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March 8, 2021 By Frank McCormack
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a serious blow to in-person meetings of all kinds, including RiverWorks Discovery’s popular career discovery event, Who Works The Rivers (WWTR).
Before the pandemic, RiverWorks Discovery was ramping up WWTR, holding events in cities large and small and on multiple river systems. High school students by the busload would converge on host ports and terminals to discover the culture, commerce and conservation tied to the nation’s waterways and the maritime industry. But the pandemic brought that to a halt.
Now, thanks to a partnership with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center (KCWC), Who Works The Rivers is set to go virtual, with an online career education event scheduled for April 14. The free event, which is open to students and RiverWorks Discovery supporters both in Kentucky and throughout the nation, will carry the same goal as the well-known in-p