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WORK IN THE CITY: First, Let’s Fix First Source
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WORK IN THE CITY. Welcome to WORK IN THE CITY, the weekly blog of the DC Jobs Council. Thursday, March 10, 2011. First, Let’s Fix First Source. Here is an interesting fact to ponder: approximately 70 percent of jobs in the District are held by people who do not live in the District. This imbalance is problematic. One reason it is problematic is that the income earned by that 70 percent goes home to be taxed in Maryland or Virginia. The District's Chief Financial Officer has estimated. Support can be dire...
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WORK IN THE CITY: March 2011
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WORK IN THE CITY. Welcome to WORK IN THE CITY, the weekly blog of the DC Jobs Council. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Cuts to the Left of Us, Reductions to the Right. Residents of the District of Columbia – particularly those who are part of the DC advocacy community – are awaiting anxiously the Friday, April 1, release of Mayor Vincent Gray’s proposed budget for FY2012. The budget is expected to be challenging. With the District facing a. Projected shortfall of $322 million. Career Centers – our One-Sto...
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WORK IN THE CITY: September 2011
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WORK IN THE CITY. Welcome to WORK IN THE CITY, the weekly blog of the DC Jobs Council. Monday, September 12, 2011. Let’s drink to the hard-working people. Let’s drink to the salt of the earth. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. I am writing this on my birthday. Ordinarily, posts to this blog are not personal. But given my background, and that my birthday falls shortly after Labor Day, I decided to break my own rule. Today, I lift my glass to the worker. So it is with great dismay that I observe the. Instead...
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Meyer Foundation: 2014 Annual Report
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Building a Community for Lasting Change. In 2014, the Meyer Foundation awarded more than $10 million in grants to nonprofit organizations across the Washington, DC region — the largest annual grants total in the Foundation's 70-year history. Building a Community for Lasting Change:. Calvary Women’s Place provides housing, health, employment and education programs that empower homeless women in Washington, DC to change their lives. (Photo credit: Lisa Helfert). And in a year of transition. For the Foundat...
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Fostering Relationships, Patience and Creativity to Address Racial Justice: An Interview with DC JWJ’s Nikki Lewis | Jobs With Justice
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Partnerships & Projects. Change Walmart, Change the Economy. Partnerships & Projects. Change Walmart, Change the Economy. August 6, 2015. Fostering Relationships, Patience and Creativity to Address Racial Justice: An Interview with DC JWJ’s Nikki Lewis. This post is second in a series about the Jobs With Justice network and the broader labor movement fight for racial justice. You can find the first post here. DC Jobs With Justice. Can you tell me about DC Jobs With Justice’s work on racial justice? I rea...
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Partners - The Workplace DC
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STRIVE DC’s mission is to help at-risk, highly disadvantaged Washington, DC residents obtain living wage employment and become productive citizens through job-readiness training, educational advancement, and social service support. STRIVE DC is a workforce development organization established in 1999 to combat the high unemployment rates in Washington, DC’s inner-city neighborhoods. For more information please visit: www.strivedc.org. For more information please visit: www.byteback.org. TWPDC Partner Suc...
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WORK IN THE CITY: Highest Common Denominator
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WORK IN THE CITY. Welcome to WORK IN THE CITY, the weekly blog of the DC Jobs Council. Monday, September 12, 2011. Let’s drink to the hard-working people. Let’s drink to the salt of the earth. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. I am writing this on my birthday. Ordinarily, posts to this blog are not personal. But given my background, and that my birthday falls shortly after Labor Day, I decided to break my own rule. Today, I lift my glass to the worker. So it is with great dismay that I observe the. Instead...
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Regional Workforce Policy Roundup: Gains for Local Workers | The Community Foundation Blog
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The Community Foundation Blog. Regional Workforce Policy Roundup: Gains for Local Workers. July 2, 2014. To the disdain of many in the Washington region, the beginning of summer brings high temperatures and oppressive humidity, but local workforce development advocates are collectively breathing a sigh of relief as summer also brings an end to the high stress of budget season. The District of Columbia. Community Foundation grantees the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. And DC Jobs Council. To support a new tas...