Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation (PWDC)

EARN Center Video Series

PWDC, a nonprofit corporation working towards improving the region's economy by supporting workforce development initiatives, hired us to produces a series of videos for their Transitional Workforce Division. This branch of PWDC, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, oversees the delivery of training, services, and ultimately, job placement to welfare recipients via their network of EARN Centers throughout Philadelphia.

PWP has been given the opportunity to capture stories of four resilient former welfare recipients who agreed to openly share both their hardships and achievements on camera. By doing so, they hope to inspire others who are currently facing the employment barriers that they once faced, and have now overcome due in part to PWDC programs and services. 

To date, we've visited an Energy Auditor from the Energy Coordinating Agency, a Bookkeeper form Brown's Shoprite, and a Supportive Services and Training Coordinator from PWDC. Getting behind the scenes glimpses of different work environments, we've learned about maintaining energy efficiency in row homes and keeping track of cash in supermarkets.  And as usual, meeting new people and hearing others' life experiences is both rewarding and insightful.

The videos to be produced include four individual success story videos, a video to be shown during program orientation, and an employer recruitment video.  The project will be completed this winter and videos will be found on either the PWDC EARN Center website , or our Vimeo and YouTube Channels.