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Feb 1 News + Updates
Our February 1 newsletter is now available! Click here to read our latest news and updates.
Our February 1 newsletter is now available! Click here to read our latest news and updates.
In 2019, the Annie E. Casey Foundation partnered with Associated Black Charities (ABC) and Workforce Matters to launch the Advancing Racial Equity in Workforce Development initiative. The initiative built the capacity of organizations engaged in research, advocacy, technical assistance and other field-building activities in workforce development to integrate and apply policies Read more…
In 2019, the Annie E. Casey Foundation partnered with Associated Black Charities and Workforce Matters to launch the Advancing Racial Equity in Workforce Development initiative. The initiative focused on building the capacity of workforce field-building organizations to integrate and apply a racial equity lens to their organizational, operational, and programmatic Read more…
what we’re up to Congratulations to our newest Steering Committee members! Please join us in welcoming our newest Steering Committee members: Monique Baptiste, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Laura Burgher, Annie E. Casey Foundation Isa Ellis, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jennifer LaForest, Holloway Family Foundation Kristen Titus, Cognizant US Foundation Read more…
what we’re up to Insights from Our Members In our newest guest post, Robin Kramer of The Smidt Foundation discusses findings from two studies the Foundation commissioned through its Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Initiative: A JFF landscape of high school trades education in all 50 states, and nationwide opinion research from NORC Read more…
what we’re up to Insights from Our Members In our newest guest post, Rob Hope and Kayla Tolentino of ReWork the Bay at the San Francisco Foundation weigh in on why the rules of the game matter, not just how you play it: “Our main goal as a Read more…
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 employment that offers the pay and benefits necessary for people 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 series. Register today to participate in one of their upcoming 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 Aid (CGLA), and Kristen Robinson, co-founder of the Ecofeminist Action Institute 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 to share information about their own grantmaking, discuss tough questions, Read more…