Workforce Matters is excited to share more about our Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities Initiative! We asked some of our first grantmakers involved in this effort, Jennifer Racho of the Northwest Area Foundation and Kirstin Yeado of Ascendium, Read more
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce MattersI’ve been working in the field of workforce development for over a decade and in the last five years, I’ve focused specifically on the intersection of workforce Read more
From Co-Directors Loh-Sze Leung and Clair Minson: The Supreme Court’s rulings that struck down race-based admissions at Harvard and at the University of North Carolina set back decades of progress toward greater diversity and inclusion in higher education. Affirmative action Read more
On May 10, 2023, during Mental Health Awareness Month, Workforce Matters held a webinar with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor. The webinar featured Assistant Secretary Taryn M. Williams, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, Chief Read more
On May 4, Workforce Matters hosted a webinar on community colleges featuring Lumina Foundation and partner organizations working together to create career opportunities through short-term credential programs like High Road Construction Careers (HRCC) in California. We heard from our panel Read more
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I joined Strada (then USAFunds) in 2014. The majority of my work here at Strada has focused on philanthropic initiatives that create more equitable pathways between education Read more
By Jennifer Zeisler, Senior Program Director, ECMC Foundation This post was originally posted on the ECMC Foundation website. Jennifer Zeisler is a Steering Committee member of Workforce Matters. ECMC Foundation ― with its mission to improve higher education for career Read more
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I recently joined World Education Services as the Senior Director of the Mariam Assefa Fund, leading the team and its philanthropic efforts in the US and Read more
Between November 2022 and February 2023, Workforce Matters partnered with Listen4Good to launch a survey of our members in order to collect and respond to your feedback. We heard from a total of 95 members, including 33 who attended the Read more
