Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for low-wage property service workers and their families by increasing their skills, access to education, and opportunities for career and community advancement and participation.
BSP Joins Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in Workforce Symposium
On April 23, 2013, BSP’s Executive Director, Aida Cardenas, joined Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in the Workforce Leadership Symposium - Turning Vision into Action. As a City and County Workforce Investment Board Member, Aida spoke about the future of workforce development in Los Angeles and specifically about how union-negotiated ...
BSP Receives Grant from Western Digital Foundation
Western Digital has granted BSP a $9,000 grant through its WD Foundation to support BSP’s computer literacy classes in Santa Clara County for janitors or other low-wage building service workers or their families. BSP’s computer classes are mostly offered on Saturdays to accommodate the schedules of janitors who work late ...
United Way of Greater L.A. Education Summit 2013: Aida Cardenas Participates as a Discussion Leader
On Wednesday, February 27, United Way of Greater Los Angeles hosted a national discussion with key leaders on how to strengthen low-performing schools through partnerships in the classrooms and in communities. Aida Cardenas participated as a discussion leader and shared BSP's commitment to education. The summit included a panel discussion with ...
2013 BSP Scholarship Application Now Available
Building Skills Partnership and SEIU-USWW are currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2013-2014 school year for members and/or children of SEIU-USWW members who plan to continue their studies. Scholarships will range from $250 to $1000. Applications are due May 15, 2013 To Download Scholarship Application CLICK HERE Eligibility Requirements - Be a member of SEIU-USWW ...
Aida Cardenas Awarded 2013 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
BSP's Executive Director, Aida Cardenas, was recognized on February 4th by a resolution from the California State Senate for her work advancing innovative, effective solutions to critical state issues, for which she received a Leadership Award from the James Irvine Foundation. The $125,000 Leadership Award presented by Senator Ricardo Lara will help Building ...
L.A. Cityview Interviews Aida Cardenas
L.A. Citiview Channel 35 recently interviewed Aida Cardenas where she discussed BSP's mission of providing training to low-wage property service workers. L.A. Cityview 35 is the government access cable television channel seen in the City of Los Angeles. Interview of Aida Cardenas To view: click on link above and select segment ...
BSP tutoring at Google featured in San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News
BSP’s one-on-one tutoring program between up to 50 janitors and Google employees was featured on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook section on November 8th. Click here to read full San Francisco Chronicle story. This high profile article follows an October article in the San Jose Mercury News ...
BSP receives a national award from the Migration Policy Institute for its innovative work towards immigrant integration
BSP’s work increasing the skills, access to education and opportunities for building service workers across California was recognized for offering innovative models for immigrant integration on September 20th by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) with The E Pluribus Unum Prizes award of $50,000. BSP trains over 2,000 immigrant janitors and other ...
BSP is Featured on The California Wellness Foundation homepage
BSP was recently featured on The California Wellness Foundation homepage. BSP is a recipient of a three-year grant through The California Wellness Foundation's Work and Health Initiative. To view The California Wellness Foundation's homepage, please visit: http://www.calwellness.org/
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