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About MWA

Thu, 12/27/2007 - 17:24 — mwaadmin

Who Are We?

 

MISSION: The Massachusetts Workforce Alliance unites individuals, organizations and coalitions to advance sensible workforce development policy that creates true economic opportunity for low-income people.


UNITED: We link a broad range of workforce development providers that find common ground in order to better serve our low-income clients. As a collaborative effort of coalitions, organizations and individuals we see strength in the variety of perspectives our members bring to policy discussions at all levels.

SENSIBLE: We create policy solutions by listening carefully to the intelligence of people on the frontline --practitioners and program participants. This means there is a direct link between the policies we advance and evidence that those solutions will work.

CWC Conference -- Sharing Skills-Building Connections -- May 14th at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 10:38 — Deborah Mutschler

Alex & Deb presenting April 27th on Down to Earth at the CWC conference.Early bird registration ends 4/27!

Down to Earth Publication to be released on 11-1-11

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:28 — Deborah Mutschler

Here's a sneak peek! http://on.fb.me/tNamnY

Good News on Clean Tech Jobs in MA

Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:26 — Deborah Mutschler

Creating Food System Jobs

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 09:33 — Deborah Mutschler

The Union of Concerned Scientists have come out with a report that hits on one of our big priorities for Down to Earth!

The report details economic and job creation benefits of Farmers Markets and other local food outlets. 

 

Thinking about the Brookings Report on the Clean Economy

Wed, 07/13/2011 - 15:01 — Deborah Mutschler

 "As a matter of aspiration, no swath of the economy has been more widely celebrated as a source of economic renewal and potential job creation. Yet, the clean economy remains an enigma: hard to assess. Not only do “green” or “clean” activities and jobs related to environmental aims pervade all sectors of the U.S. economy; they also remain tricky to define and isolate—and count."

http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2011/0713_clean_economy.aspx 

 MWA's Down to Earth Project has been working for almost two years on ways in which a sustainable economy is emerging and where there may be room for people and communities that are unemployed or working in low-wage jobs.

Twitter!

Tue, 06/07/2011 - 09:40 — Deborah Mutschler

MWA is on Twitter! Follow us @MassWorkforce as we make connect the dots between economic development, job development and workforce development in a sustainable economy.

Down to Earth

Wed, 05/26/2010 - 12:51 — Deborah Mutschler

Down to Earth

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