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Harmony in Work & Life: Founder, Innovator in Manufacturing, Marketing on Passion For Change

Fundraising Leadership

“Having trusted relationships is how I got here today,” says Kara Demirjian Huss, vice president of T/CCI Manufacturing and recently appointed to the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board, overseeing the Unified State Plan for Illinois workforce development system. ” Manufacturing is undergoing major shifts. Borg Warner Corp.,

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Closing the Middle Skills Gap in Postsecondary Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Roger Low In 2023, what education and training do Americans need, beyond high school? At the same time, to salvage the American middle class, suck toxic resentment out of our politics, and build a more equitable economy, we must reimagine higher education, workforce training, and how taxpayers fund both.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Funding Priority: Education. The Awesome Foundation. First Book.

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New Report Finds America’s Top Polluters

NonProfit Quarterly

Community Impact The industrial sector in the United States—the part of the economy made up of manufacturing and the production of goods—is to blame for almost a quarter of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Sierra Club. It’s still a source of pride to be able to have a job at the steel mill.” million jobs.

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Youth Unemployment in the Developing World Is a Jobs Problem

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Kartik Akileswaran , Jonathan Mazumdar & Angela Perez Albertos “When I was preparing to come to Delhi for a job, everyone in the village laughed and asked how it was possible that my village education would find me a job in a big city," recalled a 22-year-old Tabassum Naaz in 2010. Education is not the silver bullet.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

We sat down for a conversation about how capitalism manufactures insecurity, how it is weaponized against us, and why we must embrace our shared vulnerability to create a safer and better world. Can you explain how insecurity stems from an existential human problem and how modern capitalism newly manufactures its experience?

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Employee Ownership Policy Makes Major Gains—Next Up, Implementation

NonProfit Quarterly

Employee Ownership as Economic Development The CHIPS and Science Act aims to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States. It may not be immediately clear the connection between semiconductors and cooperatives; manufacturing makes up just a little over five percent of the worker co-op field.