mom, if you have a mom, or if you know a mom, join us by clicking HERE. 

Advocacy Action Points:

1. PA Primaries are May 17, and the stakes are high. Evaluate the candidates based on how they’ll support working families and ease childcare struggles. The state legislature, one of Pennsylvania’s US Senate seats, and the governor’s seat are all up for grabs. Make sure you’re registered to vote by May 2!

2. Pittsburgh’s new mayor, Ed Gainey, is forming his agenda. Tell him that child care infrastructure matters.

3. Knowledge and confidence matters. Let’s empower each other to share our stories with employers, legislators, media, anybody who will listen! Join me for a Podcast Club to round out your knowledge gaps of child care, commiserate, and meet other moms like you! that speaks to the supporter in a personal, emotional, and actionable way. Make it clear that their support is mission-critical.

Thriftique: Meeting our Mission
Part One: Creating Space to Learn

Thriftique currently provides onsite job training to adult students with special needs from Clelian Heights School and Pittsburgh Conroy School through partnerships that are ten years strong. The students and  their dedicated counselors come weekly to help hang clothing and keep the store neat and clean, with  Clelian students traveling from Greensburg!  We are so grateful for their help!

City Charter High School students started an inaugural program for Seniors this year. These student interns earn High School credits and begin to learn skills such as customer service, social media posting and merchandising. You may have seen some of their creative work on our Instagram and Facebook pages. 

Through an ongoing partnership with job training candidates from Sally and Howard Levin Clubhouse, trainees commit to a for a six month term and hone their work, life, and social skills while working at the store. This partnership is a win-win!

How Can You Help?

As a partner, it is our responsibility to host the students, trainees and volunteers and provide them with a snack and a drink for EVERY shift they work. We can ALWAYS use the following items (or money to purchase them):

• Soda pop
• Bottled water
• Snacks
• Frozen food
• Popcorn

Please drop your items off at Thriftique, M-Sat between 10am-5pm. If you have further questions, please contact Patricia Tsagaris, Director of Retail, at 412-742-4933.

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The National Council of Jewish Women is a volunteer organization that has been at the forefront of social change for over a century. Inspired by the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam (“healing the world”), NCJW courageously takes a progressive stance on issues such as child welfare, women’s rights, and reproductive freedom. And we encourage everyone—people of all faiths—to join us.