Associated Black Charities: Racial Equity in Workforce Development
ABC works on removing structural barriers and improving economic access and opportunities for Black residents of Maryland.
ABC works on policy, with organizations, and in the workforce development space to support providers.
Lisa: one of the reasons we invited Tiffani and Jon to talk to us was to help work through implementing racial equity in workforce roundtable work as well as with the upcoming workforce innovation action fund
ABC also hosts a community of practice for workforce development practitioners–reach out to Tiffani and Jon if you are interested in working with ABC on this work. Being able to prepare community members to work in predominantly white organizations, and looking at their own internal processes and procedures is important to not replicating existing structural inequalities
Lou– asked about progress of policy work–Jon are seeing more lawmakers in Maryland take a racial equity lens when they look at policy work, but it it is a slow process.ABC doesn’t advocate for specific policies, but rather advocates for lawmakers to take consider racial equity when determining policy
Southwest Partnership Workforce Innovation Action Fund
Elizabeth shared about the upcoming funding the SWP has available to workforce development programs that improve labor market attachment and job success/higher jobs. There are up to $150,000 available of grant funding, and the RFP will hopefully be released next week.
Announcements
Bon Secours: continuing with workforce development activities, found that having incentives promotes ongoing participation
ABC: Supporting Maryland Families and Businesses using a racial equity lens next Wednesday–more details on ABC’s website. Premiering a video on the history of structural racism in Baltimore. September 18th
Community of Practice: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/109680449176/
Our webpage with the S.O.S. webinar link: http://www.abc-md.org/
