Posts Tagged ‘race’
We Are Here & We Will Be Seen
5 Tips for Youth On The Front Lines of Advocacy, Change & Justice In America we are young, tired and traumatized. We are tired of validating our space, our existence and the reason why we should have a seat at the table. Youth are continuously ignored, being dismissed, and unheard. Stereotyping youth as “too young”…
Read MoreTrain, Place, Organize: Building Worker Solidarity in a Tight Labor Market
Earlier this year the Boston Foundation released a series of papers on next generation workforce development called the Catapult Papers. The papers, written by Jerry Ruben, Executive Director of Boston JVS (with a contribution from myself on the untapped talent piece), articulated a new praxis for workforce development organizations in a tight labor market. The…
Read MoreRolling Out New York State’s Green New Deal
On March 14, I attended an event in New York that was a rollout, of sorts, for the workforce side of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Green New Deal for the state. Hosted by Philanthropy New York (longtime friend of NYEC Bret Halverson got me an invitation), the event was meant to align the efforts of…
Read MoreBringing Visibility to Young Women of Color
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) recently released Our Ground Our Voices, a brief that focuses on the systems of power that underlie structural barriers and block young women of color from achieving economic justice. Systems of power are defined as the beliefs, practices, and cultural norms that serve as the foundation on…
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