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What Can CBOs Teach Us About Achieving Equity in Workforce Development?

November 4, 2022

At a Glance

A group of community-based organizations in the Inland Empire are on a mission to shift the narrative about what it takes to do workforce development in a way that centers equity. These leaders have proposed a set of investments needed to achieve equitable economic empowerment in their communities.

Contributors
Alison Schmitt Director
Ashleigh Smallwood Manager
Alex Avila, Youth Action Project
Cindy Corrales, GRID Alternatives
Alex Fajardo, El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
Karla López del Río, Community Action Partnership of Riverside County
Jackie Melendez, IEGO
Tremaine Mitchell, Youth Action Project
Jessica Rodriguez, Goodwill Southern CA
Terrance Stone, Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy
Karen Suarez, Uplift San Bernardino at Making Hope Happen Foundation
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