In 2020, Workforce Matters will be streamlining our work to focus on one overarching goal: Supporting an equitable response to and recovery from COVID-19 by continuing to support learning, networking, and collaboration among workforce grantmakers.

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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Events

Timestamp	Date	Time (ET)	Title	Sponsor	Description	Registration Link	Registration	Issue Areas	Populations	Recording Link	Recording	Your Name	Additional Notes	Your Organization
04/07/2020 10:17 AM	04/08/2020	02:00 PM	Webinar: What’s being done to address the growing US digital divide	Brookings Institution	On April 8, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings will host a webinar discussion on the growing digital divide and what federal agencies and local leaders are doing to identify and mitigate the challenges those without broadband access are facing.	https://www.brookings.edu/events/webinar-whats-being-done-to-address-the-growing-u-s-digital-divide/	Link	Employment, Education + Training, Digital Divide		https://youtu.be/jZMnfHP2bSY	Link	Sarah Oldmixon
04/07/2020 05:30 PM	04/16/2020	02:00 PM	Making Advising and Student Supports Accessible for Students in the COVID-19 Crisis	New America	Join us on April 16 from 2-3:30 pm ET to hear from community college leaders, healthcare education experts, and grant evaluators on how the lessons from TAACCCT grants focused on healthcare can inform community colleges’ response to the coronavirus pandemic.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3715859386307/WN_l_xS3n7gQd6p8DBHSkyFXg	Link	Education + Training				Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/08/2020 01:34 PM	04/21/2020	02:00 PM	Job Quality in Practice Webinar - Worker Organizations Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis	Aspen Institute EOP	“Frontline hero” status and temporary “hero bonus” pay under these challenging circumstances are fitting for the many who do essential jobs that enable others’ locked-down lives in this era. It’s appropriate, but it is not sufficient. Nor does it address longstanding job quality inequity. Raising the voices and bargaining power of workers has been the focus of our three panelists throughout most of their careers.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1415861976350/WN_TCodBiCAQViDkMwofYhCcg	Link	Employment, Workers' Rights		https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/job-quality-in-practice-webinar-worker-organizations-respond-to-the-covid-19-crisis/	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/08/2020 01:38 PM	04/28/2020	02:00 PM	Notes from the Field: COVID-19's Impact on California's Workers	NSC / California EDGE Coalition	A conversation on how we can address the immediate issues frontline workers are facing during the COVID-19 crisis.	https://secure.everyaction.com/bmIp6s6ihEO1ZHwuiBaImg2?emci=6c9c029b-b172-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=2820061	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Workers' Rights				Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/09/2020 11:29 AM	04/15/2020	01:00 PM	COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Immigrant Families and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action	Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees	oin GCIR to learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement. They'll discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how philanthropy must significantly increase grantmaking dollars, shift grantmaking practices, embrace risk, and assert leadership to meet the challenges of this moment.	https://www.gcir.org/programs/2020/4/COVID-19-pandemic-impact-on-immigrant-families-and-communities	Link		Immigrants, Undocumented Workers			Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/13/2020 08:51 AM	04/14/2020	10:30 AM	Webinar: Government lending to small businesses during COVID-19—Why? How? And will it work?	Brookings Institution	On Tuesday, April 14, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings will convene a virtual panel to discuss the shape, scale, and economic rationale for the small business lending program; the administrative challenges it poses to lenders, small businesses, and government; and the possibility that it will prove to cost far more than the initial $349 billion allocation.	http://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-small-business-lending-covid	Link	Small Business		https://www.brookings.edu/events/government-lending-to-small-businesses-during-covid-19-why-how-and-will-it-work/	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/14/2020 12:29 PM	04/16/2020	02:00 PM	Making Healthcare Education Responsive to Student Needs in the COVID19 Crisis	New America	Join us on April 16 from 2-3:30 pm ET to hear from community college leaders, healthcare education experts, and grant evaluators on how the lessons from TAACCCT grants focused on healthcare can inform community colleges’ response to the coronavirus pandemic.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3715859386307/WN_l_xS3n7gQd6p8DBHSkyFXg	Link	Education + Training				Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/14/2020 12:37 PM	04/10/2020	02:00 PM	Leadership in Crisis: Insights for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Leaders	Center for Effective Philanthropy	What does good leadership in crisis look like? In this time of unprecedented challenge related to COVID-19, what can we learn from the great leaders of the past?			Nonprofits		https://youtu.be/JpKQi8s1lmQ	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/17/2020 11:52 AM	04/22/2020	11:00 AM	A Conversation with Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) about COVID-19 and impacts on Black Workers and Students	The Joint Center	A conversation with the Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) about COVID-19 and the challenges this crisis is presenting for Black workers and students. Congressman Scott will share his priorities for upcoming stimulus legislation.	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnhF-iS0DyIocHzmHeQ8ZwqKDg28GoDzJd8P2Zbm30XELqgw/viewform	Link	Education + Training, Employment	People of Color	https://jointcenter.org/joint-center-hosts-online-briefing-with-congressman-bobby-scott-d-va-chairman-of-the-u-s-house-committee-on-education-and-labor/	Link	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/21/2020 01:48 PM	04/29/2020	02:00 PM	Race, Economy, and COVID-19: How America’s Race Problem Exacerbated the Crisis – A Book Talk with Eduardo Porter	Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program	In a timely new book, American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise, New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter examines “how racial animus has stunted the development of nearly every institution crucial for a healthy society, including organized labor, public education, and the social safety net.” Now these institutions are failing us all. We invite you to join us for a virtual book talk with the author to discuss how we arrived here and the lessons history holds for finding a better way forward.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7715870665358/WN_np6gt6HXSSaIFZGY93X-mw	Link	Race Equity	People of Color			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/21/2020 01:51 PM	04/28/2020	04:00 PM	From Practice to Pandemic: Lessons from Sodexo on Utilizing Equity and Inclusion Best Practices to Pivot in Crisis	FSG	A conversation with FSG on how Sodexo is leveraging equity and inclusion best practices featured in its recent publication, Advancing Frontline Employees of Color, to better meet the current challenges posed by the pandemic. Speakers will also share their thinking about long-term talent practice changes Sodexo and other companies will have to consider in a post-COVID-19 world.	https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcO6qrTIqGNILPjluCTtJZ1x78ZR7JrRh	Link	Employment	Frontline workers			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/22/2020 03:13 PM	04/24/2020	01:00 PM	Building an Inclusive Response and Recovery	Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth	What can different sectors do to support America’s workers and how can we prepare for shifts in the very nature of work? Speakers include Byron Auguste, Co-Founder & CEO, Opportunity@Work; David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Co-Director, MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future; Co-Director, NBER Labor Studies Program; and Marcela Escobari, Senior Fellow, Workforce of the Future, Brookings Institution	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eJdz181WRDeTlz-mLRyz_A	Link	Employment, Income	low-wage workers			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/22/2020 03:35 PM	05/05/2020	02:00 PM	The New Landscape of Digital Literacy: What policymakers and workforce advocates need to know	National Skills Coalition	In this webinar, get a sneak peek at a new data analysis illustrating digital skill gaps among workers in major industries such as healthcare and manufacturing. Learn key questions to ask in applying a racial equity lens to digital literacy efforts. And hear about National Skills Coalition's new recommendations for policymakers and advocates seeking to incorporate digital skill-building in their Covid-19 response plans.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_29plX7PaQMGJhUx-tVpIBQ?emci=ab6f471f-f483-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=5bc237cb-0584-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=2682100	Link	Education + Training	Immigrants, People of Color	https://zoom.us/rec/play/ucJ5c7-spjg3TIaU5ASDBvUrW9Tpfa6sgCcW-KdYzkm3U3NXYwelZLYTYeo-F1ZwilMnSXNUVxw1uXRc?continueMode=true	Link	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/23/2020 11:55 AM	04/29/2020	02:00 PM	Ask Us Anything Series: Initial Observations and Responses to COVID-19	Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity	Ask Us Anything Series: Initial Observations and Responses to COVID-19 -- a conversational webinar where we will answer questions and provide an update on the first weeks of the pandemic and responses from the workforce development system.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r7Y2OjJJQsGHx72mA_421A?utm_source=Atlanta+Fed+E-mail+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=87b5abc51a-cweo-wd-month-2019-09-17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b7a27f0b85-87b5abc51a-258892977	Link	Education + Training, Employment	General/Low-income			Loh-Sze Leung	This is the first webinar in a series from the Fed focused on workforce issues and COVID	Workforce Matters
04/24/2020 11:13 AM	04/27/2020	01:00 PM	Mobility Justice in the Time of Crisis	PolicyLink	A key but often overlooked segment of the essential worker population includes transit workers along with many of the frontline workers they help get to work every day. Join us for a conversation around the various initiatives mobility justice advocates are urging California to take on and how you can contribute to ensure that all of its residents are safe and protected in this time of crisis.	https://policylink.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cVVrD6CrQ_6DXYoLJdSElg	Link	Workers' Rights, Transportation				Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/28/2020 09:48 AM	04/29/2020	03:00 PM	English Language Assessment at a Distance	Voxy	Measuring English language proficiency gains in a reliable and comprehensive way has always been complicated, and the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated this. Join Voxy’s Chief Education Officer Katie Nielson, PhD. as she discusses best practices for language assessment and program evaluation at a distance. The conversation will include an overview of the Voxy Proficiency Assessment (VPA) and a discussion of how it measures proficiency gains across speaking, reading, listening, and integrated skills. Katie will answer questions about how this tool is effective across proficiency levels and aligns with NRS levels and other common U.S. assessment tools. The webinar will include opportunities for audience participation and Q and A.	https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3156604831299352075	Link	Education + Training, Literacy ESL Online Learning		https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3156604831299352075	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/28/2020 09:59 AM	04/30/2020	01:00 PM	Education & Labor Policy Response to COVID-19	Strada Education	On Thursday, April 30, Strada Education Network will convene federal and state policymakers with the goal of informing the field with an understanding of how education and workforce policy leaders are responding to the crisis and planning for recovery. How can public sector investments and initiatives address both immediate needs, and set the stage for a more equitable and inclusive future? What are federal and state policymakers doing to ensure our institutions of higher education, training providers, and industry leaders are positioned to respond?	https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8581595202832645389?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87071729&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9dvYeI7XWxQO_Zm3mhH4G0hVnN54WhHAhFob_ltHuHVNIzWSMh495XG3YpilBS1qs3hKLd&utm_content=87071729&utm_source=hs_email	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income, Workers' Rights		https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/8201763413527721474	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/30/2020 08:29 AM	05/01/2020	02:00 PM	The Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Immigrant Children and Families: What Philanthropists and Advocates Can Do	Alliance for Early Success and Early Childhood Funders Collaborative	In addition to highlighting the Coronavirus’s disproportionate impact on immigrant children, we will also discuss federal legislation to address the needs of immigrant families; key services and assistance that local and state organizations are providing to immigrant families; the critical role that philanthropy plays in supporting positive outcomes for immigrant families; and concrete actions that advocates can take to improve policies for immigrant children and families.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-nuSry9yQAqNadW_Pep5gw	Link		Immigrants			Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:31 AM	05/12/2020	03:00 PM	New Frames for a New Time	Aspen Institute	In this webinar, Frameworks Institute expert Julie Sweetland will share emerging and established research on messaging on economic mobility, Covid-19, and ways to support practice and policy goals in this unprecedented moment.	https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XOghjDJLRwCYsemazRjJ_Q	Link	Income, narrative		https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/webinar-new-frames-for-a-new-time/	Link	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:43 AM	04/28/2020		Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: Equitable Lending to Boost Small Business Recovery	Urban Institute	Urban Institute webinar recording on the pandemic's effects on small business owners of color and what's needed to create a more equitable recovery.			Employment, small business		https://www.urban.org/events/responding-covid-19-crisis-equitable-lending-boost-small-business-recovery	Link	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
05/01/2020 02:43 PM	05/07/2020	12:00 PM	ABFE Funder Briefing: COVID-19 Relief for Black Businesses	Association for Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)	Black business ownership is critical to the health and well-being of our community. Join this call to hear about two relief efforts to support Black businesses. Funders and donors will have the opportunity to hear from two national leaders in the field with track records in supporting Black businesses and opportunities for relief efforts in this area.	https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7781058378832094219	Link	Employment, Business assistance	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, People of Color			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/04/2020 04:22 PM	05/06/2020	02:00 PM	COVID-19 Work and Education Survey Findings Work Impact and Education Perspectives by Job Field	Strada Education Network	This week’s webinar is the third in a series based on our ongoing weekly survey that tracks individuals’ perspectives about their work, education, and lives.The intent is to help employers, educators, policymakers, and communities map a path forward that meets the needs and expectations of Americans. Join Strada Center for Consumer Insights Director of Research Andrew Hanson for a briefing about the latest findings with Maria Flynn, Rob Sentz, and Nicole Smith.	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MZszaOe1RlC8TeyVbxprLw?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87359841&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--xLdpRkkmRxelsOVsntPn5iQMJWZCVmLyiU5sjr5ERpKo1DaDCmRnxNaexgcZSWJldwzbf&utm_content=87359841&utm_source=hs_email	Link	Employment, Income		https://www.stradaeducation.org/video/week-6-public-viewpoint-webinar-covid-19-work-and-education-survey/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87590372&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ouzFOijB5Sqs3x02vvPIIhfAfNZkOxx_NcOPNE-dz_lJBmC9X6BVr7CPLp_NRxjqoo_OI&utm_content=87590372&utm_source=hs_email	Link	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/06/2020 11:14 AM	05/12/2020	06:00 PM	Building a Caring Economy: A Virtual Town Hall with Stacey Abrams	Community Change Action	Join us for a conversation with Stacey Abrams and people on the frontlines of this pandemic as we discuss building an equitable and caring economy.	https://actnow.io/W0DkEoG	Link
05/11/2020 10:09 AM	05/14/2020	03:00 PM	Innovations to Support Families during COVID-19	Early Childhood Funders Collaborative	During the pandemic, families are facing more stress than ever - economic and emotional. At the same time, their connections to early educators, home visitors, and other parents are also strained by closures and distancing. Funders and family supporting programs are adapting quickly to continue services for families. Join this informal conversation with experts from the field to consider what's possible and what's proving effective to support families.	https://www.ecfunders.org/weeklyec-covid-may14-family-support-innovations/	Link	Child Care, Family Wellbeing				Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 10:11 AM	05/28/2020	02:00 PM	Towards an Equitable Response and Recovery: Grantmaking Strategy Under COVID-19	Workforce Matters	Interested in learning more about how your peers are tackling the challenges of grantmaking in the COVID-19 era? Join us to discuss the strategies three foundations are using to respond to working families' near-term needs related to income, employment, job training, and supportive services while sustaining their long-term work to reduce disparities and injustices and advance family economic security.	https://workforce-matters.org/05-28-20-covid-response-webinar/	Link					Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 10:14 AM	05/19/2020	02:00 PM	Increasing Equity in a Post-Pandemic Economy: The Potential for Growing Worker Ownership	Aspen Institute Economic Opportunity Program	The pandemic placed the economy into a sickening tailspin. The crisis has brought enormous pain. Can it also catalyze advantageous changes that expand opportunity and equity? Companies can share economic success through various models. Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), worker cooperatives, profit sharing, and forms of equity participation all present different opportunities to share that success. Employee-owned firms have also shown strong resilience through economic downturns and often use management approaches that lead to higher-quality jobs. How can these strategies help shape the economic rebuilding that is to come? How can they address the inequalities and inequities that have divided our society and help us build a more resilient economy?	https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/6215881170072/WN_l9XsZVe4T2-HYDlHJGYxmQ	Link					Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/12/2020 10:40 AM	05/13/2020	07:00 PM	Ring the Alarm: Surviving COVID-19’s Economic Impact While Black Webinar Series Event III	Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse College International Comparative Labor Studies and the Health Equity Cypher	On this webinar you will hear from Black economists in the U.S. talking about the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Black workers and the economy. Unemployment is staggering. Inequality is on the rise. Black workers and communities are hurting deeply. Our economists will be talking about the CARES Act, job losses, the need for a new stimulus and how to build towards a new more equitable economy. The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse College International Comparative Labor Studies and the Health Equity Cypher have come together to holistically put a name, face and a narrative to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Black community, launching the Ring the Alarm Series.	https://artisticperceptionllc.formstack.com/forms/covid19_economic_impact_while_black	Link	Racial Equity	People of Color			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/14/2020 06:29 AM	05/22/2020	11:00 AM	Removing Barriers to Transformational Philanthropy in Response to COVID-19 & Beyond	NFG	JustFund and Amalgamated Foundation have built a powerful combined service designed to rapidly respond to urgent needs in the wake of COVID-19. We are supporting funders to pivot in this critical moment to move more resources, more quickly to groups on the frontlines of this pandemic. Learn about this unique, frictionless process that has already moved $25M to social justice groups since it launched in 2018.	https://www.nfg.org/events/removing-barriers-transformational-philanthropy-response-covid-19-beyond	Link	Rapid Response Funding				Cema Siegel	Time is PDT	Economic Opportunity Funders
05/14/2020 06:32 AM	05/18/2020	12:00 PM	The Dangerous Return to Austerity and How to Stop It	Groundwork Collaborative	Join Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, historian Kim Phillips-Fein, and Community Change President Dorian Warren as they discuss what austerity means and why, especially in an economic crisis, it is such a dangerous and pernicious idea.	https://groundworkcollaborative.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ku4gdWSYTweDigE7iTVoSA?link_id=1&can_id=96bc35d27bab9ba6ab750e6434ceebc5&	Link	Income, State Budgets/Fiscal Crisis				Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
05/18/2020 11:36 AM	05/20/2020	12:00 PM	The Higher Education & Labor Policy Response to COVID-19 Across One Dupont West	Whiteboard Advisors	he State of Colorado was one of the first to stand up a response and comprehensive strategy to the coronavirus pandemic. The state recently received an “A” rating from economists for its pandemic response. This webinar will bring together state policy leaders - from higher education to labor and the future of work - to discuss the policy solutions and alignment of efforts that will help create a new learning and talent ecosystem for the state.	https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IwY_saotQnGZgZW4W4bRqQ?utm_source=What+We%27re+Watching&utm_campaign=ed508c8df1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_11_02_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9a6245f786-ed508c8df1-414320908	Link	Education + Training, Employment
05/18/2020 12:13 PM	05/21/2020	04:00 PM	Find Out How Emergency Cash Grants Impact Workers	The Workers Lab	Join us as we share findings from The Workers Strength Fund and reflect on emergency cash grants in the age of COVID-19.	https://www.theworkerslab.com/rsvp-emergency-cash?utm_campaign=Knowledge%20Share%20-%20Cash-to-Workers%20-%20Q2%202020%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87900616&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Yrn_k-M_uJwxCCjYVInP94E8X24UWPXGAhhCNUJ29dYeQSWvIp2DRhLW4kIFHppoaVs9H3vh0U-B-D1J3qaFs-yF4n3HFTWKQw_lGkm_jF4CsJrk&_hsmi=87900616	Link	Income
05/18/2020 12:16 PM	05/20/2020	02:00 PM	Education—Disruption, Enrollment, Advice	Strada Education Network	This week’s webinar will focus on how enrollment in postsecondary education and training programs might change and how to reach people with information that helps them navigate their education choices.	https://stradaeducation.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IsYkT_4yQlm_SGk0y1fJfQ?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87994391&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8BMni_GmYf4Jd1C41K-7GH_e_ZwLrIPLKt-wk36749Us8Cueuxff4kdWll4ms7lXCdpg-nMwYNGQCd2osWmOutp6_sVghNvKVTDVfQpVf1EmZ6cxQ&_hsmi=87994391	Link	Education + Training
05/19/2020 01:58 PM	05/28/2020	01:00 PM	Anti-Blackness and Transformative Organizing in the Time of COVID-19	Funders Together to End Homelessness	We are excited to deepen our own knowledge and learn alongside our members in this two-part webinar series on white dominant culture, anti-blackness, and transformative organizing. Through this webinar series, we hope funders will deepen their understanding of how we can shift the way we work in our organizations to create more equitable grantmaking practices that will benefit our grantee partners and people of color experiencing homelessness.	http://www.funderstogether.org/anti_blackness_and_transformative_organizing_in_the_time_of_covid_19	Link	http://www.funderstogether.org/anti_blackness_and_transformative_organizing_in_the_time_of_covid_19\|\|Link\|\|Link	http://www.funderstogether.org/anti_blackness_and_transformative_organizing_in_the_time_of_covid_19\|\|Link\|\|Link\|\|Link
05/20/2020 03:05 PM	05/27/2020	01:00 PM	Adapting to the Future of Work: Transforming Systems to Advance Young Adult Economic Mobility	JobsFirstNYC	Understanding the National Landscape, Learning from other Cities, and Reimagining the Young Adult Workforce Development System will feature experts from across the country to baseline the discussion and provide a national perspective on young adult employment trends, learn from how other cities have transformed their systems to better support young adult economic mobility, and reflect on past policy and practice solutions that have helped connect young adults to the economic life of their communities.	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adapting-to-the-future-of-work-transforming-systems-to-advance-young-adult-economic-mobility-registration-104766513462	Link	Education + Training, Employment	Youth			Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/21/2020 09:58 AM	06/03/2020	12:00 PM	The ADA Generation: New Perspectives on Employment and College Graduates with Disabilities	Kessler Foundation	Sharing findings from the 2020 Kessler Foundation National Employment & Disability Survey: Recent College Graduates	https://unh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UQw6Tq_DTLafGyiIEZ7biA	Link	Employment	People with Disabilities			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/21/2020 10:16 AM	06/03/2020	02:00 PM	American Workers' Digital Skills: What the Data Tells Us	National Skills Coalition	In this webinar: Hear a detailed perspective on US workers' digital skills pre-pandemic, including breakouts by industry and demographic category. Find out what data from a rigorous nationwide assessment tells us about the new landscape of digital skills -- and how the pandemic may change this landscape in the months ahead. Wear your data hat and get ready for some pie charts!	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_53_U44_kQna2yAsgC9kW9w?emci=38cdee8f-b596-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&emdi=14bdc2f3-d699-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&ceid=2686015	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Digital literacy	Workers			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/21/2020 10:20 AM	05/27/2020	12:00 PM	NCRP WEBINAR: MOVING A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS	NCRP	Funder strategy conversation hosted by NCRP on how to not just provide immediate relief, but also long-term support that empowers communities beyond the current moment. NCRP President and CEO Aaron Dorfman will moderate a panel that includes: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Carmen Rojas, incoming president, Marguerite Casey Foundation Karen McNeil-Miller, president and CEO, Colorado Health Foundation Hilary Pennington, executive vice president, Ford Foundation	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sFHoAZHkSTaLavPwsTARfg	Link	Philanthropic strategy				Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/22/2020 04:19 PM	06/03/2020	04:00 PM	Funder Town Hall on Summer Jobs and Service Corps Programs	Youth Transition Funders Group, Workforce Matters, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions	Join YTFG and our partners at The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, Communities for Just Schools Fund, Economic Opportunity Funders, Grantmakers for Thriving Youth, and Workforce Matters for a funders-only virtual town hall to discuss field and philanthropic solutions for what youth summer jobs and service corps programs can look like in a COVID world.	https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IuYqySaRQQyCQR29QG1HWw	Link	Education + Training, Employment	Youth			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/22/2020 04:37 PM	06/04/2020	03:00 PM	Facilitating Online Learning with Open Educational Resources in Uncertain Times	New America	Join us on Thursday June 4 3-4:30 pm Eastern to hear from a panel of experts on leveraging open educational resources (OER) to meet student and institutional needs. Presenters will cover available resources and repositories of OER, how to identify high-quality resources, how to build institutional teams to support OER usage, and best practices for using OER in online or hybrid course environments. These resources and recommendations for institutions, faculty members, and other leaders can help colleges lower students’ cost of materials, provide tailored curriculum, and draw from a variety of existing course materials to achieve course goals.	https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/tJwqcOCqqDgjGtx18_df317HNdvT8HsWGbf3/success?user_id=Z410mh5iSoi3k_dT1ADxSg&timezone_id=America%2FNew_York	Link	Education + Training	Job seekers/workers accessing remote learning			Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters






















Timestamp	Date	Time (ET)	Title	Sponsor	Description	Registration Link	Registration	Issue Areas	Populations	Recording Link	Recording	Your Name	Additional Notes	Your Organization

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Resources

Timestamp	Publication Date	Title	Sponsor	Description	Resource Type	Link	Link	Issue Areas	Populations	Your Name	Additional Notes	Your Organization
04/07/2020 11:58 AM	04/02/2020	COVID-19 Work and Education Survey	Strada Education Network	A new Strada Consumer Insights survey to track how COVID-19 impacts Americans' lives, their work, and their needs for education and training. Updated weekly.	Report, Website	https://www.stradaeducation.org/publicviewpoint/	Link	Employment, Income, Education + Training		Sarah Oldmixon
04/07/2020 04:53 PM	03/27/2020	The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act	Public Private Strategies	The programs and initiatives in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with whatever needs they have right now. When implemented, there will be many new resources available for small businesses, as well as certain non-profits and other employers. This guide provides information about the major programs and initiatives that will soon be available from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to address these needs, as well as some additional tax provisions that are outside the scope of SBA.	Report	https://www.publicprivatestrategies.com/the-small-business-owners-guide-to-the-cares-act	Link	Small Business		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/08/2020 01:41 PM	04/01/2020	Covid-19 Legislative Summary	Jobs for the Future	JFF has developed a summary of the three stimulus packages that have been passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The summary focuses on the emergency needs of workers, students, small businesses, education systems, and communities.	Report	https://www.jff.org/resources/covid-19-legislative-summary/	Link	Stimulus Policy		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/08/2020 01:42 PM	03/27/2020	As COVID-19 Surges, Help Nursing Students Finish Training Now	Jobs for the Future	Sidelining nursing students right now cuts off a critical supply of health care workers just when emergency demand is skyrocketing.	Blog Post	https://www.jff.org/points-of-view/covid-19-surges-help-nursing-students-finish-training-now/	Link	Education + Training, Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/08/2020 01:46 PM	04/06/2020	Video: COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance - A Discussion with Rebecca Dixon	Aspen EOP / NELP	A recorded interview with Rebecca Dixon on how the Unemployment Insurance system works, who is and isn’t covered, and how it could be improved both to meet the current crisis and for the long term	Video	https://www.aspeninstitute.org/videos/covid-19-and-unemployment-insurance-an-interview-with-rebecca-dixon-executive-director-national-employment-law-project/	Link	Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/09/2020 10:08 AM	04/08/2020	Figuring Out Who Cares	National Skills Coalition	In the COVID Fight, Healthcare Workers Need Safety, Support, & Access to Skills	Blog Post, Podcast	https://medium.com/@NSCRachelU/figuring-out-who-cares-8d1b8b0040e9	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Healthcare, Workers' Rights		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/10/2020 06:56 AM		The CARES Act: Tax Policy During a Pandemic	Tax Policy Center	This page includes TPC research, analysis, and commentary on tax policy in the coronavirus economy, as well as additional material on potential government responses to address the current economic downturn.	Website	https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/feature/tax-policy-covid-19-economy	Link	Tax policy		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:02 AM	04/02/2020	Coronavirus Puts a Spotlight on Paid Leave Policies	Kaiser Family Foundation	This report reviews how the COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on gaps in employer leave benefits and the need for national standards on paid family and sick leave.	Report	https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/coronavirus-puts-a-spotlight-on-paid-leave-policies/	Link	Employment, Paid Leave		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:09 AM	03/09/2020	Medicaid and the Coronavirus: Putting the Nation’s Largest Health Care First Responder to Work	The Commonwealth Fund	This report discusses how Medicaid is designed to respond nimbly to a crisis — like the coronavirus — by enrolling additional people and covering new services.	Report	https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/medicaid-and-coronavirus-putting-nations-largest-health-care-first-responder-work	Link	Healthcare		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:15 AM	03/23/2020	How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Accelerating The Future Of Work	Forbes	This article explores four fundamental shifts taking place: Business Finds Its Purpose In People; Culture Is The Backbone Of Resilient Companies; Work And Leadership Reconfigure Around People and Humanity Unites To Pass This Century’s Third Moral Test.	News Article	https://www.forbes.com/sites/heathermcgowan/2020/03/23/the-coronavirus-pandemic-accelerates-the-future-of-work-and-provides-opportunity/#495ecba7317f	Link	Employment		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:17 AM	03/10/2020	Taxes in a Time of Coronavirus	Institute of Taxation and Ecnomic Policy	This blog post describes five policies Congress and the Trump administration should enact to address coronavirus and prepare us for future crises.	Blog Post	https://itep.org/taxes-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/	Link	Income, Tax policy		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:22 AM	04/06/2020	COVID-19 and the Crisis of Racial Capitalism	Demos	This report explores racial capitalism and how the pandemic is revealing the deeper inequities for Black and brown people that have always been present in our economy and democracy but that are often papered over in ordinary times.	Blog Post	https://www.demos.org/blog/covid-19-and-crisis-racial-capitalism	Link	racial equity	People of Color	Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:24 AM		COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities	Disability Rights Fund	This website share disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19.	Website	https://disabilityrightsfund.org/covid19/	Link		People with Disabilities	Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:30 AM	03/30/2020	COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future	NonProfit Quarterly	This article calls for grantmakers to use a racial justice lens in planning and implementing COVID-19 crisis response, with suggestions for who to fund, what to fund and how to fund.	News Article	https://nonprofitquarterly.org/covid-19-using-a-racial-justice-lens-now-to-transform-our-future/	Link	Racial Equity	Immigrants, LGBTQ, People of Color, People with Disabilities, Undocumented Workers, Women	Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:35 AM	04/03/2020	Responding to COVID-19 with a Gender & Race Lens	Washington Area Women's Foundation	This post highlights the specific vulnerabilities women of color are facing during the pandemic and how they must inform preparedness and response policies and practices.	Blog Post	https://thewomensfoundation.org/2020/responding-covid-19-race-gender-lens/	Link	Employment, Healthcare, Housing, Income	People of Color, Women	Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:42 AM	03/27/2020	How will the coronavirus affect state and local government budgets?	Brookings Institution	This report explores lesson from the previous recession and need for fiscal support to state and local governments to be provided quickly and not withdrawn prematurely to avoid austerity policies that will slow down the recovery.	Report	https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/23/how-will-the-coronavirus-affect-state-and-local-government-budgets/	Link	Child Care, Education + Training, Employment, Food Security, Healthcare, Housing, Income, state and local budgets		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:45 AM	03/25/2020	Is The Stimulus Rebate A Universal Basic Income?	Tax Policy Institute	This blog post explores how the stimulus rebate is not the same as universal basic income.	Blog Post	https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/stimulus-rebate-universal-basic-income?cm_ven=ExactTarget&cm_cat=UIU+-+3.27.2020&cm_pla=VPL+6664+for+List+179&cm_ite=https%3a%2f%2fwww.taxpolicycenter.org%2ftaxvox%2fstimulus-rebate-universal-basic-income&cm_ainfo=&&utm_source=%20urban_newsletters&&utm_medium=news-UIU&&utm_term=URBAN_COVID19&&	Link	Income		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:48 AM	03/13/2020	Using The EITC To Help Fight An Economic Slowdown	Forbes	This article makes the case for advancing or increasing payments under the EITC.	News Article	https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainemaag/2020/03/13/using-the-eitc-to-help-fight-an-economic-slowdown/#18a02fae1685	Link	Employment, Income, tax policy		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:51 AM	03/24/2020	CHIP and COVID-19 Response	Georgetown Center for Children and Families	This blog post explores current CHIP requirements and what more states can do to align CHIP with some of the strategies required or recommended in Medicaid to help states address the pandemic.	Blog Post	https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2020/03/24/chip-and-covid-19-response/	Link	Healthcare		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/10/2020 07:56 AM	03/31/2020	The Safety Net Got a Quick Patch. What Happens After the Coronavirus?	The New York Times	This article explores how the emergency legislation has intensified a long-running debate about whether the United States does enough in ordinary times to protect the needy.	News Article	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/politics/coronavirus-us-benefits.html?referringSource=articleShare	Link	Employment, Food Security, Healthcare, Housing, Income	Immigrants	Cema Siegel		EOF
04/15/2020 01:28 PM		Foundations and Donors Step Up Grants to Help Workers Hurt by the Pandemic	Chronicle of Philanthropy		News Article	https://www.philanthropy.com/article/FoundationsDonors-Step-Up/248510/#.XpYLbAqjD40.twitter	Link	Employment, Workers' Rights	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Immigrants, LGBTQ, People of Color, Undocumented Workers, Women	Manisha Vaze		Neighborhood Funders Group
04/15/2020 01:53 PM	04/10/2020	IN HARM’S WAY CALIFORNIA WORKERS AT HIGH RISK OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Economic Roundtable	This report estimates the demography, occupations, industries, and communities of California workers who have a high risk of unemployment so that they and their employers can be located and provided with timely and effective assistance for preventing economic disaster. It uses data about workers, their occupations and the risk of unemployment from the Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the U.S. Department of Labor.	Report	https://economicrt.org/publication/in-harms-way/	Link	Employment		Manisha Vaze		Neighborhood Funders Group
04/15/2020 02:05 PM	04/10/2020	COVID-19 Racial Health Disparities Highlight Why We Need to Address Structural Racism	Urban Institute	This blog post examines policy options for policymakers to consider that can reduce the racial disparities that COVID-19 has illuminated.	Blog Post	https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/covid-19-racial-health-disparities-highlight-why-we-need-address-structural-racism	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income, racial disparities		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/15/2020 02:09 PM	04/14/2020	More than 2,100 U.S. cities brace for budget shortfalls due to coronavirus, survey finds, with many planning cuts and layoffs	The Washington Post	The Washington Post article on how public services are under threat with more than 2,100 cities bracing for budget shortfalls.	News Article	https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/14/cities-budget-cuts-coronavirus/	Link	Child Care, Education + Training, Employment, Food Security, Healthcare, Housing, Income, state and local budgets		Cema Siegel		EOF
04/16/2020 02:28 PM	04/15/2020	Learning During the Pandemic	Inside Higher Ed	Community Colleges' approaches to addressing unequal access to digital technology; thoughts about a new moment for MOOCs and remote learning	News Article	https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/04/15/unequal-access-learning-fall-without-students-and-another-mooc	Link	Education + Training	Post-secondary students, low-income	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/16/2020 02:32 PM	04/10/2020	FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19	National Immigration Law Center	This document answers frequently asked questions from immigrant workers and their advocates about COVID-19-related topics.	Website	https://www.nilc.org/issues/workersrights/faq-immigrant-workers-rights-and-covid-19/	Link	Employment, Healthcare, Income, Workers' Rights	Immigrants	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/16/2020 02:35 PM	03/31/2020	Immigrant Workers: Vital to the U.S. COVID-19 Response, Disproportionately Vulnerable	Migration Policy Institute	Impacts of COVID on immigrant workers, contributions of immigrant workers to US economy	Blog Post, Report	https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-workers-us-covid-19-response	Link	Employment	Immigrants, Undocumented Workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/16/2020 02:37 PM	04/16/2020	Immigration and COVID-19	New American Economy (NAE)	Documenting how immigrants are part of America’s fight and response to the Covid-19 health crisis.	Blog Post, Website	https://research.newamericaneconomy.org/report/immigration-and-covid-19/?emci=1eed9f5d-ec7f-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=cde3c30e-0280-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=1242693	Link	Child Care, Employment, Food Security, Healthcare	Immigrants, Undocumented Workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/16/2020 04:08 PM	04/01/2020	WHAT THE COVID-19 CRISIS CAN TEACH US ABOUT SHAPING THE WORK OF THE FUTURE	Good Companies, Good Jobs at MIT Sloan School		Blog Post	https://gcgj.mit.edu/what-covid-19-crisis-can-teach-us-about-shaping-work-future	Link	Employment, Workers' Rights, Future of Work, Social Contract	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Low income workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/17/2020 09:48 AM	04/16/2020	Podcast: Re-Entering The Fray	National Skills Coalition	Host Rachel Unruh talked to Chris Watler of the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York and Jeff Abramowitz of JEVS Human Services in Philadelphia, two people working in re-entry services, to find out how they're dealing with the increased demand and the challenges brought to bear by the pandemic. She also chatted with Darnell Manuel, a participant of JEVS Looking Forward Philadelphia program, about his experience and what support men and women like him need both now and beyond our current circumstances.	Podcast	https://click.everyaction.com/k/17159692/184737037/759017900?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwMi8xLzY0MTY2IiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjdkOGFkNDVjLWYzN2YtZWExMS1hOTRjLTAwMTU1ZDAzYjFlOCIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAic2FyYWhAd29ya2ZvcmNlLW1hdHRlcnMub3JnIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=2LTWMqR3D3M4_NWuWqDykw6FUeGOWPQB7Y-5QZ-5msY=&emci=7ea7150b-ed7f-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=7d8ad45c-f37f-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=2685529	Link	Employment	Returning Citizens	Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/17/2020 09:53 AM	04/15/2020	Covid-19 shows where America’s safety net is broken. Maybe now we can fix it.	Quartz / Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative	OpEd on fixing UI and safety net for workers from Alastair Fitzpayne, director of Aspen's FOW Initiative	Blog Post, News Article	https://qz.com/1838489/how-to-make-unemployment-insurance-work-for-all-americans/	Link	Employment, UI, Safety Net	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Low-income workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/17/2020 10:06 AM		Brookings Institution Coronavirus Page	Brookings Institution	Resource page with articles and research related to COVID-19 and its impacts	Website	https://www.brookings.edu/topic/coronavirus-covid19/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income, Workers' Rights	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Immigrants, People of Color, Undocumented Workers, Women, Youth, vulnerable populations generally	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/17/2020 10:18 AM		COVID Resources for Nonprofits	TSNE	COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits	Website	https://www.tsne.org/covid19	Link	Nonprofit organizations	Nonprofits	Loh-Sze Leung	Resources ranging from the CARES act to communications, HR, and technology tools	Workforce Matters
04/20/2020 03:16 PM	04/20/2020	State Policy COVID-19 Response Toolkit	National Skills Coalition	This document presents a compilation of what state actors—including governors, agencies, policymakers, businesses and advocacy organizations—are doing now to respond to the crisis.	Report	https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/body/State-Policy-Covid-19-Response-Toolkit-1.pdf	Link	Child Care, Education + Training, Employment, Healthcare, Income	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, People of Color, Returning Citizens	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/20/2020 03:28 PM	04/20/2020	What is work-sharing and how can it help the labor market?	Brookings Institution	Overview of work-sharing and how to expand this practice	Blog Post	https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/04/16/what-is-work-sharing-and-how-can-it-help-the-labor-market/	Link	Employment	Unemployed	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/21/2020 10:10 AM	04/21/2020	How COVID-19 could widen racial gaps in financial outcomes	JPMorgan Chase Institute	Our research suggests that even if Black, Hispanic, and White families experience the same declines in income during the COVID-19 crisis, Black and Hispanic families will likely reduce their everyday spending to a greater extent. Thus, while government programs aimed at restoring lost income—including unemployment insurance and stimulus payments—will be essential for all groups, such programs will be especially critical for Black and Hispanic families.	Blog Post	https://institute.jpmorganchase.com/institute/research/household-income-spending/how-covid-19-could-widen-racial-gaps-in-financial-outcomes	Link	Income	People of Color	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/22/2020 03:19 PM	04/21/2020	COVID-19 shines a spotlight on digital skills: Updates and key questions for advocates and policymakers	National Skills Coalition	The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the importance of digital literacy for American workers and students alike. National Skills Coalition is providing this overview to help education and workforce advocates understand 1) what changes are occurring, 2) how organizations are responding, and 3) what questions advocates and policymakers should be asking to inform their responses over the short and mid-term.	Blog Post	https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/covid-19-shines-a-spotlight-on-digital-skills-updates-and-key-questions-for-advocates-and-policymakers?emci=ab6f471f-f483-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=5bc237cb-0584-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=2682100	Link	Education + Training	Immigrants, People of Color	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/22/2020 03:48 PM	04/17/2020	Op-Ed: The smart way to get US employees back to work	Markle Foundation (appearing in CNBC)	The businesses that come back will not look like the businesses before, and that means disruption to the jobs that employers will fill.	News Article, OpEd	https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/17/op-ed-getting-employees-back-to-work-as-coronavirus-outbreak-slows.html	Link	Employment	Workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/23/2020 08:27 AM	04/22/2020	For Immigrant Funders, Today's Priority Is Direct Relief. What About Tomorrow?	Inside Philanthropy	Overview of various giving strategies that philanthropy has employed to address needs of immigrants, particularly undocumented, during the COVID-19 crisis.	Blog Post, News Article	https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2020/4/22/for-immigrant-funders-todays-priority-is-direct-relief-what-about-tomorrow	Link	Income, Philanthropic Giving	Immigrants, Undocumented Workers	Loh-Sze Leung	Inside Philanthropy is lifting its paywall during COVID, but you have to view the article from the desktop site/website.	Workforce Matters
04/24/2020 10:29 AM	04/22/2020	How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Learning	Inside Higher Ed	A look at how college teachers/professors have adjusted their teaching to an online environment	Blog Post, Report	https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/04/22/how-professors-changed-their-teaching-springs-shift-remote	Link	Education + Training, Remote learning	post-secondary students	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/24/2020 04:41 PM	04/23/2020	COVID-19’s Future of Work Wrecking Ball	Bertelsmann Foundation	A blogpost focused on the proposition that "As decision-makers develop policy responses and unlock funding mechanisms, future-of-work resiliency must be baked into the recovery."	Blog Post	https://www.bfna.org/research/covid-19s-future-of-work/	Link	Employment	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, People of Color, Low-wage workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/24/2020 04:44 PM	04/01/2020	Ensuring Equity in Future Subsidized Employment Programs	MDRC		Blog Post	https://www.mdrc.org/publication/ensuring-equity-future-subsidized-employment-programs	Link	Employment, Subsidized employment, role of nonprofits	People of Color, Youth	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/27/2020 01:40 PM	04/23/2020	Podcast: The Digital (Learning) Divide	National Skills Coalition	Skilled America talked to Jerry Rubin of JVS Boston and Trevi Hardy of College of Western Idaho, two people dealing with challenges in very different parts of the country to find out how they’re adapting and what their students need as they navigate their education in the face of a global pandemic.	Podcast	https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/listen-to-skilled-america-podcast-episode-5-the-digital-learning-divide?emci=11aa2ed1-de84-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=a896d829-6585-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=2685529	Link	Education + Training, Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/27/2020 01:43 PM	04/22/2020	How the Coronavirus Crisis Is Redefining Jobs	Harvard Business Review	The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced organizations into perhaps the most significant social experiment of the future of work in action, with work from home and social distancing policies radically changing the way we work and interact.	News Article	https://hbr.org/2020/04/how-the-coronavirus-crisis-is-redefining-jobs?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_not_activesubs&referral=00563&deliveryName=DM77539	Link	Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/27/2020 01:46 PM	04/17/2020	Podcast: What Should a Federal Jobs Bill Do?	Inside Higher Ed	As Washington begins negotiating a federal jobs bill, we hear from two experts about lessons learned from the last recession, and how such a bill can help displaced workers and college students without creating more hurdles for them. The episode features Maria Flynn, president and CEO of Jobs For the Future, and Mary Alice McCarthy, director of the Center on Education and Skills with the education program at New America.	Podcast	https://insidehighered.podbean.com/e/what-should-a-federal-jobs-bill-do/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/27/2020 01:49 PM	04/21/2020	COVID-19 & The Health Workforce	Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center	The Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center has developed a resource dedicated to sharing data and information on efforts to develop, deploy, and replenish the health workforce in response to the pandemic.	Website	http://www.healthworkforceta.org/covid-19/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Healthcare		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/28/2020 12:16 PM	04/22/2020	Technology, Covid-19, and dislocation: A twenty-first century reemployment accord	National Skills Coalition	Modernizing reemployment to address job loss caused by the global health pandemic and technological change in the workplace	Blog Post	https://medium.com/national-skills-coalition/technology-covid-19-and-dislocation-a-twenty-first-century-reemployment-accord-6314433fe8c6	Link	Education + Training, Employment		Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/28/2020 12:34 PM	04/08/2020	COVID-19 and Remote Work: An Early Look at US Data	MIT	We report the results of a nationally-representative sample of the US population on how they are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey ran from April 1-5, 2020.	Report	https://john-joseph-horton.com/papers/remote_work.pdf	Link	Employment, Income		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
04/29/2020 09:53 AM	04/28/2020	Our employment system has failed low-wage workers. How can we rebuild?	Brookings Institution	Two ideas for the ways policymakers can rebuild our economy to address gaps and challenges facing low-wage workers: expand unemployment insurance and facilitate re-employment through new public-private investments.	Blog Post	https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/04/28/our-employment-system-is-failing-low-wage-workers-how-do-we-make-it-more-resilient/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, benefits	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, People of Color, Low-wage workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
04/29/2020 01:51 PM	04/29/2020	The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America	American Prospect	the Prospect asked seven labor historians, journalists, and strategists to give us their thoughts on how workers and their movements will fare in the months and years ahead, and their proposals for what workers’ movements should be doing—not just for their current members but, primarily, for the millions more non-members who’ve won the nation’s admiration and sympathy but still lack the power to significantly improve their lot.	Blog Post, Collection of essays/symposium of different writers	https://prospect.org/labor/the-future-of-labor-in-post-pandemic-america/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Workers' Rights	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, People of Color, Low-wage workers	Loh-Sze Leung	Contributors include: HAROLD MEYERSON, RUTH MILKMAN, NELSON LICHTENSTEIN, MIKE ELK, DAVID WEIL, LANE WINDHAM, STEPHEN LERNER & STEVEN GREENHOUSE	Workforce Matters
04/30/2020 08:42 AM	04/23/2020	On the Frontlines at Work and at Home: The Disproportionate Economic Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women of Color	Center for American Progress	Women of color play a vital role in helping their families achieve economic stability while also addressing their day-to-day caregiving needs. Although this role is often overlooked in the national public discourse, it demands attention—especially amid the current crisis. To respond effectively to COVID-19, policymakers must center women of color in the ongoing discussions about the full range of interventions needed.	Report	https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/04/23/483846/frontlines-work-home/	Link	Employment, Income	Women	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:46 AM		Women Lost More Jobs than Men in almost all Sectors of the Economy	Institute for Women's Policy Research	Institute for Women's Policy Research on how women have lost more jobs than men in almost all sectors of the economy.	Fact Sheet	https://iwpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/QF-Jobs-Day-April-FINAL.pdf	Link	Employment	Women	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:46 AM		How Policymakers Can Plan Now for a Jobs Recovery Program	Urban Institute	Urban Institute on how policymakers can plan now for a publicly subsidized jobs recovery program.	Blog Post	https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-policymakers-can-plan-now-jobs-recovery-program	Link	Employment		Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:48 AM		Tracking State Legislative Responses to COVID-19	The Tax Foundation	The Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy nonprofit has released a webpage dedicated to tracking state legislative tax changes and actions during the COVID-19 crisis. These updates include budget and tax news from all 50-states.	Website	https://taxfoundation.org/state-tax-coronavirus-covid19	Link	State Budget and Tax		Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:50 AM		On the Margins: Economic Security for Women of Color through the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond	Closing the Women's Wealth Gap	Closing the Women's Wealth Gap review of the recent coronavirus relief packages and benefits, shortcomings, and implications for women of color.	Report	https://womenswealthgap.org/report/	Link	Child Care, Employment, Healthcare, Housing, Income	People of Color, Women	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
04/30/2020 08:53 AM	04/20/2020	Women Must Have a Seat at the Table in Funding Coronavirus Relief Efforts	Ms.	Ms. Magazine on how women's foundations and gender equity funders can play a critical role in bringing women and their needs to the table in funding Coronavirus relief efforts.	News Article	https://msmagazine.com/2020/04/20/women-must-have-a-seat-at-the-table-in-funding-coronavirus-relief-efforts/	Link	racial, gender and economic inequities	People of Color, Women	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
05/04/2020 03:13 PM	04/22/2020	Why Transitional Workforce Strategies Are Needed Now	Center for American Progress	Short blogpost on need for transitional employment strategies	Blog Post	https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/ext/2020/04/22/483863/transitional-workforce-strategies-needed-now/	Link	Employment	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Immigrants, People of Color, Unemployed	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/05/2020 09:42 AM	04/30/2020	Covid-19 and the workforce	MIT Technology Review Insights	This report explores a new data set, developed by future-of-work AI company Faethm, to examine the degree to which “business critical” jobs across industries are “remoteable,” and to what extent those jobs could be supported with AI and automation technologies in the future	Report	https://mittrinsights.s3.amazonaws.com/AIagenda2020/Covid19workforce.pdf	Link	Employment	Workers, Essential workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/08/2020 02:15 PM	05/06/2020	How Government Jobs Programs Could Boost Employment	Urban Institute	Urban Institute experts highlight evidence-based recommendations for effective and inclusive programs that could boost employment and help workers and businesses across the nation recover from this crisis.	Blog Post	https://www.urban.org/features/how-government-jobs-programs-could-boost-employment?cm_ven=ExactTarget&cm_cat=COVID_job+policy+solutions_workforce&cm_pla=All+Subscribers&cm_ite=new+article&cm_ainfo=&&utm_source=urban_EA&&utm_medium=email&&utm_campaign=covid_job_policy_solutions&&utm_term=covid&&utm_content=workforce	Link	Education + Training, Employment	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers, Immigrants, People of Color, Unemployed workers	Loh-Sze Leung	Selection of short pieces with recommendations	Workforce Matters
05/08/2020 02:19 PM	05/07/2020	Unpredictable and uninsured: The challenging labor market experiences of nontraditional workers	Brookings Institution	This blogpost explores two important labor market disadvantages faced by nontraditional workers: more volatile hours and less health insurance coverage.	Blog Post	https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/05/07/unpredictable-and-uninsured-the-challenging-labor-market-experiences-of-nontraditional-workers/	Link	Employment, Healthcare	Gig / Self-Employed / Part-Time Workers	Loh-Sze Leung	Full report can be found here: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alternative_Workers_LO_FINAL.pdf	Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 10:22 AM	05/06/2020	Podcast: Rebuilding the Job Market	National Skills Coalition	With unemployment numbers rising to near record levels as a result of Covid-19, a substantial investment in rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure could be necessary for reinvigorating our economy and creating new jobs. For a clearer perspective on what a significant investment in infrastructure would mean for our economy - and what it would need to include to make the biggest impact for the most workers - NSC talked with Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV 04) and Mark Kessenich of WRTP.	Podcast	https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/listen-to-skilled-america-podcast-episode-6-rebuilding-the-job-market	Link	Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 10:23 AM	05/07/2020	Building in a Pandemic	National Skills Coalition	A people-centered infrastructure package could create jobs and fix the damn roads	Blog Post	https://medium.com/national-skills-coalition/building-in-a-pandemic-2f3146c6c158	Link	Employment		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 10:28 AM	05/04/2020	The South Has Something to Say: COVID-19 and Our Chance for Transformation	Nonprofit Quarterly	Editorial by Tamieka Mosley and Nathaniel Smith	Editorial	https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-south-has-something-to-say-covid-19-and-our-chance-for-transformation/	Link			Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/11/2020 11:49 AM	05/09/2020	How we can actually thank essential workers: give them more money	Business Insider	OpEd by Sarita Gupta and Rachel Korberg of the Ford Foundation about supporting essential workers by paying them more.	OpEd	https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-actually-thank-essential-workers-give-them-more-money-2020-5	Link	Employment, Income	Immigrants, People of Color, Low-income workers, essential workers	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/12/2020 10:46 AM	05/12/2020	COVID-19 Policy Page	Joint Center	COVID-19 Policy Page - updated with latest resources/information on COVID-19 response relevant to people of color/Black Americans.	Website	https://jointcenter.org/tag/covid-19/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income, Workers' Rights, Racial Equity	People of Color	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
05/14/2020 06:24 AM	05/12/2020	The Rona Report: The Economy, Workers and Unemployment	Reframe	Reframe's Rona Report on narrative weather trends from the past three months around Covid-19, the economy and workers	Blog Post	http://www.reframementorship.org/blog1/the-rona-report-001	Link	Employment, Income, Narrative		Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
05/14/2020 06:25 AM	05/07/2020	We can’t recover from a coronavirus recession without helping young workers	Brookings		Report	https://www.brookings.edu/research/we-cant-recover-from-a-coronavirus-recession-without-helping-young-workers/	Link	Employment	Youth	Cema Siegel		Economic Opportunity Funders
05/18/2020 11:32 AM	05/11/2020	Job Quality Tools Library > COVID-19 Response Tools and ResourcesJob	Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program	In the Job Quality Tools Library, you will find tools to support workers and businesses during and after this crisis. A special section of resources focuses on urgent responses to COVID-19.	Website	https://www.aspeninstitute.org/longform/job-quality-tools-library/covid-19-response-tools-and-resources/	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Workers' Rights		Sarah Oldmixon		Workforce Matters
05/18/2020 11:33 AM	05/07/2020	Weathering the storm: How Congress can help businesses and workers get to the other side of this pandemic and beyond	National Skills Coalition	This piece is one in a series addressing the overlapping policy response necessary to respond to both Covid-19 and its economic impact and to developing technological change in the workplace.	Blog Post	https://medium.com/national-skills-coalition/weathering-the-storm-how-congress-can-help-businesses-and-workers-get-to-the-other-side-of-this-9c75be3be8e5	Link	Education + Training, Employment, Income
05/18/2020 11:40 AM	05/07/2020	Colleges Move to Help Students Find Remote Internships. None Include Fetching Coffee.	EdSurge	Colleges are turning to a number of companies that have emerged in recent years to help encourage and manage remote internships.	News Article	https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-07-colleges-move-to-help-students-find-remote-internships-none-include-fetching-coffee	Link	Education + Training
05/18/2020 11:41 AM	05/07/2020	‘Last Hired, First Fired’: Seven People Who Lost Work in the Virus Recession	Bloomberg	The pandemic could penalize some categories of employees more heavily.	News Article	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-07/coronavirus-putting-minorities-and-the-less-skilled-out-of-work	Link	Employment, Income, Workers' Rights	People of Color, Youth
05/18/2020 11:42 AM	05/09/2020	Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.	Washington Post	As job losses linked to the coronavirus pandemic dwarf what the country experienced in the 2007-2009 crisis, the heaviest toll is falling on women.	News Article	https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/05/09/women-unemployment-jobless-coronavirus/	Link		Women
05/18/2020 11:44 AM	05/11/2020	CDC Health and Safety Steps for Specific Occupations	Centers for Disease Control		Website	https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/worker-safety-support/index.html	Link	Employment, Workers' Rights
05/18/2020 12:14 PM	05/14/2020	Lessons Earned Podcast: The Future of Online Learning	Strada Education Network	This week, hosts Ben Wildavsky and Andrew Hanson talk to Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, which began as a bold experiment to create a completely online university—a place where learning is affordable and self-paced and the institution’s value is measured not by the profiles of its incoming freshmen, but the career success of its graduates. As the pandemic forces colleges and universities across the country into a virtual learning environment, Pulsipher offers his perspective from running an online, competency-based university.	Podcast	https://www.stradaeducation.org/podcast/episode-4-scott-pulsipher/	Link	Education + Training
05/21/2020 10:25 AM	05/20/2020	Calif.’s Community Colleges and Lessons Learned in the Last Recession	Inside Higher Ed	California has seen 3 million new unemployment claims filed in recent months, and the state proposed a $740 million budget cut to its community college system. But California's two year colleges are drawing from lessons learned during the last recession to cope with mounting challenges amid the pandemic. Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the system, which enrolls more than 2 million students across 115 campuses, talked with us about how the colleges are preparing for the fall. He described how the system has become more flexible for students, and why its leaders aren't counting on a federal bailout. To help broaden Oakley's perspective to the rest of the nation's community colleges, we also spoke with Karen Stout, president and CEO of Achieving the Dream, and the former president of Montgomery County Community College.	Podcast	https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2020/05/19/ep-7-calif%E2%80%99s-community-colleges-and-lessons-learned-last-recession?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=04963df14f-podcast_email7_052082020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-04963df14f-235890985	Link	Education + Training	Post-secondary community college students/institutions	Loh-Sze Leung	Sponsored by ECMC Foundation	Workforce Matters
05/21/2020 01:01 PM	05/21/2020	Capitalism Meets Coronavirus: Our Daily Policy Blog	Just Capital	JUST Capital has launched a major initiative, which includes: The COVID-19 Corporate Response Tracker: Demonstrating how America’s 100 largest employers are treating stakeholders amid the coronavirus crisis. Five just principles to help corporate leaders navigate the crisis. Ongoing features including interviews and real-time examples from the field. And survey feedback from the public with our polling partner, Harris, in regards what Americans want most from companies during this time of crisis. To complement this work, we will continue to track key stakeholder-related policy updates for companies not featured in the COVID-19 Corporate Response Tracker below, and will update this feature every weekday.	Blog Post	https://justcapital.com/news/capitalism-meets-coronavirus-how-companies-are-responding/	Link	Employment, Income, Workers' Rights	Businesses/employees	Loh-Sze Leung		Workforce Matters
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