On October 12th, the Bridges Center was proud to host"Can Workforce Development Address Income Inequality?"- a panel facilitated by Dr. Ligaya Domingo featuring Washington-State workforce leaders.
As the ongoing pandemic continues to exasperate existing disparities, can workforce development programs help address income inequality perpetuated by racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia? Workforce development leaders from organizations across Washington came together to discuss how programs offered by their organizations are working to address historic discrimination and bias to uplift workers, and the barriers and opportunities that remain.
You can watch the full panel here.
Participating Organizations:
ANEW, Imagine Institute, Palmer Scholars, Reckoning Trade Project, SEIU 775 Benefits Group, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training Fund, and WeTrain Washington.
Participating organizations represent a wide variety of industries including the trades, healthcare, grocery, child and home health care.
More about our facilitator:
Dr. Ligaya Domingo is the Racial Justice and Education Director of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, a Union Trustee of the SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training Fund, and a board member of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County.
Ligaya will be honored with the Robert Duggan Distinguished Supporter of Labor Studies Award and the inaugural Distinguished Labor Studies Alumni Award at the Harry Bridges Center's 30th Anniversary Banquet. Ligaya has also been a long-time member of the Bridges Center's Visiting Committee and was the inaugural recipient of the Martin and Ann Jugum Scholarship in Labor Studies in 1997.
Thank you to all participating panelists, their organizations, our facilitator, and all who joined on October 12th. I also want to recognize and thank facilitator Ligaya Domingo, Dan Jacoby, and Glenn Davis for their support in developing the goals and framing for this panel.
Please reach out to Rachel Erstad at rerstad@uw.edu with any questions.