Updates & Analysis

Christian González-Rivera, Director of Strategic Policy Initiative at the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging examines the long-lasting impact of caregiving on a woman's economic security as part of the Center for Workforce Inclusion's coverage of National Employ an Older Worker Week 2021.

Our board member, Angela S. Beddoe, sat down with Asahi Pompey and Tonya Veasey to discuss the obstacles facing older Black women as they reenter the labor market and pursue meaningful, sustainable opportunities. They highlighted some of the innovative workforce and policy solutions that Black women across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors are pursuing to not only reverse the current situation but to create lasting change.

Our President & CEO, Gary A. Officer, sat down with Joseph Kenner, President & CEO of Greyston, to discuss equitable opportunity, economic mobility, and Greyston’s innovative Open Hiring® program.

By casting older adults primarily as service recipients, "senior centers" are missing an opportunity to transform their communities into places that empower their members to age well. Community centers of the future must be places that facilitate access to the resources of their wider communities and unleash the power of older adults to use their knowledge, skills, and energy to support their fellow community members.

Gary A. Officer, President & CEO of the Center for Workforce Inclusion, sat down with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) on Friday, June 18th to discuss a number of critical workforce issues confronting our community: President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan, The American Rescue Plan, the American Jobs Plan, and restoring civility to our political discourse. This event was sponsored by Kaiser Permanente.