Exploring AI’s Promise and Challenges at Michigan’s Mackinac Policy Conference
AI is transforming Michigan’s workforce and education. At the Mackinac Policy Conference, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) gathered leaders to highlight the urgent need ...
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Climate change and heat standards at work
As extreme heat endangers workers, advocates push for OSHA protections. Lives are at stake—it's time to treat worker safety as a climate justice ...
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From disaster to direction: One non-profit’s post-Katrina pivot
Thrive New Orleans Executive Director Chuck Morse shares how the organization evolved from a grassroots recovery effort into a force for climate resilience ...
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Direct cash assistance creates pathways to success after incarceration
Cash aid post-release works: Returning Citizen Stimulus program cut parole violations by 41%+ in 6 months, proving early support boosts reentry success.
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West Michigan’s Grow bridges financing gaps for entrepreneurs of color, empowering small business growth
Entrepreneurs of color face barriers to accessing traditional lending, hindering their entrepreneurial ambitions and perpetuating economic disparities. In response, Grow in Grand Rapids, ...
Michigan Children and Families Summit: Collaborating for community impact
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation partnered with the Steelcase Foundation to host an inaugural summit focused on how policy changes in Michigan can impact ...
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Creating community: The small business landscape in Battle Creek
Discover how small businesses are transforming Battle Creek, Michigan, into a vibrant, community-driven destination.
Education
To combat the child care workforce crisis, this organization looks to the workers
WECAN!, a grantee based in New Jersey, presents a successful model of how to tangibly improve workers' conditions by building their power and ...
Education
Supporting, disrupting and innovating on America’s child care solutions
The national Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) held their annual member meeting in New Mexico this summer. Over a hundred early childhood education ...
Community Engagement
In Utah, Ze Min Xiao is reimagining what it means to belong
Ze Min Xiao finds a way to engage with communities and catalyze private, public and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic ...
Creating pathways to thriving wages for underrepresented communities
People of color have long been underrepresented in the tech industry, despite its high-paying jobs. In Grand Rapids, the West Michigan Center for ...
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Reflecting on Labor Day and the state of low-wage workers
Low-wage workers unite for better lives, safety and equity, reshaping the labor landscape.
