{"id":4845,"date":"2023-11-16T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:03:27","slug":"aapa-accelerate-graduate-honored-during-naw-kick-off-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/aapa-accelerate-graduate-honored-during-naw-kick-off-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA ACCELerate Graduate Honored During NAW Kick-Off Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/12\/NAWkickoff2023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/12\/NAWkickoff2023.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4846\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Department of Labor kicked off National Apprenticeship Week, November 13-19, 2023, by hosting apprenticeship graduates at U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) headquarters on Monday. Lourdes&nbsp;Zerquera-Ordonez, an AAPA ACCELerate DOL grant recipient and an A&amp;P Mechanic apprentice graduate from AAR, Miami, FL, was invited to attend the special event. AAPA\u2019s ACCELerate program Executive Director Barbara R. Murray also attended the event. Lourdes and other apprenticeship graduates \u2014 known as Apprenticeship Trailblazers \u2014 and their employer representatives, met with senior DOL leaders, and other \u201ctrailblazers\u201d from across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this gathering, apprentices had a chance to connect with fellow apprenticeship graduates, high-ranking Administration officials, leaders from the federal government, industry partners, and advocates for Registered Apprenticeship. Some told their stories in-person or via video interviews, sharing their perspectives on how Registered Apprenticeship increases opportunities for underserved communities and has impacted their personal and professional lives. As AT\u2019s, these young people will bring awareness to other career seekers who may be interested in becoming apprentices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day during NAW, ACCELerate will be honoring daily themes with highlights and information about its work and partner companies to promote and grow apprenticeship. For more information and to watch the kick-off video,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeship.gov\/national-apprenticeship-week\" target=\"_blank\">visit NAW\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0<em>(Pictured from left: Manny Lamarre, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor; Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education; Lourdes-Zerquera-Ordonez; and Julie Su, Acting Labor Secretary.)<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naylornetwork.com\/aap-nwl\/articles\/index-v2.asp?aid=807699&amp;issueID=94124\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Labor kicked off National Apprenticeship Week, November 13-19, 2023, by hosting apprenticeship graduates at U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) headquarters on Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":4846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[612,629,1263],"class_list":["post-4845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog","tag-accelerate","tag-accelerate-apprenticeship","tag-usdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}