Ask Us Anything: Labor Policy Reform for a Cohesive Workforce Development Sector | May 19, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: Join the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity on May 19 for this conversational webinar at 1:30 p.m. (ET). The event will address changes to the workforce development system that are needed to support workers in a new economy. Our guest speakers are Maria Flynn, president and chief executive officer at Jobs for the Future (JFF); Larry Good, president and CEO of the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; and Earl Buford, incoming president and CEO at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. Discover how improvements in labor policy can transform workforce development investments from a scattered set of approaches to a cohesive system that will create relevant programs to support lifelong learning and career pathways. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is hosting the event.
Ask Us Anything: Infrastructure Job Programs Creating Career Opportunities for People of Color, Women, and Youth | March 3, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss the federal government's Build Back Better plan on career opportunities for people of color, women, and youth through infrastructure job programs. Our guest speakers are Mary Alice McCarthy, director of the Center on Education and Skills for New America; Kisha Bird, director of Youth Policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP); and Brad Markell, executive director of the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute. Carl Van Horn, distinguished professor of public policy at Rutgers University and director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, will moderate the panel. Discover how racial and gender equity can be promoted through the infrastructure jobs program, including through apprenticeships programs, community colleges, and organized labor.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Uneven Outcomes in the Labor Market: Understanding Trends and Identifying Solutions | February 1–4, 2021
Location: Virtual
About: In 2021, community development staff from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia will host a conference, Uneven Outcomes in the Labor Market: Understanding Trends and Identifying Solutions. The conference will convene a diverse network of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine inequities in labor market outcomes and explore the implications of disparities on aggregate economic performance, individual workers, and communities. They will also identify new directions for policy and research.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia
Ask Us Anything: Using Labor Market Data to Drive Workforce Strategies | December 1, 2020, 2 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss the growing influence of labor market data on workforce development strategies. Speakers will delve into why workforce data are critical to enhance job development, placement, and alignment of education and training. Guest speakers include the chief executive officer of Burning Glass Technologies, Matt Sigelman; LinkedIn’s chief economist, Karin Kimbrough; and McKinsey & Co. partner, Nikhil Patel. As leaders in the field, they will offer a retrospective of labor market trends from 2020 and future-facing insights on what we might see into 2021.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything: Financial Innovations in the Workforce System | October 14, 2020, 3 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss the changing financial structure of the workforce system. Speakers will delve into how the system can promote connections to companies and create a prepared workforce with all parties invested. Angela Jackson, a partner at New Profit and codirector of the Future of Work Grand Challenge, will lead the discussion. Guest speakers include Tracy Palandjian, chief financial officer and cofounder of Social Finance, and Jason Tyszko, vice president of the Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. As leaders in the field, they will discuss new ways of thinking about, investing in, and financing the workforce system.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything: Workforce and Economic Development Innovations—Midwest Urban Strategies Spotlight | September 23, 2020, 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss workforce development, regional economic development, and innovation in the Midwest as an example to spark thinking for other states and communities. Our guest speakers are Midwest Urban Strategies executive director Tracey Carey and two board directors, Clyde McQueen from the Full Employment Council in Kansas City, Missouri, and Linda Woloshansky from the Center on Workforce Innovations in Gary, Indiana. Discover how they worked to create their own standing nonprofit to better coordinate their workforce practices with regional economic development by retaining and growing local talent and generating greater return on investments for their employer partners and the workforce system.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything: Childcare as a Key Community Development Priority | August 26, 2020, 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss the intersection of childcare, workforce development, and economic development in the state of Florida as an example to spark thinking for other states and communities. Our guest speakers include the Atlanta Fed’s principal adviser for community and economic development, Brittany Birken; the Orlando Economic Partnership’s senior vice president of research, Dale Brill; and former president of the United Way of Florida, Ted Granger. Learn from their experience in Florida assessing community barriers, aligning efforts and messages on policy and program development, and gaining statewide focus on childcare as a key community development priority.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Racial Equity and the Future of Workforce Development | August 5, 2020, 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss racial equity and the future of workforce development with two prominent voices from the field. Our guest speakers include the New Orleans Business Alliance’s vice president of talent and workforce, Clair Minson, and the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University’s chief economist, Bill Rodgers. Learn from our experts on economic realities for communities of color, and specifically Black communities, and how the workforce system should bring the equity imperative to the forefront to drive toward a better future for the field and the communities it aims to serve.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything Series: the Importance of Job Quality in Recovery | July 8, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity will discuss the importance of job quality as economies reopen and workers consider their next career steps. Our guest speakers include the Good Jobs Institute’s executive director, Sarah Kalloch, and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions' Janice Urbanik, senior director for innovation and strategy. Learn from our experts what it means to offer a quality job, how the workforce development field can help advance more quality employment, and what strategies can be deployed to improve opportunities in the future.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything Series: Lessons from the Great Recession | June 17, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Webinar
About: The Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity hosts this conversational webinar. Jane Oates, president of the nonprofit WorkingNation and former assistant secretary of the Employment and Training Administration, and Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, will hold a fireside chat focusing on their reflections on the current workforce landscape. They will also discuss how lessons learned from the Great Recession can inform effective pandemic recovery responses and investments.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything Series: Unemployment Trends and Effective UI Approaches | May 20, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Webinar
About: In this conversational webinar, Stuart Andreason, director of the Atlanta Fed’s Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity, and Sarah Miller, center senior adviser, will answer questions and provide insight on unemployment claims data filed during the pandemic. Andreason will also feature the center’s new data tool, the Unemployment Claims Monitor, which tracks weekly unemployment insurance claims. Alex Camardelle, senior policy analyst at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, is the guest speaker.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Summit on the Economics and Policies of Cliffs in the Social Safety Net and Economic Mobility | May 15–16, 2019
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
About: This summit explored how cliff effects in social safety net programs may either promote or discourage workers’ economic mobility. Convening participants exchanged insights and built collective understandings about public benefits eligibility policies, efforts to bridge gaps in social safety net programs, and the role of data tools to better inform policy and programmatic decisions.
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Financial Innovations Roundtable: Aligning Capital, Training, and Economic Mobility | April 24–25, 2019
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
About: This roundtable included an interactive set of discussions on improving the flow and effectiveness of capital in workforce development and training systems. Participants included thought leaders and innovators from across the workforce development and community development finance sectors as well as partners from philanthropy, banking, and business.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in partnership with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Richmond, and the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire
Investing in America’s Workforce Book Launch Event
| November 9, 2018
Location: New York, New York
About: Leaders from business, policy, foundation, nonprofit, education, and research sectors discussed themes from the book Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Atlanta
Expanding Opportunities through Economic Development and Workforce Development Initiatives | May 20–22, 2018
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
About: This workshop brought together a select group of researchers to share their current unpublished research on issues related to economic development and workforce development.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Creating a More Inclusive Economy: Igniting Systems That Produce Results for Youth Employment | March 5-6, 2018
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
About: This convening included policymakers, advocates, researchers, and young adults from across the Southeast who are committed to creating more opportunities for low-income youth. Participants discussed building supportive systems and implementing policies to help opportunity youth gain critical skills needed to access employment and career pathways.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), MDC Inc., Opportunity Youth United, and Cities United
Investing in America's Workforce | October 4–6, 2017
Location: Austin, Texas
About: This conference aims to connect businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, financial institutions, academics, and philanthropic organizations to reframe workforce development efforts as investments, not just social services; attract new resources and leverage existing funding sources; and improve economic mobility and impact for workers.
Hosts: Federal Reserve System in collaboration with John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development (Rutgers University), Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (The University of Texas at Austin), Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources (The University of Texas at Austin), and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Career Pathways in a Changing Labor Market | August 31, 2017
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
About: Labor economists, workforce development policy analysts, and workforce development practitioners gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to examine the effects of automation and shifting labor demands on the future of work.
Hosts: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta with support from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia