Events - The Century Foundation

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...

September 8, 2020
From 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Online via Zoom

The Color of Labor: Recognizing the True Face of Labor

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Today’s workers, and the labor organizations that support and represent them, are as diverse as ever. Yet, too often, the conversations and narratives about workers, and the policies aimed at helping them, fail to reflect the full extent of this diversity. Join Next100 and...

September 2, 2020
From 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Online via Zoom

Celebrating one year of Next100 (We’re just getting started…)

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. It’s been one year since Next100 launched! Please join us on Wednesday, September 2nd at 3:00 pm EST for a celebration of what we have learned and accomplished in our first year. We’ll take you on a brief tour through some of our individual...

July 29, 2020
From 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm

Online via Zoom

The Bridges Collaborative Cohort and Application Process II

Please note: this is an optional informational webinar. The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. The Century Foundation’s Bridges Collaborative is seeking fifty partners—school districts, charter schools, and fair housing organizations—to join a cohort that will focus on increasing access to diverse, integrated, and inclusive schools and neighborhoods, as well as...

July 28, 2020
At 5:00 pm

How the Right Traffics in Plutocratic Populism: A Discussion on “Let Them Eat Tweets”

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Following the 2016 election, countless think pieces emerged trying to explain why voters in the Heartland hurt most by conservative economic policies had sided with Trump. But to a renowned pair of political scientists, Trump’s victory wasn’t simply an anomaly but rather an affirmation...

July 23, 2020
From 9:30 am to 10:15 am

Online via Zoom

Millennials, Gen Z, Child Care, and This Moment

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. GenForward and Next100 partnered to generate new survey data on the topic of child care. Results demonstrate resoundingly that across race, gender, and partisan identities- child care is a priority. Join us on Thursday, July 23 at 9:30 AM EST for the virtual roll-out...

July 21, 2020
From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Can Enrollment Preferences Increase Equity in D.C. Schools?

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. A PDF of the slides presented during this event can be downloaded here. About half of all public school students in district and charter schools in Washington, D.C. are considered at-risk. However, at-risk students and non-at-risk students are not evenly distributed across the district’s...

July 21, 2020
From 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Online via Zoom

How Would a Child Allowance Impact Child Poverty in America?

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, close to one in three children in the United States lived in or near poverty. Federal relief such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has the potential to stop the worst of the projected poverty increases,...

July 16, 2020
From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm

Online via Zoom

Class of COVID-19: College, Money, and a Global Pandemic

The livestream below will begin at the time of the event. College students around the nation are being uniquely affected by COVID-19. The global pandemic has halted many students’ ability to meet basic needs, find employment, and pay off student debt. Though the government has created financial relief funds for many Americans, college students are often...

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