Blog Posts

Fresno Workforce Leadership Academy — 2025 Fellows

We’re pleased to introduce the fellows of the 2025 Fresno Workforce Leadership Academy.

The Escalation of Extreme Weather: How Climate Change is Fueling Unprecedented Disasters

Featuring Porter Fox, climate journalist, Columbia University teacher, and author of “Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them,” and Jeff Goodell, award-winning environmental writer and best-selling author of “The Heat Will Kill You First.”

What We Learned About AI, Power, and Possibility

AI isn’t shaping the future. We are. 

That was the takeaway from the Shared Futures AI Summit, co-hosted by Aspen Digital and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, where leaders from across sectors pushed past hype and fear to ask harder, more human questions.

Breaking News, Breaking Barriers: Connie Chung on Journalism, Truth, and Legacy

Featuring Connie Chung, pioneering journalist, Emmy-winning news anchor, and the first woman to co-anchor the CBS “Evening News.”

Video: How Can Renters Grow Their Wealth?

All households deserve to build–and sustain–the wealth they need to thrive. But when home equity is the largest source of wealth for most Americans, how do renters gain assets? This video spotlights the current state of renters’ wealth and calls on leaders across sectors to come together and co-create solutions that expand renters’ wealth-building pathways.