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#FundWorkforceEquity: Advancing Equity In The Workforce Development Ecosystem Share to Linkedin The tweets were fast and furious when funders and other workforce development stakeholders got together to chat. WorkingNation WorkingNation “I think philanthropy writ large has a diversity problem,” says Loh-Sze Leung, the co-director of Workforce Matters, a network of philanthropic organizations focused on funding workforce development programs. Earlier this year, Workforce Matters asked its own members to do some self-reflection on their priorities, practices, and structure, including loo...

February 11, 2021 If you’ve seen any of the Biden administration’s new executive orders and other presidential actions, you probably picked up on a recurring theme. Many of these actions include a directive for federal agencies to use data and a lens of racial equity to improve work conditions for government employees or address barriers people face when accessing government benefits and services. Advocates and watchdogs have characterized Biden’s racial equity emphasis as “a welcome change,” with manynoting these actions are only the first of many steps the administration must ta...