COVID-19

The Next Move: How Business Can Close Racial Economic Gaps in 2021

Here, we present the first part of a series of responses about what organizational leaders can – and should – be doing to drive change from within to address racial wealth gaps.

January 29, 2021

Creating Conditions for Student Success: A Policymakers’ School Climate Playbook

This report contains real-world, proven strategies and provides a clear set of recommendations to guide policymakers in building a comprehensive and coherent state-wide approach for improving school climate.

January 26, 2021
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How COVID-19 in 2020 Could Impact the Future of Sports

What innovations and/or disruptions to sports during Covid-19 will become permanent after the pandemic?

December 22, 2020
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On the Front Lines of Workforce Development During the Pandemic

Danny Castro, an employment specialist at The HOPE Program, talks about connecting people to opportunity in a pandemic.

December 18, 2020
On the Front Lines of Workforce Development During the Pandemic: A conversation with Danny Castro, Employment Specialist, The HOPE Program. This conversation is part of the Job Quality in Practice series.

Why Crisis Response Efforts Need Religious Literacy

The pandemic has revealed the importance of government agencies partnering with faith organizations on the frontlines.

December 2, 2020

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, November 2020

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

November 30, 2020

Workers’ Coop Stitches Strong Social Fabric: Opportunity Threads Innovates in Changing Their Region and Industry

How can employers’ policies and practices push up business value, boost job quality for workers, and advance broader social impacts?

November 17, 2020

The Urgent Need to Address Health Equity in the Age of COVID

Which communities have been left behind by America’s COVID response? And how can strategic recovery efforts help close critical equity gaps? Dr. Rich Besser of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Dr. Mary Bassett of the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard discuss.

November 12, 2020