Robin Boggs Managing Director, US Corporate Citizenship at Accenture Tessa Forshaw Next Level Lab, Harvard University Across the country, workforce development programs support people to reskill, retrain, upskill, and learn workplace skills for the first time—everywhere from office buildings, community colleges, military bases, churches, schools, and libraries to private homes. Read more…
Ashley McIver is a Senior Philanthropy Officer at the Communities Foundation of Texas. Ashley has been a member of the Workforce Matters Steering Committee since 2019 and currently serves as Co-Chair. WFM: Tell us about yourself. What are you up to outside of work? AM: My husband and I celebrated a Read more…
In late November, with leadership from member Jen Racho of the Northwest Area Foundation, Workforce Matters hosted a peer-to-peer conversation for funders supporting or interested in supporting workforce development in Tribal nations and Indigenous communities. The group was able to share grantmaking experiences and interests as well as what they Read more…
The Cognizant Foundation was founded in 2018 to inspire, educate and prepare people of all ages to succeed in the workforce of today and tomorrow. The foundation serves historically excluded communities through the delivery of industry-relevant education, technical skills training programs and critical research needed to modernize workforce education, training Read more…
This fall, Workforce Matters will launch a new peer-to-peer learning lab facilitated by Clair Watson Minson of Sandra Grace LLC to serve as a community of practice for grantmakers working to implement ideas and strategies inspired by A Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders. Our new learning lab will focus on Read more…
Kesmyre Smalls is a Senior at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas majoring in Legal Studies and Criminology and a 2021 College Intern at Workforce Matters. How should youth and young adults be involved in helping to shape the public policies and investments that affect them? Youth/young adults should be Read more…
Authors: Desmond Amuh, Manager for Policy, Markle Foundation Daniel Bustillo, Executive Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) Clair Minson, Founder & Principal Consultant, Sandra Grace LLC Paige Shevlin, Director of Policy and State Partnerships, Markle Foundation COVID-19 brought about the worst economic recession in modern history. With businesses shutting their Read more…
Kesmyre Smalls is a Junior at Paul Quinn College, majoring in Legal Studies and Criminology and a 2021 College Intern at Workforce Matters. How does your work at Workforce Matters compare with other internships you have had? This internship is completely different from the other internship I’ve had. For starters, Read more…
Last month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a Workforce Matters supporting member, sponsored a workshop for Workforce Matters members on Asset-Framing strategies led by Trabian Shorters, Founder and CEO of BMe Community. Workforce Matters was particularly excited to introduce the BMe Community to our network because their work on Asset-Framing Read more…
Guest post by Monique Baptiste, Vice President, Jobs & Skills, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Workforce Matters Steering Committee member and Linda M. Rodríguez, Executive Director, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Here are two intertwined realities: Black and Latina women have long been financial backbones of their households Read more…