Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

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The 2019 McNulty Prize Laureates

December 5, 2019

The McNulty Foundation’s programs reach individuals at different stages in their leadership journey from propelling young people to reach their greatest potential, to elevating proven leaders. The McNulty Prize features an international jury, including Madeleine Albright, Olara Otunnu, Brizio Biondi-Morra, and Darren Walker. The Institute recognized the laureates in New York at the Annual Awards Dinner.

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MARIA PACHECO AND ALEXANDRA KISSLING
VITAL VOICES CENTRAL AMERICA
Central America Leadership Initiative
Initiated by Maria Pacheco and carried on by Alexandra Kissling, a coalition of Central Americans are tackling gender equality across the region, from economic empowerment and access to the formal economy to changing the narrative about the role of women and gender in society.
vitalvoices.org

SRIKUMAR MISRA
MILK MANTRA
Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship
Global executive turned entrepreneur Srikumar Misra is transforming livelihoods for rural farmers in Eastern India and disrupting India’s massive dairy market by using ethical sourcing and a socially conscious, innovation-led business model.
milkmantra.com

JOSHIN RAGHUBAR
CAPE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (CiTi)
Africa Leadership Initiative, South Africa
Entrepreneur Joshin Raghubar is building an inclusive technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Cape Town, South Africa, and beyond. He is incubating thousands of companies, training a diverse workforce of young people, and working across government, business, and society.
citi.org.za

Longform Publications Section 4: Strengthening Practices to Improve Job Quality

Tools: Employee Ownership

View tools and resources related to employee ownership.

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Centering Workers in Workforce Development

The Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance collaborates with employers and stakeholders to boost employment, earnings, and equity for local workers.

Blog Posts Job Quality Fellows Profile Series Longform

Lessons and Leadership To Foster Economic Justice for Illinois Workers

LEP trains workers to promote equity, enforce rights, build unions, develop leaders, ensure workplace safety, and advance economic justice.

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Worker Owned and Worker Driven

While the rideshare apps have increased convenience, they’ve eroded job quality. See how the Drivers’ Cooperative is helping to end exploitative conditions.

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Creating Employee-Owned Businesses That Provide Good Jobs and Succeed

Through employee ownership, The Industrial Commons is building a new Southern working class that erases the inequities of generational poverty.

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Strengthening the Hidden Resilience Workforce

We see the effects of climate change, but we rarely see the people who help to rebuild — and they often lack safe conditions, decent pay, or benefits.

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Advancing a Pro-Worker, Pro-Climate Agenda in Texas

The Texas Climate Jobs Project advances a pro-worker, pro-climate agenda — helping to solve the climate crisis while creating millions of good jobs.

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Organizing and Coalition Building for Structural Change

LAANE, led by Job Quality Fellow Roxana Tynan, is fighting to build an economy rooted in good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment.

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Organizing Unemployed and Underemployed Workers

UWU, led by Job Quality Fellow Neidi Dominguez, engages unemployed/underemployed workers, a population that has not been mobilized at scale since the 1930s.

Blog Posts Longform

How Local Journalism Can Bring Communities Together

MIT Center for Constructive Communication Director Deb Roy explains how the caricatures Republicans and Democrats paint of each other diverge from reality, and the ways local newsrooms can leverage their “trust capital” and emerging technology to promote listening and understanding amid disagreement.