2025 Alumni Picnic
Thanks to everyone who came to the 2025 Alumni Appreciation Picnic! Take the Alumni Survey
2025 Alumni Party
Thank you to everyone for another great Alumni Party! 2024-25 New Journeyworkers Jessica Botelho Jaylon Baker Ricardo Benitez Jessica Botelho Michael Mark Burgess James Candelario Tyrell Clarke Robert Griffin Kevin DaSilva Althea Dibiase Brandon Dwelly Juan Filpo Gerson Fontes-Fernandez Andrew Gomes
Building Futures Celebrates 46th Pre-Apprenticeship Graduation
Congrats to our grads! On Friday, February 14, Building Futures celebrated its 46th graduation. The class included 4 Building Futures Inside graduates and 8 Building Green Futures grads. - - “You are a trailblazer. Graduates before you laid the path. You’ll lay the path for
“I was made for this!”
The Ocean State is training the next generation of fishers through Registered Apprenticeship Registered Apprenticeship is not just for the skilled trades! More and more employers are using Registered Apprenticeship to build their workforce - and reaping big rewards. Working Nation updated their excellent video on the Commercial Fisheries Center Registered
Building Futures on RIF Together RI Podcast
“I don’t think anyone could have predicted a small seed investment in 2007 could yield thousands of careers for Rhode Islanders just a short period later.” This fall, Andrew Cortés, Building Futures' president & CEO, spent some time with David Cicilline for a thoughtful conversation about the power of apprenticeships on the
Celebrating 17 years of innovation with the RI Building and Construction Trades Council
At this year's Apprenticeship Works celebration, we honored the RI Building and Construction Trades Council as the Innovation in Apprenticeship Award winner. We shared this video that champions our longstanding partnership and its impact. The video features RIBCTC President Michael Sabitoni and Building Futures' graduate, board
Thank you for celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with us!
Thank you to all those who joined us during National Apprenticeship Week for our Apprenticeship Works Reception. Congratulations to our partner awardees and to the nominees and winners of the inaugural Excellence in Apprenticeship award. Sponsors, employers and apprentices - we want
2024 Excellence in Apprenticeship Nominees
Building Futures partnered with the State Apprenticeship Council at RI Department of Labor and Training to honor apprentices making a difference in their workplaces and Registered Apprenticeship Programs. All RA sponsors statewide were invited to nominate an apprentice. The SAC reviewed 17 nominees across three dimensions: Excellence in
Gov. McKee RI Apprenticeship Week 2024 Proclamation
PROCLAMATION by the Governor of the State of Rhode Island WHEREAS, 2024 marks the 8th year of Rhode Island celebrating Apprenticeship Week, highlighting the crucial role Registered Apprenticeship plays in our economy and its life-changing impact on individuals and communities; and WHEREAS, while Rhode Island has grown its workforce, reaching record levels of
2024 Apprenticeship Works Honorees
Registered Apprenticeship is raising incomes and creating opportunity for hundreds of Rhode Islanders while giving employers access to the skilled workforce they need to drive our economy forward. Please join us to celebrate our work together that makes Apprenticeship work for Rhode Island and to honor outstanding