Our latest blog post comes from Rob Hope, Director, and Kayla Tolentino, Initiative Associate, of ReWork the Bay at the San Francisco Foundation. ReWork the Bay works to increase the number of people in the Bay Area who have quality, empowered Read more…
what we’re up to New! Post-Election Analysis for Philanthropy from Economic Opportunity Funders Workforce Matters is pleased to partner with our colleagues at Economic Opportunity Funders to connect workforce grantmakers with an opportunity to participate in EOF’s post-election virtual funder learning Read more…
Workforce Matters recently had the opportunity to screen the documentary The Road Up and host a Q&A, moderated by Tameshia Mansfield of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with panelists Sheena Meade from Clean Slate Initiative, Esther Franco-Payne from Cabrini Green Legal Read more…
Extended Screening October 25th-27th Discussion: The Intersection of the Criminal Justice System and Employment Tuesday, October 27th 1:00 pm eastern The documentary The Road Up follows four participants in Cara, a Chicago job-training program, as they seek to make the Read more…
what we’re up to Last chance! Apply to join a Peer-to-Peer Learning Lab by Friday, October 16th This fall, Workforce Matters will be launching three new Learning Labs. Our Learning Labs provide a table for funders to come together Read more…
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020 By Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC-SLP Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC-SLP is Senior Vice President of Grants and Communications at the Kessler Foundation, where she oversees the Foundation’s comprehensive grant making program and its communications department. Read more…
what we’re up to Feeling isolated working from home? Overwhelmed with ambiguity about what the future holds? We heard you. We’ve designed a series of Fall 2020 events to keep you connected to peers, exploring new ideas, and cultivating a Read more…
Contact tracing is viewed as an important tool for managing COVID-19’s spread in the United States if done in a timely fashion, but a scarce supply of workers with contact tracing training has hobbled efforts to keep the disease in Read more…
You’re invited! Please join Workforce Matters and Funders Together to End Homelessness for a special private screening + discussion of the soon-to-be-released documentary film The Road Up. Even before COVID-19, a staggering number of American workers were trapped in a Read more…
on our calendars Talent Finance U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is kicking off a series of virtual forums to launch their newest initiative, Talent Finance. The event series will follow the release of a Read more…