Basic Skills for Immigrants and Refugees
Summary:
Hammerstone conceived this free class for immigrants and refugees in 2017 to support women affected by that era’s immigrant bans. What started as a small act of kindness has now grown into a vital program that empowers women with valuable carpentry skills and fosters cross-cultural connections.
Course Tuition: $0
Material Fees: $0
Our free courses are offered in solidarity and made possible by support from our community. Please consider a donation to help us keep this course free: DONATE
Summary:
Hammerstone conceived this free class for immigrants and refugees in 2017 to support women affected by that era’s immigrant bans. What started as a small act of kindness has now grown into a vital program that empowers women with valuable carpentry skills and fosters cross-cultural connections.
Course Tuition: $0
Material Fees: $0
Our free courses are offered in solidarity and made possible by support from our community. Please consider a donation to help us keep this course free: DONATE
Summary:
Hammerstone conceived this free class for immigrants and refugees in 2017 to support women affected by that era’s immigrant bans. What started as a small act of kindness has now grown into a vital program that empowers women with valuable carpentry skills and fosters cross-cultural connections.
Course Tuition: $0
Material Fees: $0
Our free courses are offered in solidarity and made possible by support from our community. Please consider a donation to help us keep this course free: DONATE
Who is this class for:
This class is designed to create a welcoming environment specifically for immigrants and refugees. We ask that you only sign up for this course if you identify as either an immigrant or a refugee.
Like all Hammerstone courses, this course is open to women and gender minorities. Hammerstone welcomes all trans folks including trans men.
There is no prerequisite and this course is open to all skill levels.
Description:
Nearly every year since 2017, Hammerstone has offered a totally free class to our Immigrant and Refugee community members. For this one-day workshop, students from all over the world who have found a home here in Ithaca join us at Hammerstone for a few hours of building skills and building community.
In this class we use tools to build a useful planter box. You will learn how to measure parts, how to safely cut wood with a circular saw, and how to connect those pieces together with screws. Many of our students in this class are new English learners so we have more helpers for each student. We also have helpers who speak foreign languages. We use lots of pictures in our teaching.
