Organization Details:

TORN TOGETHER TRADE INSTITUTE IS FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING THE DISADVANTAGED AND DENIED, BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FREE VOCATIONAL TRADE SKILLS, WITHOUT EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

Description and/or History:
TORN TOGETHER TRADE INSTITUTE IS A NON-PROFIT TEACHING PROGRAM WITH A THREE DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE DESIGNED TO REACH AN INDIGENOUS AND FOREIGN PEOPLE GROUP THAT NEED AN OCCUPATIONAL SKILL TO HELP THEM BECOME PRODUCTIVE IN OUR SOCIETY.

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY, THROUGH A SERIES OF BASIC AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANY TRADES INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. THE INSTITUTE IS NOT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCREDITATION AS A PROFESSIONAL TRADESMAN, BUT RATHER TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZE THEIR POTENTIAL BY EXPERIMENTING WITH AND EXPERIENCING THE FUNDAMENTALS IN THE TRADE THEY CHOOSE TO LEARN, IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER CAREER CHOICES.

THE LAST 18 MONTHS OF THIS INSTITUTES LIFE-TIME HAS INCREASINGLY PROVEN THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND MOVE BEYOND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES NO MATTER WHAT AGE GROUP THEY BELONG TO. THIS INSTITUTES FOCUS IS ON HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES.

TORN TOGETHER'S HISTORY IS DERIVED FROM CREATING AN ENTRY POINT TOWARDS CAREER PATHS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS ARRIVED AT A CAREER STATUS OR AN EMPLOYMENT POSITION HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING. DURING THIS JOURNEY IT OFTEN TAKES TRIES MANY TIMES BEFORE THEY GET IT RIGHT. OFTENTIMES ONE SETTLES ONLY FOR WHAT THEY, HAVE OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN GIVING PEOPLE THE RIGHT TOOLS, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AT THEIR LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THIS METHODOLOGY HAS PRODUCED STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED CITY LICENSES AND WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BEGIN ENTRY LEVEL APPRENTICE WORK. OUR AIM IS TO PRODUCE A MORE EMPLOYMENT MARKETABLE INDIVIDUALS FROM A POPULATION THAT TRADITIONALLY FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS OF OUR SOCIETY.

Contact people:

Confessor Soto, President, (718) 614-2575, (email) Miriam Burgos, Vice President, (718) 846-7345

Address:

474 Central Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11221 (See a map)

Directions:

474 Central Ave. (Site I)- J train to Gates Ave. walk to Central 5 blocks.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: J Train to Gates Ave.,   Walk distance (in minutes): 10