What I love is handing a refugee woman her first paycheck from Persona Grata Goods. The surprise of receiving a check and then the pleased smile as a seamstress realizes that she can earn money! Because we work out of a class environment, many women sign up for class just to learn and then are …
Winter 2021 Collections: Stockings and Purses and Ornaments
Production class has been in full swing this fall! Fatima, Mahvash and Fairbe are all still sewing with us, and we’ve been focused on expanding and refining job skills. This includes learning sewing related vocabulary, fabric pattern names (like polka dot and stripe), and reviewing colors. We’ve also had two new seamstresses join our Tuesday …
Summer 2021 Program Updates
We’ve been a bit quiet over the last month or two because of some big changes taking place. On June 1st, our director officially became the director of Make Welcome Refugee Sewing School (makewelcome.org) in east Charlotte. We’ve been using that studio space, and the sewing school is a part of the larger Project 658 …
Micro Manufacturing plus ESL
As our carpet bag sales grow, we have the opportunity to add on some new refugee seamstresses to the team. But as a brand, we’re not just about churning out product. We want the micro manufacturing jobs we provide to be part of a bigger picture, providing holistic support and development opportunities to our employees. …