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Dykes With Drills has been featured in them. Magazine, KTVU news, BEQ Pride Magazine and more! This collection memorializes our successes, impact, and exciting news. Click on each article to watch, read, or see the original publication.
iPondr
“A construction site where it’s OK to ‘ask and learn’ - In California, a nonprofit helps women and nonbinary people gain skills and confidence. It’s part of a growing effort to demystify an industry still largely associated with men.”
Read the full article here.
GO Magazine
We are thrilled to be listed as one GO Magazine’s 100 Women We Love — “a diverse group of out activists, healthcare workers, authors, entrepreneurs, and elected officials. Filled with women of intersecting identities, this round-up exemplifies the best of the LGBTQ+ community who are striving to create change and improve the world for us all.”
Read the full article here!
BEQ Pride Magazine
Julie Peri was selected as one of BEQ Pride Magazine’s top 40 LGBTQ Leaders under 40 in 2020!
“By 2030, women and people in the LGBTQ+ community are empowered to use tools, build and fix their own homes, and own property. More than ever before, women and queer folks are entering the trades and construction industries.” - Julie Peri
Read the full article here!
KTVU News
Dykes With Drills build one of 12 houses in a youth-lead project creating a tiny home village in Oakland for homeless youth.
Watch the full story here!
them. Magazine Article
them. Magazine "Dykes With Drills" Is Building Inclusivity Into the Construction Industry - by Molly Spragen.
“The Bay Area-based group is helping women, transgender, and gender nonconforming people feel at home in the trades industry, one project at a time…”
Read the full article here!
The Columbia Chronicle
The Columbia Chronicle highlights Dykes With Drills’ first workshop in Chicago at The Rebuilding Exchange. Classes are now taught on a monthly basis by Carrie Rasor, Education Manager at the Rebuilding Exchange.
Bay Area Derby
In March 2019 we helped build out Bay Area Derby’s indoor skate park with the help of volunteer from Levi’s, Skate Like a Girl, Bay Area Derby and Dykes With Drills®.
Read an article of that project here.
Without a Roof Productions
In December 2018, we brought two transitional shelters that we assembled and insulated to Chico, California to support relief efforts after the Camp Fire.
Watch a video of that project here.