Kick-Off Celebration
It's an event two years in the making! Join us for live music, snacks, and drinks to celebrate our first-ever national convening….
Opening Plenary: Our Current Moment
We’ll open our convening through a conversation with special guests who will reflect on the current context for our work, including: The outcomes of the 2022 mid-term elections Th…
Networking Break
During this break, participants will have an opportunity to nominate and vote on topics for our afternoon Strategy Huddles….
Advancing Racial and Economic Justice Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
What are the implications of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for workforce philanthropy? During this session, we’ll discuss the workforce pr…
Job Quality, Equity and Worker Power & Worker Voice
Job quality, equity, worker voice and worker power are familiar concepts in our field but what does it mean to support all of these efforts intentionally and effectively? What could it …
Equity and Inclusion in Technology
Companies across the U.S. have created millions of tech jobs that have contributed to extraordinary wealth and opportunity. At the same time, many of these jobs remain out of reach for …
Lunch Session: Federal Agency Updates
Across federal agencies, there’s a flurry of activity focused on advancing equity, improving job quality, and expanding career connected pathways. Join us for a special conversation w…
Strategy Huddles
Strategy Huddles will provide informal, "unconference" style meeting time for networking and information-sharing in small groups focused on specific topics. Nominate a topic a…
Better Jobs = Better Care
Quality child care is a critical support for working families with young children, and as we have seen over the course of 2.5 years, child care providers are a key part of the econ…
Strengthening and Expanding Career-Connected Learning
During this session, we’ll explore opportunities for philanthropy to bolster the capacity of CTE, apprenticeship, and work-based learning initiatives and advance supportive policies a…
From Talking the Talk to Walking the Walk: Exploring New ways of fostering collaborations across youth serving systems
This session is designed to explore opportunities to advance equity for families and young people by aligning and integrating early childhood and youth/young adult pathway models. We�…
Morning Plenary – Sharing Power: Equitable Grantmaking in Practice
What does it mean for philanthropy to share power? And why does it matter? During this interactive session, you’ll have an opportunity to explore how power-sharing approaches can enri…
Corporate Funders Roundtable
By invitation. For more information about this session, please contact us at info@workforce-matters.org.
Centering Equity and Continuous Program Improvement in Workforce Evaluations
Evaluation is a core component of the philanthropic way but what if we’ve been doing it wrong? What if our evaluative efforts focused on continuous improvement instead? Could we get t…
Advancing Equity through Collaborative Philanthropy
What does it look like when funders collaborate to center and advance equity and justice in their workforce investments? What does it take to organize and sustain such a table? What roa…
Closing Session + To-Go Lunch
We'll cap off our time together with highlights from participants and an informal networking lunch.