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Drilling Down: Four Questions with Dr. Mittie Cannon, Changemaker for Young Women in Construction

by Harbor Freight Tools for Schools on October 13, 2024

Dr. Mittie Cannon has made advocating for diversity in the construction industry her mission for the last decade. She established Power UP Inc., which is focused on showing young women all the lucrative and empowering opportunities that are available to them in the world of construction. She reflects on how far her work has come,…

Topics: Workforce & People
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Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Mittie Cannon of Power UP, ABC Carolinas Conference

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on July 24, 2021

Dr. Mittie Cannon, Founder of Power UP Inc., is among the featured presenters at the upcoming 2021 ABC Carolinas (ABCC) Annual Construction Conference in Myrtle Beach scheduled for August 18-20. Launched by Dr. Cannon six years ago for young women and their moms in Birmingham, Alabama, Power-Up is a now a far-reaching construction industry workforce…

Topics: Featured, Workforce, Workforce & People
ABC Carolinas, Dr. Mittie Cannon, Power UP, Power UP: It's a Mother-Daughter Thing!

Power UP Workshop Gives Five-Year-Olds a Glimpse of Construction Technology

by Helen Johnson on January 19, 2019

Power UP, Inc. founder Dr. Mittie Cannon believes it’s never too early to start paving the way for a possible career in engineering and construction. Just before the December 2018 holiday break, Don Wilcher, Director of Manufacturing and Technology at Jefferson State Community College, led a Power UP workshop for very young children at Robinson…

Topics: Education, Featured, Schools (K-12 and Higher Education)
Power UP, Power UP: It's a Mother-Daughter Thing!

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