Jodie Smith, Author at Construction Career Development Initiative

North Tech Jobsite Visit

Thank you to Patrick Hanneken from North Tech High School on organizing this trip to the One Hundred jobsite in St. Louis. We are so glad CCDI could help provide educational site visits to some

Jodie Smith2020-02-19T20:13:34+00:00February 19th, 2020|

Construction Forums 2020 Building Tomorrow Awards

CCDI is honored to be the recipient of Construction Forums 2020 Building Tomorrow: Workforce Development Organization Award! CCDI has grown tremendously over the past five years with the support of our partners and sponsors. Because

Jodie Smith2020-02-12T21:13:33+00:00February 12th, 2020|

CCDI Chicago partners with HIRE360

CCDI Chicago is excited to be working with HIRE360 Chicago. HIRE360's mission is to strengthen the workforce participation of underrepresented populations in the Chicago area — with a special focus on engaging youth and mentoring

Jodie Smith2020-01-30T23:17:05+00:00January 30th, 2020|

Construction Academy: January 2020

Big shout out to Jessica Harvey for hosting our Construction Academy for January. Twenty-six high school students, eight alumnus and ten volunteers had the opportunity to learn about and tour one of St. Louis' coolest

Jodie Smith2020-01-29T15:22:57+00:00January 29th, 2020|

Annual CCDI Bowling Night

We had a great turn out for our annual CCDI bowling night. It makes us so happy to see this program grow and grow! We can't wait to see what this year holds in store

Jodie Smith2020-01-20T22:22:29+00:00January 16th, 2020|

CCDI Chicago Mentor Appreciation

CCDI Chicago kicked off the new year with a mentor appreciation event and basketball game outing! We hosted a pre-game reception to acknowledge the work of staff and students helping at risk youth learn about

Jodie Smith2020-01-20T22:31:32+00:00January 15th, 2020|

CCDI Wins Building Tomorrow Award

What a fantastic way to start off the new year! CCDI has been selected as the recipient of Construction Forum St. Louis' Building Tomorrow Award for Workforce Development! We are so proud our program is

Jodie Smith2020-01-10T19:52:58+00:00January 10th, 2020|

1st Annual CCDI Trivia Night

CCDI's 1st Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser took place this past weekend at St. Ann Community Center. The purpose of this event was to recruit mentors for our new class of CCDI students, as well as

Jodie Smith2019-11-04T22:36:54+00:00November 4th, 2019|

Construction Academy: October 2019

CCDI's October Construction Academy was hosted at North Technical High School. The session's topic was "Trades Day" and led by Mr. Hanneken and 9 of our CCDI/North Tech Alums. We had 31 new students

Jodie Smith2019-11-04T22:22:02+00:00October 30th, 2019|

Construction Academy: September 2018

CCDI was so excited to welcome a new class of students to 2019-2020 Construction Academy! We spent this first class getting introduced to one another and giving the students an overview of some of the

Jodie Smith2019-10-09T19:01:14+00:00October 2nd, 2019|

About Jodie Smith

Construction Career Development Initiative (CCDI) brings diversity to the Design and Construction industry by mentoring and exposing minority/underrepresented and under employed men and women to career development in construction.

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