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Gender Justice

08 Jun 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Integrating Financial Capability Strategies into Workforce Organizations

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The long-term changes in the labor market that were accelerated by the Great Recession have disproportionately impacted low income populations served by job training programs.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Nonprofit Financials

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09 Mar 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: NYSED Commissioner & Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The March Quarterly meeting will feature a presentation by the Commissioner of New York State Department of Education and a panel presentation on Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level: The Implications for...

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23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified food-service as one of six priority sectors for workforce development - a surprise given the traditional perception of food service as being limited in career...

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22 Jan 2015

Learning to Write Code: The New Literacy?

Thursday, January 22, 2015 -

7:45am to 11:00am

The Department of Labor predicts the nation will add 1.2 million new computer-science-related jobs by 2022, but schools are graduating proportionately fewer computer science majors than in the 1980s. New research has shown that teaching “...

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Children, Youth and Families

Technology

05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Nonprofits and the Living Wage - while government bears most of the burden of ensuring that nonprofits have the resources they need to pay self-sustaining wages, philanthropy also plays a critical role that needs further examination. Join us for a...

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Issue-Based

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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HR & Operations

Public Policy

Location

New York State

PNY Makes Public Video from Session on Digital Badges

Release Date:

06/12/2014

View the livestream recording and PowerPoint Presentations from the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Technology

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

The New York Community Trust

The David Rockefeller Fund

New York City Youth Funders Network

New York City Workforce Funders

04 Jun 2014

The de Blasio Administration’s Workforce Development Strategy

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders will feature a presentation from Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen on the de Blasio Administration’s Workforce Development Strategy and a panel of national experts discussing innovative employer-...

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24 Apr 2014

The Future of Education for New Yorkers Without High School Diplomas

Thursday, April 24, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

An estimated 1.8 million New Yorkers do not have high school diplomas. Until December 31, 2013, the only way for these individuals to get vocational training, entry-level jobs, or enroll in college was to pass the General Education Development (GED...

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Public Policy

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06 Feb 2014

The Direct Care Workforce: Issues at the Intersection of Workforce, Aging, Disability, Health Care, Low Income & Disparity

Thursday, February 6, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

The direct care workforce is often viewed in the frame of health care delivery. This panel will provide a different lens — a view of aides or paraprofessionals as the working poor and a critical workforce need — with policy implications. The facts...

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Issue-Based

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Public Policy

Funding Area

Health