March 1, 2022
CNBC’s Make It reports on the release of JFF’s latest market scan, Purpose-Built to Advance Equity: Expanding Opportunities in Tech for Black Americans
To disrupt historic patterns of occupational segregation in technology, we cannot ignore the systemic barriers to access and advancement that begin in K-12 schools and persist in communities and in the workplace.
JFF VP Michael Collins in “Black Employees Make Up Just 7.4% of the Tech Workforce—These Nonprofits Are Working to Change That”
JFF Vice President Michael Collins was quoted in recent article on CNBC’s Make It website that focused on JFF’s racial economic equity initiative and specifically reported on the release of our latest market scan, Purpose-Built to Advance Equity: Expanding Opportunities in Tech for Black Americans, which highlights organizations that are working to increase the number of Black Americans in the IT workforce.
JFF surveys more than 200 organizations creating pathways to tech industry careers for Black learners and workers, in new report developed with support from Comcast NBCUniversal. BOSTON, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 — Jobs for the Future…
In an opinion column he wrote for Bloomberg, JFF Vice President Michael Collins argued that “Our educational institutions must do more to disrupt occupational segregation by not just increasing access, but also focusing on the…
New $500,000 initiative will generate insights and develop strategies to increase access and success for Black learners and workers within fast-growing digital and IT careers. New $500,000 initiative will generate insights and develop strategies to…