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Investing in Greece | Opportunities & Incentives for International Investors A Roundtable Discussion Introductory Remarks: Ms. Maria (Maira) Myrogianni, Secretary General for International Economic Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chairman - Enterprise Greece Moderator: Mr. Panayotis Bernitsas, Managing Partner - Bernitsas Law Panelists: Mr. George Nikolaou, Head, Chubb Business Services, EMEA – Chubb Dr. Marinos Giannopoulos, CEO - Enterprise Greece Mr. Gregory Dimitriadis, CEO & Executive Member of the BoD - Growthfund, The National Fund of Greece Dr. Haris Lambropoulos, President - Hellenic Development Bank of Investments Mr. Michalis Kassimiotis, Managing Director, Greece & Cyprus – Hewlett Packard Enterprise Mr. Paul Gomopoulos, Senior Managing Director, Head of Hines Greece - Hines Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Capital Link Invest in Greece Webinar Series 2024 | Linking Greece with the International Business & Investment Community A series of webinars to update the international investment community on developments in Greece and to raise the profile of Greece as a business and investment destination. Hosted with the support of the Hellenic Fund & Asset Management Association. These webinars will be organized on a regular basis, culminating with the Annual "Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum" which will take place in New York on Monday, December 9, 2024. Follow this link below for more information on the event: https://webinars.capitallink.com/2024/invest_in_greece/

In honor of Black History Month, today we delve into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The 16th Street Baptist Church was a large and prominent church located downtown, just blocks from Birmingham's commercial district and City Hall. Just before 11 o'clock on September 15, 1963, instead of rising to begin prayers, the congregation was knocked to the ground. As a bomb exploded under the steps of the church, they sought safety under the pews and shielded each other from falling debris. Join us as we travel the decades it took to finally bring justice to the families of the four girls killed in the bombing. Learn about the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act passed in 2008 which allows prosecution of previously untried perpetrators of racial hate crimes, even if the statute of limitations have expired. And explore the unsolved case of Oneal Moore who was the first African-American deputy sheriff for the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office in Varnado, Louisiana. He was murdered on June 2, 1965, by alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan in a drive-by shooting, one year and a day after his landmark appointment as deputy sheriff. While there have been clear suspects, no one has ever been tried for his murder. The Branch of Hope: The National Trust for Historic Preservation (savingplaces.org) is a privately funded nonprofit organization that works to save America's historic sites while tell the full American story, build stronger communities, and invest in preservation's future. The 16th Street Baptist Church alone receives over 100,000 every year who come to witness the legacy of activism that has been cultivated by the congregation, with daily hour-long tours provided by church member volunteers. In addition to its tourism-related outreach, the church hosts numerous community events, and offers a Benevolence Ministry that provides emergency financial support to those in need, a Fatherhood Ministry to educate and mentor young fathers, and a Wall Builders program to help with addiction recovery. The congregation has completed many critical and expensive repairs to its main building in recent years. A $250,000 National Fund grant with $500,000 in matching funds raised by the congregation supported critical work on the roof, foundation, and exterior of 16th Street Baptist's adjacent parsonage, along with installation of a ramp compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. By contributing to the National Trust for Historic Preservation we hope to propel their mission of telling the full American story including the diversity that has led to our multicultural nation.   Source: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (1963) (U.S. National Park Service). (n.d.). https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm Birmingham Church bombing - Alabama, civil rights movement, victims | HISTORY. (2010, January 27). HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/birmingham-church-bombing Parrott-Sheffer, C. (2023, December 14). 16th Street Baptist Church bombing | History & Four Girls. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/16th-Street-Baptist-Church-bombing Elliott, D. (2023, September 14). Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199312953/16th-street-baptist-church-bombing-60th-anniversary Wikipedia contributors. (2023, December 2). Emmett till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till_Unsolved_Civil_Rights_Crime_Act Oneal Moore. (n.d.). Southern Poverty Law Center. https://www.splcenter.org/oneal-moore Oneal Moore | Un(re)solved | FRONTLINE | PBS| Web Interactive. (n.d.). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/oneal-moore The unsolved murder of Oneal Moore, a Black deputy sheriff in 1960s Louisiana. (2021, October 15). A&E. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/oneal-moore Join The Dark Oak discussion: Patreon The Dark Oak Podcast Website Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok Youtube   This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Holmes and Music by Ryan Creep

LARGE PROJECTS TRANSFORMING GREECE25th Annual Capital Link Invest In #Greece Forum Moderator:Mr. Alexander Metallinos, Partner - POTAMITISVEKRISPanelists:· Mr. Nikos Nezeritis, Head of Structured Finance - Alpha Bank· Mr. Alexandros Argyros, Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking - AXIA Ventures Group Ltd· Mr. Gregory D. Dimitriadis, CEO; Executive Member of the BoD - Growthfund (Υπερταμε?ο) – The National Fund of Greece· Mr. Paul Ferneyhough, BScHons, ACA, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer - Eldorado Gold Corporation· Mr. Vassilis Karamouzis, General Manager of Corporate & Investment Banking - National Bank of GreeceIn cooperation with NYSE & the Athens Exchange GroupFor more information, please visit: Capital Link Forum#investingreece #forums #registernow

LARGE PROJECTS TRANSFORMING GREECE25th Annual Capital Link Invest In #Greece Forum Moderator:Mr. Alexander Metallinos, Partner - POTAMITISVEKRISPanelists:· Mr. Nikos Nezeritis, Head of Structured Finance - Alpha Bank· Mr. Alexandros Argyros, Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking - AXIA Ventures Group Ltd· Mr. Gregory D. Dimitriadis, CEO; Executive Member of the BoD - Growthfund (Υπερταμε?ο) – The National Fund of Greece· Mr. Paul Ferneyhough, BScHons, ACA, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer - Eldorado Gold Corporation· Mr. Vassilis Karamouzis, General Manager of Corporate & Investment Banking - National Bank of GreeceIn cooperation with NYSE & the Athens Exchange GroupFor more information, please visit: Capital Link Forum#investingreece #forums #registernow

Promised tax cuts proposed by National are to go ahead following the coalition deal signed earlier today.  Newstalk ZB's Political Editor Jason Walls spoke to Heather du-Plessis Allan as questions arise on how it will be funded following the scrapping of the foreign home buyers tax.  He said "It seems at this stage we don't have an answer” on how the government will find the money to fund the initiative but plans are in place to release more details soon.    LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

209: Looking for Leadership as a Nonprofit Funder (Robb Webb)SUMMARYDoes your nonprofit embody the leadership qualities for which major funders are looking? Nonprofit leaders who are best prepared when applying for grant funding can save themselves precious time and set their organization up for success if they seek to understand what philanthropic leaders are evaluating. But how do you know what funders are actually looking for? In episode #209 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Robb Webb, Director of Rural Church at The Duke Endowment, shares how they address community needs and what they're looking for when considering funding. We examine what Robb identifies as three key topics funders look for; budget and financial help, community need, and distributed leadership. As a nonprofit leader himself, Robb shares his 70/20/10 framework for managing teams and setting attainable goals.    ABOUT ROBBRobb Webb serves as Director of the Rural Church program area of The Duke Endowment. Webb joined the Endowment in January 2006 as a program officer after serving as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Healthcare Resource Associates. He is a member of the Board of Visitors for Duke Divinity School and the Parish Ministry Fund. He serves on advisory boards for the National Fund for Sacred Places, the Center for Environmental Farming Systems and the North Carolina Council of Churches. He is also consulting faculty at Duke Divinity School, teaching a class on leadership in the rural church. Webb holds degrees from Davidson College and Duke University and is an ordained deacon in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has served the Western North Carolina Conference on the Board of Ordained Ministry and as vice-chair of the Council on Campus Ministry. Through the Rural Church Division of the Endowment, Webb has engaged in North Carolina food initiatives such as hunger relief through rural United Methodist churches, community partnership development through Come to the Table (with RAFI), and most recently, the development of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. He believes churches can serve as catalysts in their communities, contributing to human, community and economic advancement.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESThe Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. MartinLearn more about The Duke Endowment and Robb hereCheck out Patton's book Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership: Seven Keys to Advancing Your Career in the Philanthropic Sector

As a country, we rely on service animals to help us in many different ways. They are an integral part of our lives, and we owe them a great debt for their years of service. That's why we are so grateful for organisations like the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals that provide retired service animals with the care they need and deserve! Today we are speaking with The Rt. Hon. Countess Bathurst, Chair of the NRFSA and LWDG Society Member, Management Committee Member, and Show and Events Coordinator, Tracey Wysocka, about retired service animals and why they deserve the best medical treatment. The National Fund for Retired Service Animals (NFRSA) is a fantastic organisation that addresses the financial costs and care of retired service animals across the country. Their main aims are to assist those caring for retired animals by subsidising vet bills and other related expenses, while also promoting the extraordinary work service animals do. Accompanying Shownotes : https://ladiesworkingdoggroup.com/episode-66-retired-service-animals/ https://www.nfrsa.org.uk/ https://www.nfrsa.org.uk/our-colleagues/ LWDG POD DOG is a free podcast for working dog handlers and trainers. The podcast is released every week on Fridays and covers a range of topics related to working dogs. Ladies - for more free content, visit www.ladiesworkingdoggroup.com/threedayfree

*‘Still not defined', extended school hours in Quintana Roo Although it is already known that Quintana Roo will join the program, it is not yet known which schools will be covered. * Search for missing girl leads authorities to a cenote Little Fernanda Cayetana Canul Blanco was reported missing since last Thursday, on the mainland of Isla Mujeres. *The National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) and the Ministry of Welfare held a forum to explain the benefits of the Mayan Train to the community, with very little attendance from the inhabitants of this town. *Tourism will reach pre-pandemic figures in 2023 Tourism experts assure that by 2023 tourism will increase even more, as before the pandemic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cjr-news/support

Estefania Landesmann. Artist, Berlin and Buenos Aires. Zitate aus dem Podcast: »I want to capture the strangeness within the ordinary.« »I always try to document things that create questions to me.« »I'm interested in the balance between something that is found and something that is constructed.« »For me using photography is a way of asking what an image is, what reality is. Photography is a way of asking things about the world.« »For me photography is a tool.« »A good image brings more questions than answers.« »I find it interesting when the photograph as a medium disappears and the image becomes something else.« Estefanía Landesmann is a Buenos Aires born visual artist working with photography. After graduating as a Designer from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, she was selected to take part in the independent art program »Programa de Artistas« from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, coordinated by Jorge Macchi. Afterwards she received grants to be a resident artist in Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (2016), and Hangar Research Center, Lisbon (2017). In 2018 she moved to Berlin thanks to a fellowship from the National Fund for the Arts (AR), to attend the class of Josephine Pryde in UdK (Universität der Künste Berlin). Among others, she was nominated for the BRAQUE Prize 2015 (coordinated by Palais de Tokyo), AAMEC Premio de Fotografía Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, 2018, Premio Illa Fotografía 2015 (MACRO, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma), Premio Itaú de Artes Visuales 2014 and 2015 (AR); and recognized in the LXX Salón Nacional de Rosario Castagnino-Macro 2016, Premio Federico Klemm, 2015 and Premio Fundación Williams, 2014. In 2015 her project »Cuerpo de Obra« was awarded and funded by the »Bienal de Arte Joven de Buenos Aires«. In 2018 she won the 2nd Prize in Photography of the National Award for Visual Arts, AR. Her work has been shown internationally at Düsseldorf photo+, Biennial for Visual and Sonic Media (2022), Lehmann+Silva Gallery, Portugal (solo, 2022), MNBA Buenos Aires National Museum of Fine Arts (2019); Museum für Fotografie Berlin (2018); MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (2018); BF20 Bienal de Fotografía Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal (2021); Studio for Artistic Research, Düsseldorf (2020); D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig (2018); Casa Fernandini, Lima (2017); Arco Madrid (2020), Artíssima, Turín (2021), SP-arte, Sao Paulo (2015), among others. She lives and works in Berlin. Eine Arbeit von ihr ist in der Ausstellung »THINK WE MUST« zu sehen, die von Pola Sieverding und Asya Yaghmurian kuratiert wurde und noch bis zum 19. Juni 2022 in der Akademie Galerie am Burgplatz 1 in Düsseldorf besucht werden kann. http://estefania-landesmann.com/ https://www.duesseldorfphotoplus.de/ https://www.instagram.com/duesseldorfphotoplus/ Episoden-Cover-Gestaltung: Andy Scholz Episoden-Cover-Foto: Privat Idee, Produktion, Redaktion, Moderation: Andy Scholz http://fotografieneudenken.de/ https://www.instagram.com/fotografieneudenken/ Der Podcast ist eine Produktion von STUDIO ANDY SCHOLZ 2022. Andy Scholz wurde 1971 in Varel am Jadebusen geboren. Er studierte Philosophie und Medienwissenschaften in Düsseldorf, Kunst und Design an der HBK Braunschweig und Fotografie/Fototheorie in Essen an der Folkwang Universität der Künste. Seit 2005 ist er freier Künstler, Autor sowie künstlerischer Leiter und Kurator vom FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFISCHER BILDER, das er gemeinsam mit Martin Rosner 2016 in Regensburg gründete. Seit 2012 unterrichtet er an verschiedenen Instituten, u.a. Universität Regensburg, Fachhochschule Würzburg, North Dakota State University in Fargo (USA), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Ruhr Universität Bochum, seit 2022 auch an der Pädagogischen Hochschule in Ludwigsburg. Im ersten Lockdown, im Juni 2020, begann er mit dem Podcast. Er lebt und arbeitet in Essen. http://fotografieneudenken.de/ https://www.instagram.com/fotografieneudenken/ https://festival-fotografischer-bilder.de/ https://ww

The Civil Rights movement opened up new work opportunities for Black workers. But, decades later, African-Americans work disproportionately in low-wage jobs and are overrepresented in the jobs at highest risk of vanishing because of workplace automation. White workers, meanwhile, are 50 percent more likely to hold “future proof” jobs. These are the kind of jobs that build often on education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And for those Black workers who do find a path to “future proof” jobs in health care or tech, the reward often includes a hostile work environment. And that's bad news for every American. One study found that eliminating racial inequality could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $2.3 trillion a year. What are we waiting for? Guests LeRon Barton, tech worker, author of two books, and essayist who has written “What It's Like to be a Black man in Tech” and other pieces for the Harvard Business Review. Nahsis Davis, a nurse and union member in Chicago. Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, and professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Resources What it's Like to be a Black Man in Tech, LeRon Barton, Harvard Business Review, 2021 Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, Adia Harvey Wingfield. No More Invisible Man, Adia Harvey Wingfield. Race and the Work of the Future: Advancing Workforce Equity in the United States, PolicyLink, USC Dornsife, burning glass, National Fund for Workforce Solutions Why are Employment Rates so Low among Black men? Holzer, 2021 Digitalization, Automation & Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work - Chandra Childers, IWPR, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Civil Rights movement opened up new work opportunities for Black workers. But, decades later, African-Americans work disproportionately in low-wage jobs and are overrepresented in the jobs at highest risk of vanishing because of workplace automation. White workers, meanwhile, are 50 percent more likely to hold “future proof” jobs. These are the kind of jobs that build often on education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And for those Black workers who do find a path to “future proof” jobs in health care or tech, the reward often includes a hostile work environment. And that's bad news for every American. One study found that eliminating racial inequality could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $2.3 trillion a year. What are we waiting for? Guests LeRon Barton, tech worker, author of two books, and essayist who has written “What It's Like to be a Black man in Tech” and other pieces for the Harvard Business Review. Nahsis Davis, a nurse and union member in Chicago. Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, and professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Resources What it's Like to be a Black Man in Tech, LeRon Barton, Harvard Business Review, 2021 Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, Adia Harvey Wingfield. No More Invisible Man, Adia Harvey Wingfield. Race and the Work of the Future: Advancing Workforce Equity in the United States, PolicyLink, USC Dornsife, burning glass, National Fund for Workforce Solutions Why are Employment Rates so Low among Black men? Holzer, 2021 Digitalization, Automation & Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work - Chandra Childers, IWPR, 2019

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many employers to reduce their staffs, but having workers who have the know-how and nurturing their growth is still important. In this podcast episode, Amanda Del Buono, Digital Engagement Manager for Control Global and Control Design, and Tom Strong, director of employer action for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, discuss the importance of investing in and training employees for the long haul.

Bella chats with Prof. Axel Cleeremans, professor of Cognitive Science and research director with the National Fund for Scientific Research at the Free University of Brussels. He directs the Center for Research in Cognition & Neuroscience and leads the Consciousness, Cognition and Computation Group. He is also the field chief editor at the Frontiers in Psychology journal, which by far has the most multi-disciplinary editorial board with more than 11,000 researchers from all over the world. He has given hundreds of talks and has been featured in many TV interviews and the extraordinary science documentary, The Most Unknown on Netflix.In this episode, we discuss Axel's research on consciousness, the seminal philosophical debates on consciousness, and the current challenges and future direction of the field. Axel also shares his experience as a cast member on The Most Unknown. More about the Most Unknown here: https://www.themostunknown.comWe would love to hear what you think of this episode, or if you have any other suggestions for guests or topics for our podcast. You can reach us at stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com. You can also connect with us on Twitter @StanfordPsyPod. Finally, if you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast or elsewhere so more people can find us. Thank you so much!

Improving job quality improves livelihoods and often transforms lives. Low-wage work in the US economy is far too pervasive. According to a Brookings Institution 2019 report, 53 million workers (44% of all 18-64 working adults) earn low hourly wages. While the economy has expanded, too few workers share in the benefits. The time is now to address the challenge directly and focus on improving job quality for millions who work hard and contribute to our economy. We can no longer afford to have hard working people excluded from the abundance of our economy and marginalized by our society. We need to focus in this moment on the opportunities we have to improve the quality of jobs, and the lives and livelihoods of millions of individuals and families. And that is the theme for the 2022/2023 Job Quality Fellowship. On Tuesday, November 30, we hosted an informational webinar about the Job Quality Fellowship. We were pleased to welcome two Job Quality Fellows to this conversation—Amanda Cage, president and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, and Jess Kutch, co-founder and co-executive director of Coworker.org—who discussed their efforts to advance job quality and their experience as members of the Fellowship.

In March of 2020 Amanda Cage became president and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. A national coalition of grantmakers that includes family foundations as well as large companies provides the funds and Amanda oversees the work of distributing it where it can best help workers. Amanda's career includes stints as a labor organizer, jobs with several large foundations, helping to implement workforce solutions for the city of Chicago. Dave spoke to her at length about her work organizing funder collaboratives focused on workforce solutions. Enjoy.

In this episode of Work in Progress, my guest is Amanda Cage, the president and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. The nonprofit is a national network of innovators and implementers in workforce development, says Cage, with a shared goal of collaborating with workers, employers, and communities to advance a skilled workforce, promote […] The post A skilled workforce, good jobs, and investing in equitable outcomes appeared first on WorkingNation.

Right now, the United States is experiencing a period of unprecedented social upheaval and a racial reckoning - partially caused by the coronavirus pandemic - that is forcing us to confront vulnerabilities in the economic system. The economic chaos created by the pandemic illuminated the deep economic and occupational inequities that have persisted for decades, resulting in a hollowed-out middle class and an insurmountable chasm between wealth and poverty.rnrnIn the workplace, racial bias affects negotiations over starting pay, future wages, and upward mobility. Employees of color start off making less money and receive less promotions than their white colleagues, a disparity that compounds over time. White workers are about 50 percent more likely than workers of color to hold "good" jobs, and much less likely to be displaced from their jobs by automation. Eliminating these racial inequities in income could boost the U.S. economy by $2.3 trillion a year.rnrnThe only way to provide economic security for all Americans is to dismantle systemic racism in all our economic structures, including the workplace. A recent report from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions found that, while these problems are national in scope, the solutions need to be local. How are the root causes of racial inequities in the workforce being addressed? What efforts are underway locally to advance workforce equity? Are they working? And how much impact can they have if the other inequities in American society - in housing, transportation, childcare, and education - aren't also addressed and eliminated?

Did you know that white workers are 50 percent more likely than workers of color to hold good jobs and that eliminating racial inequities in income could boost the U.S. economy by $2.3 trillion a year, and as the workforce approaches a people-of-color majority that toll will only grow in the absence of bold, equity-focused solutions? Bradley Williams, Chief Customer Officer and Vice President of Operations for Equus Workforce Solutions, sat down with Amanda Cage, President and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, and Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, to discuss research that led to a report titled, “Race and the Work of the Future: Advancing Workforce Equity in the United States.” Learn about the key findings from the report and discover some of the top public policy issues that need to be addressed regarding employment, education and employer practices. Learn more about Burning Glass Technologies: https://www.burning-glass.com/ Learn more about the National Fund for Workforce Solutions: https://nationalfund.org/ Learn more about Policy Link: https://www.policylink.org/research/race-and-the-work-of-the-future

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous stress on small businesses and their workers, as closures and new public safety measures have demanded that business owners shift operations and take creative steps to keep employees and customers safe. In this extraordinary time, small business owners are increasingly aware that the wellbeing of their employees is essential for business survival – and they are forging new partnerships and taking new approaches to support their workers. Watch this discussion, hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, to learn about strategies that small business owners and workforce organizations can take to strengthen job quality for frontline workers in the wake of COVID-19. In this session, we hear from two restaurant owners in Baltimore, along with a workforce professional who helped them prioritize job quality through the pandemic. The panel features Gayatri Agnew, Senior Director, Opportunity, Walmart.org (opening remarks); Shawn Parker, Co-Owner, Connie's Chicken and Waffles; Laura Wagner, Co-Owner, Well Crafted Kitchen; Allie Busching, Former Business Development Coordinator, Civic Works; Jenny Weissbourd, Senior Project Manager, The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (moderator); and Tom Strong, Director of Employer Activation, National Fund for Workforce Solutions (moderator). Baltimore business owners share their experiences operating restaurants during this challenging time. And they explain how and why they chose to partner with Civic Works to invest in their employees as a resiliency strategy. Allie Busching shares her experiences using Pacific Community Ventures' Good Jobs, Good Business toolkit and providing business advising support to Baltimore-based small businesses. This webinar is the eighth in our Job Quality in Practice series. The Job Quality in Practice series is designed to support practitioners across fields – including workforce development, economic development, capital deployment, policy, worker advocacy, and business – to address job quality in their work. Webinars share updates on current conditions and priorities as well as actionable tools and approaches. We also seek to highlight leading practitioners' work and create connections across disciplines.We are grateful to Prudential Financial for its support of our Job Quality in Practice webinar series and our ongoing efforts to advance a job quality field of practice. The Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. We recognize that race, gender, and place intersect with and intensify the challenge of economic inequality and we address these dynamics by advancing an inclusive vision of economic justice. For over 25 years, EOP has focused on expanding individuals' opportunities to connect to quality work, start businesses, and build economic stability that provides the freedom to pursue opportunity. For more information, visit our website at as.pn/eop. Learn about new events and activities by joining our mailing list (as.pn/eopmail) and following us on social media (as.pn/eopsocial).

Tim is a dynamic, personal development coach, business consultant and trainer, communications and public relations expert, thought leader and author whose influence spans multiple arenas. Drawing from a combined 25+ years of private sector, public sector, non-profit, faith-based, workforce development, personal development and entrepreneurial experience, Tim is familiar with and effective at developing and implementing integrated outreach and personal development strategies that lead to results-oriented outcomes. A true leader by many standards, and trusted advisor, Tim currently serves as Communications, Community Relations and Marketing Manager at Employ Milwaukee, the local workforce development board serving Milwaukee County. Employ Milwaukee convenes leaders from the business, economic and workforce development, education and government sectors to develop workforce solutions that promote regional economic growth and employment for all job seekers. Tim's first book, Morning Timspiration, Daily Devotion for the Workplace & Entrepreneurs: Volume 1, Edition 2, is based on his inspirational vlog, 'Morning Timspiration.'  Tim is also the Founder and President of Tim McMurtry International, LLC a business  consultancy specializing in personal development coaching and training, government affairs, multicultural outreach, business-to-business marketing and community and corporate relations. While working with a leading Milwaukee public affairs firm as an Account Executive, Tim developed and coordinated multi-tiered communications plans for issue and special interest advocacy and helped secure over $15 million in tax-incremental financing (TIF) and related municipal funding for clients including Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers, AT&T, Walgreens, The Mandel Group (real estate), Barrett Lo Visionary Development and the National Trust for Historic Preservation among others. Previously, Tim served as Director of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance, a coalition of private and public funders who align resources for workforce development improvement in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin, and is an affiliate organization of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. In that role, Tim spearheaded employer and partner engagement, fund development and grant-making, strategic planning, administrative oversight and operations management for the organization. In addition, Tim is a former chief of staff to a City of Milwaukee Common Council President, serves as Associate Pastor at a local church (World Outreach Center) in Milwaukee, WI, serves as Wisconsin State Director of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest grass-roots, pro-Israel advocacy group in America with nearly 10 million members nationwide, sits on a number of civic Boards of Directors and was a community blogger (The Skinny) for the state of Wisconsin’s largest newspaper, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Purple Wisconsin initiative. Tim received his BA in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and resides in Milwaukee, WI with his wife, Cheryl, and two children.       

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In this episode, Dr. Bly-Jones is speaking with Amanda Cage, Chief Executive Officer for National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS). NFWS is a national network promoting economic opportunity and prosperous communities through investment and innovation. Based in Washington D.C., the National Fund partners with philanthropy, employers, workers, public and private community organizations, and more than 30 regional collaboratives to invest in skills, improve systems, and generate good jobs.

PROARTESMEXICO.COM.MX Entrevista en español con Daniel Godínez Nivón por Stephanie García, 3 de junio, 2020. Interview in Spanish with Daniel Godínez Nivón by Stephanie García, June 3rd, 2020. Daniel estudió Artes Visuales en la Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas de la UNAM y la Maestría en la misma casa de estudios. En 2011, es coautor del Libro Medios Múltiples 3. Su obra se ha presentado de forma colectiva en la exposición Jardín de Academus: Laboratorios de arte y educación en el MUAC, VanAbbe Museum en Holanda y el Center for Contemporary Arts CCA en Glasgow. Ha sido Becario del Programa Jóvenes Creadores durante 2011 – 2012 y 2019 – 2020 del Fondo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes. En 2014, estudia en la Escuela Nacional Superior de Bellas Artes de Paris. En 2019, es nominado para obtener el Visible Award. Daniel studied Visual Arts at the National School of Visual Arts of the National Autonomous University of México. In 2011, he co-authored the book Multiple Media 3. His work was presented in the collective exhibition Academus Garden: Art laboratories and education in MUAC, Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands, and CCA in Glasgow. He was in the Fellow Young Artists Program (2011-2012 and 2019 - 2020) by the National Fund for Culture and the Arts for his Tequio-Rolas project. In 2014, he studied at the Superior National School of Fine Arts in Paris. In 2019 he was nominated for the Visible Award. En esta serie bilingüe, PROArtes México invita a creadores de arte contemporáneo que trabajan en Estados Unidos de América y México, y charlan sobre su trabajo, conceptos, ideas e intereses. Las versiones traducidas de las entrevistas se encontrarán disponibles en nuestra página web. Here&There: Conversations with Creators from the MX &USA: In this bilingual series, PROArtes México sits down with contemporary artists working in the USA or MX and discusses their work, concepts, ideas, and interests in their preferred language. A translated version of the interviews available on our website.

For audio, scroll down. Our conversation today spans the National Fund For Workforce Solutions and their mission. Michelle walks us through: Common problems certain segments of the workforce might encounter when attempting to find work The involved and dynamic nature of engineering solutions that allot workers access to decent jobs The importance of utilizing data […]

“A mi eso es lo que me apasiona, ver cómo la modernidad se atraviesa con la tradición / That’s what I’m passionate about - seeing how modernity intersects with tradition.” - This week’s guest, Conchi León!  Conchi León is a celebrated Mexican dramaturg, director and actor from Mérida, Yucatan. She has written over 60 plays and teaches workshops in dramaturgy, biodrama, ritual and testimonial theatre. Her theatre work with children with disabilities, homeless youth, and incarcerated people has been recognized by the Commission of Human Rights in Yucatan.  In this all Spanish episode, we talk about her experiences creating theatre in collaboration with Mestiza communities, the art of testimonial theatre, where to find rue (ruda) in New York, and we meet a rooster (sort of).  Show Notes:  Conchi’s YouTube channel, with hilarious hammock work out videos Teatro testimonial or testimonial theatre.   Del Manantial del Corazón (The Spring of the Heart) at Aluna’s 2018 RUTAS Festival.  Some current Mexican artists Conchi mentions: Claudio Valdez Curi, Laura Uribe, Martin Acosta, David Olguin.  FONCA, or the National Fund for Arts and Culture in Mexico. Contigo a la Distancia, or With You at a Distance, a digital cultural space presented by the government of Mexico. Watch one of Conchi’s capsulas de cabaret featured in the series!  The Metro Awards awarded for theatrical excellence in Mexico, and run by Sergio Villegas.    "A mi eso es lo que me apasiona, ver cómo la modernidad se atraviesa con la tradición". - ¡Esta semana tenemos como invitada a Conchi León! Conchi León es una famosa dramaturga mexicana, directora y actriz de Mérida, Yucatán. Conchi ha escrito más de 60 obras de teatro y está constantemente impartiendo talleres de dramaturgia, biodrama, teatro ritual y testimonial. Su trabajo teatral con niños con discapacidades, jóvenes sin hogar y personas encarceladas ha sido reconocido por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Yucatán. En este episodio en totalmente en Español, hablamos de sus experiencias creando teatro en colaboración con las comunidades mestizas, el arte del teatro testimonial, dónde encontrar “ruda” (planta) en Nueva York, y  también tenemos una visita de un  gallo (bueno algo así). Bibliografía:  El canal de Youtube de Conchi, donde pueden encontrar los divertidos video del “Hamaca Gym”. Libro “La Nostalgia de los Sentidos” - Manual de Dramaturgia Testimonial. Del Manantial del Corazón en el Festival de RUTAS 2018 Artistas Mexicanos Mencionados por Conchi: Claudio Valdez Curi, Laura Uribe, Martin Acosta, David Olguin. FONCA,  Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes en México. Contigo a la Distancia, un espacio cultural digital presentado por el gobierno de México.  Cápsula de Cabaret escrita y dirigida por Conchi parte de esta serie!  Los Premios Metro  otorgado a la excelencia teatral en México, y dirigidos por Sergio Villegas    All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The Canada Council for the Arts, and The Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Todos los episodios de Merendiando son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de Metcalf Foundation, Laidlaw Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, y Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila Díaz-Varela y Mónica Garrido. Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.

Lack of access to quality jobs is a key contributor to widespread economic insecurity and the inability to pursue economic mobility. Race, gender, and place all play a critical role in who has access to quality work and economic mobility. Workforce development has long recognized the importance of a quality job to a person's life and has well-developed tools and strategies for preparing people to succeed in quality jobs. But what role can workforce leaders play on the demand side of the labor market equation to improve the odds that a quality job will be there for a qualified worker? This conversation explores how workforce development leaders can encourage improved job quality in their communities. In this conversation we hear from innovators from different types of organizations and engaged in very different local labor markets. We consider the role workforce organizations play with respect to influencing public systems, incentivizing changed business practice, empowering worker constituencies, and leveraging their own organizational practices. Our session emphasizes tools, tips, and lessons learned – and tackles questions from you! This webinar is the third in our Job Quality in Practice series. The panel includes Mandy Townsend (Vice President of Employer Engagement, JVS Boston; Job Quality Fellow, The Aspen Institute), Janice Urbanik (Senior Director for Innovation and Strategy, National Fund for Workforce Solutions), Brooke Valle (Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, San Diego Workforce Partnership), Caryn York (Chief Executive Officer, Job Opportunities Task Force; Aspen Institute Job Quality Fellow), and moderator Maureen Conway (Vice President for Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute; Executive Director, Economic Opportunities Program). The Job Quality in Practice series is designed to support practitioners across fields – including workforce development, economic development, capital deployment, policy, worker advocacy, and business – to address job quality in their work. Webinars share actionable tools and approaches, highlight leading practitioners' work, and create connections across disciplines. We are grateful to Prudential Financial for its support of our Job Quality in Practice webinar series and our ongoing efforts to advance a job quality field of practice. The Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. We recognize that race, gender, and place intersect with and intensify the challenge of economic inequality and we address these dynamics by advancing an inclusive vision of economic justice. For over 25 years, EOP has focused on expanding individuals' opportunities to connect to quality work, start businesses, and build economic stability that provides the freedom to pursue opportunity. For more information, visit our website at as.pn/eop. Learn about new events and activities by joining our mailing list (as.pn/eopmail) and following us on social media (as.pn/eopsocial).

Is our economy strong if the stock market soars and corporate profits hit new highs, while working people's earnings stay flat and their jobs are unstable? A critical issue in this discussion is that we lack good measures of economic progress that include the share of good companies offering good jobs — jobs with good wages, benefits, stability, and opportunities for advancement. And it's important not only for workers but also for businesses; employees who have good jobs are more engaged, more productive and more likely to stay. Running a company with job quality in mind is good business, and a metric for quality jobs could improve decisions about where to invest, whom to lend to, and which companies to do business with. However, until now, there was no easy and consistent way to measure a businesses' “people outcomes” and benchmark to industry peers. The Economic Opportunities Program's Good Companies/Good Jobs Initiative, in partnership with Working Metrics, is proud to unveil a new tool that assesses businesses' job quality performance for frontline workers and benchmarks them against others. This tool is part of a unique nonprofit-for profit collaboration with Working Metrics to get this tool into the hands of investors and businesses' procurement systems to help them include firms' treatment of workers in their decision making – thereby creating strong incentives for business change. This event includes a presentation on this innovative new tool and discussion with businesses who contributed to it and used it to improve their practices. This event features Maureen Conway (Vice President for Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute; Executive Director, Economic Opportunities Program), Pat Gross (Chairman, The Lovell Group; Trustee, The Aspen Institute), Arlene Koth (Vice President of Administration and Human Resources, TriVersity Construction), Ken Macon (Director of Strategic Sourcing, TriHealth), Mark Popovich (Director, Good Companies/Good Jobs, Economic Opportunities Program, The Aspen Institute), Larry Schlang (CEO, Working Metrics), and Janice Urbanik (Senior Director for Innovation and Strategy, National Fund for Workforce Solutions). This event is part of the Working in America series, an ongoing discussion series hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program that highlights an array of critical issues affecting low- and moderate-income workers in the United States and ideas for improving and expanding economic opportunities for working people. For more information, visit as.pn/workinginamerica. The Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. We recognize that race, gender, and place intersect with and intensify the challenge of economic inequality and we address these dynamics by advancing an inclusive vision of economic justice. For over 25 years, EOP has focused on expanding individuals' opportunities to connect to quality work, start businesses, and build economic stability that provides the freedom to pursue opportunity. Learn more at as.pn/eop.

Should it be easier to end a marriage? The Supreme Court is currently considering a rare defended divorce. Campaigners hope the case will prompt a change in the law in England and Wales - but others fear this will lead to divorce on demand. Joshua Rozenberg investigates. Also in this week's programme: Christina Blacklaws, incoming president of the Law Society of England and Wales, on the implications of an important milestone. A century after the reform that allowed them to become lawyers, most practising solicitors are now women. And, the Attorney General Jeremy Wright on what to do with the National Fund: nearly 500 million pounds which was meant to pay off the national debt. Producer: Neil Koenig Researcher: Diane Richardson.

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How can sector-based workforce development strategies address the needs of both employers and job seekers? Maureen Conway of the Aspen Institute and Fred Dedrick of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions discuss a recent book on the topic in an Economic Development podcast.

Nesreen Barakat has more than 20 years of experience in the area of economic and social development, working with government, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector in Jordan. Recently, she served as a Minister of Social Development, Minister of Public Sector Development and General Director of the National Aid Fund. Prior to that, she was a Council Member at the Greater Amman Municipality, Economic Advisor to the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and a Director of the Competitiveness Unit at the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.  As an entrepreneur, in 2005, Nesreen founded To Excel Consulting and Associates, a company focused on the provision of consulting services related to socio-economic, administrative and local development studies. Nesreen has extensive experience in managing and implementing result oriented technical assistance projects: she was the lead of the Enhancing Productivity Component (Economic Development Program) at SABEQ, a USAID funded Program, and previously held the position of the Manager of the Policy Support and Institutional Strengthening Component at EJADA, an EU-funded program.  Nesreen is a member of the UNWOMEN NGO Advisory Group in Jordan, member of the Business and Professional Women Association (BPWA), board member of Amman Arab University, fellowship of Vital Voices and a founding member of the Jordan Corporate Governance Association, the Competition Association and the National Global Compact Network in Jordan. She served on the boards of Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), the National Fund for Enterprise Support (NAFES), and was a member in a variety of task force committees including the National Agenda Investment Task Force.  Nesreen holds an MBA degree from the Business School at Durham University in the UK and B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the University of Jordan. She also received intensive international training at Harvard and Berkeley Universities on enhancing the competitiveness of nations, scenario planning, strategy development and implementation.