Career Academies and Real-World Learning Experiences Thursday, November 21st 3 pm ET Building on a site visit our Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning learning network made to the Racine Academies in May 2019, we’ve structured a follow-up learning opportunity for grantmakers interested in learning more about the Career Academy model. High school Read more…
Is your foundation investing in strategies to launch, accelerate, strengthen, or scale projects that help employers update their recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, retention, and advancement practices? Workforce Matters will be convening a small group of our Employer Practices Learning Network members and other grantmakers for a funder-to-funder conversation about lessons learned and anticipated Read more…
On Monday, October 28th at 2pm ET, you’re invited to join us for our annual fall policy update to get a quick overview of the current federal policy landscape with an eye towards those policies and budgetary decisions that are of particular significance to workforce funders. In addition to a brief Read more…
On Friday, October 18th at 2 pm ET you’re invited to join Workforce Matters and the Joint Center for an overview of the Joint Center’s new report, Racial Differences on the Future of Work, and a discussion about implications for workforce development and philanthropic approaches to the future of work. Click here to Read more…
On, Friday, October 11th at 2 pm ET join Workforce Matters and Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) for an overview of PRE’s new report, Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens, and a discussion with your peers on applying these principles to workforce development grantmaking. Click here to register.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Lumina Foundation, Workforce Matters and The Annie E. Casey Foundation are partnering to host a one-and-a-half day funder workshop to identify opportunities for philanthropy to be inclusive of the immigrant worker perspective in “future of work” strategies. The mission of the October 3rd-4th event in San Francisco Read more…