Events - The Century Foundation

March 22, 2021
From 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Partnering to Build Race-Conscious Manufacturing Training Programs

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. The future of the United States’ industrial sector relies on finding a new generation of workers to replace a rapidly aging one: estimates have told us that an additional 2.4 million manufacturing workers are needed in the next decade. Further, these new workers will...

March 17, 2021
From 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Changing the Voices Leading the Charter Narrative

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. To improve equity in our educational system, both within and beyond charter schools, we must center and listen to those who are directly impacted by educational policies and practices: students and alumni. Join Next100 on Wednesday, March 17, at 3:00 PM ET for the...

February 17, 2021
From 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm

Online via Zoom

Embracing Immigrant Families in Every U.S. State

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Charting a better path that expands access to critical programs and services for immigrant families, regardless of immigration status, is possible in every U.S. state. Join Next100, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and ImmSchools on Wednesday, February 17, at 3:00 PM ET for the release of...

December 17, 2020
From 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Online via Zoom

Nature and National Security in the Middle East

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. The Middle East faces a gathering crisis as a fast-changing natural world intersects with other regional challenges. How should the region and U.S. foreign policy adapt to reckon with this crisis? In a new Century Foundation policy working paper series, “Nature and National Security...

December 15, 2020
From 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Online via Zoom

Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Manufacturing Credentialing and Technology

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Advances in technology, such as automation, 3-D printing, and artificial intelligence, are changing the skill requirements for living-wage careers in manufacturing. The good news is that blue-collar jobs in manufacturing can still be in reach for diverse communities without requiring a college degree,...

December 8, 2020
From 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

Online via Zoom

Health Disparities in America: What’s the Cure?

The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought to the forefront the tragic, long-standing, and preventable disparities in U.S. health care. Marginalized groups—across racial, ethnic, gender, class, and age lines—are disproportionately impacted by chronic disease and premature death. With many Americans now agreeing that health inequity is an issue that needs to be addressed, it’s time for...

November 16, 2020
From 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Online via Zoom

Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap for Mothers

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Compared with other similarly wealthy countries, the United States ranks worst in maternal deaths. What lies at the heart of America’s maternal health crisis is a woefully unequal health care system that perpetuates vast racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. In order to...

October 1, 2020
From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Online via Zoom

A New Measure to End Poverty

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. The U.S. first developed the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) in the 1960s, and since that time, the measure has drastically underestimated poverty, including a recent announcement of a national 10.5 percent poverty rate. Yet, the OPM is still used to determine eligibility for federal...

September 30, 2020
From 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Explicitly Centering Racial Equity in Workforce Training

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Together, The Century Foundation and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance have assembled a cohort of eight leading urban workforce development organizations forging diversity, equity, and inclusion in manufacturing—an effort we’re calling Industry and Inclusion. Our cohort members are seizing on seismic changes in technology and...

September 23, 2020
From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm

Online via Zoom

How to Implement Reparations in America

Of all the major progressive proposals in recent years—universal basic income, a jobs guarantee, Medicare-for-All, and so on—reparations is the only one that addresses anti-Black racism head-on. With the majority of Americans now agreeing that anti-Black racism is an issue that needs to be addressed, it’s time for a serious conversation about reparations as one...

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