Member Office Hours
Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)Grantmaking members of Workforce Matters are invited to join co-director Loh-Sze Leung for office hours and share about your workforce grantmaking interests and questions and learn about upcoming events and ways to get involved in the network. Sign up by emailing info@workforce-matters.org.
Learning from the Ground Up: Working at the Center of Worker Rights and Workforce Development
Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)Workforce and worker rights grantmakers are invited to join Workforce Matters and the LIFT Fund for a conversation with collaboratives that are doing work at the intersection of workforce development and worker rights work in their communities. The goal of this webinar is to lift up good work that is Read more…
Learn and Work Ecosystem Platforms – A Briefing and Workshop for Workforce Matters Members
Learn and Work Ecosystem Platforms - A Briefing and Workshop for Workforce Matters Members Join Workforce Matters for a briefing and workshop with the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library and the Workforce Almanac. This interactive session will introduce members to two key open access, complementary platforms providing information to a Read more…
Fund for Workforce Equity Round 1 Learning + Next Steps
Join Workforce Matters and SPR Associates to hear about learnings from Round 1 of the Fund for Workforce Equity, our field partner survey, and implications for funders and field partners about the work of centering workers and learners of color in designing and implementing workforce development programs and policies. Hear Read more…
Member Office Hours
Connect with other members, ask questions, and learn more about the network with co-director Clair Minson at this month's office hours. Please note: office hours are open only to grantmaking members of Workforce Matters. Emailinfo@workforce-matters.org to sign up.
Webinar: Supporting Native Workforce Development – A Guide for Funders
Please join Workforce Matters for a conversation introducing our newest resource: Supporting Native Workforce Development: A Guide for Funders. Speakers will include: Christianne Lind, Northwest Area Foundation Kwelin Waller, AIR Ian Record, Ian Record Consulting Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities (WGNNC) is an emerging funder collaborative focused on Read more…
Member Networking Dinner @JFF Horizons
Grantmaking members of Workforce Matters who are attending Horizons or are just in the DC area are invited to join us for a networking dinner in Washington, D.C. on the evening of July 22. This event is free, but registration is required. Space is limited, and priority will be given Read more…
Peer Learning Strategy Session: Leveraging Federal Funding
Workforce Matters is kicking off this summer's Peer Learning Strategy Sessionswith a conversation on leveraging federal infrastructure investments to support community colleges. Georgia Reagan and Kermit Kaleba from the Lumina Foundation will host this session and share about the "how and why" behind the Foundation's Industry & Inclusion cohorts with Read more…
DALE Webinar with USDOL Acting Secretary Su
Please join Funders for a Just Economy, Workforce Matters, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, and Raise the Floor Alliance for a webinar on deferred action for labor enforcement, aka DALE, on August 12 at 11am MT/1pm CT/2pm ET. Registration is required using this link. In October 2021, the Department of Homeland Security Read more…
Peer Learning Strategy Session: Investing in the Public Workforce System
The second session in our Summer Peer Learning Strategy session will be a conversation with Stephanie Davison from the Human Services Program of the Kresge Foundation on investing in leaders within the public workforce system. The public system is a key component of the workforce ecosystem and in order to Read more…
FWE Round 2 Applicant Webinar
The Fund for Workforce Equity is a Workforce Matters pooled funding initiative that aims to center workers of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation, one of the primary recommendations in Workforce Matters’ Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders. Join us for this applicant webinar to learn Read more…
Education & Workforce Funder Briefing: Advance CTE’s National Career Cluster Framework
In December 2022, Advance CTE launched the Advancing the Framework initiative to modernize the National Career Clusters Framework in response to growing feedback from the field about the need to align the Framework to the realities of learning and work today and for the future. Join us on September 19, Read more…