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Episodes of Horizons
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Jul 12th, 2024
It’s time to realize The Power of Us. The theme of this year’s Horizons Summit is at the center of this season’s final podcast episode. JFF President and CEO, Maria Flynn joins host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield to preview this summer’s gathering of public and private stakeholders including some of the biggest names in ed...
Jun 21st, 2024
As the world celebrates Pride Month, Jobs for the Future continues to examine the challenges LGBTQ workers and learners, especially educators, face in joining and being a part of the U.S. workforce. In this episode of the Horizon’s podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield brings us back to the stage at SXSW EDU, to con...
May 24th, 2024
LGBTQ workers and learners are under attack around the United States despite decades of strides for civil rights, including a 2020 landmark Supreme Court ruling protecting Americans from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In this episode of the Horizon’s Podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansf...
Apr 12th, 2024
Generation Z is reimagining a more equitable and empathetic workplace, challenging employers to redefine work for the benefit of all workers. In this episode of the Horizon’s Podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Manfield passes the microphone to Generation Z host, Alex Edgar, a youth civic engagement expert, and special gues...
Feb 26th, 2024
In this episode of the Horizons Podcast, we explore the American dream of climbing the corporate ladder. Abigail Disney of Hollywood’s dream-making family takes the stage at JFF’s Horizons conference, calling out corporate leaders for perpetuating a fairytale of upward mobility for all and challenging them to reshape t...
Dec 12th, 2023
In this episode of the Horizons Podcast, we look at who is getting ahead in the U.S. workforce, who's still lagging behind, and why. As income skyrockets in major cities, small towns and rural areas are seeing far less growth offering residents little chance at upward mobility. Women are back to work after the pandemic...
Oct 27th, 2023
Investing in human potential sits at the center of the Horizons podcast’s season opener. This is a primary focus of JFF’s North Star, a bold new initiative to get millions of people, facing systemic barriers to advancement, to work in quality jobs in ten years. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special guest Adrian H...
Jun 6th, 2023
In this final episode of season 2 of the Horizons podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special guest Maria Flynn, President and CEO of JFF, dissect some of the efforts that are in motion to create a more equitable workforce post-pandemic and how the approach of dual transformation can help address the change th...
May 16th, 2023
In this episode of the Horizons podcast, collaboration is key. Experts from the education, business, and non-profit sectors explore effective ways to work together to create pathways to success for all Americans and, by extension, build a more robust workforce. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield talks to special guest Ant...
Mar 15th, 2023
In this episode, non-traditional students take the stage to share their stories of struggle and triumph. More than 70% of Americans pursuing higher education are considered non-traditional, yet many grapple with securing pathways to success between the classroom and work. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special gue...
Feb 14th, 2023
In this episode, we hear from a group of ambitious entrepreneurs who are betting that they can use the power of business to help build a sustainable workforce by addressing the needs of workers and employers at scale. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is joined by special guest Mallory Dwinal-Palisch, CEO of Craft Educat...
Jan 12th, 2023
In this episode, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is joined by special guest Zoe Weintraub, senior vice president of Executive and Community Partnerships at Guild Education. How do we reimagine the workforce – the opportunities and challenges -- as corporations shift to skills-based hiring and expand access to on-the-job tra...
Dec 15th, 2022
In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special guest Sarah Miller of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta carry forward the conversation from JFF's annual Horizons summit. They discuss the challenge of financing the future of work and how today's future of learning -- with or without a college degree -- ca...
Nov 15th, 2022
In this episode host, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield examines the future of work and learning as experts in education, workforce development, and business ask the important question – what constitutes success? Most Americans do not have a college degree. So how do workers gain the crucial skills employers need? And how do ...
Oct 4th, 2022
In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and her expert guests explore the economic benefits of Fair Chance Hiring to businesses and the US economy. Each year more companies are committing to hiring people with criminal records, still hundreds of thousands of workers are still being left out of the workforce co...
Jun 2nd, 2022
Wrapping up Season 1 of Jobs for the Future’s Horizons podcast series, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn take a look back to explore what it means to See Beyond—the theme of JFF’s 2022 Horizons summit, which takes place June 7-8 in New Orleans. Be sure to listen in as Maria and Tames...
May 2nd, 2022
In this episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares insights from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Appearing together for the first time in a Horizons 2021 session titled “Advancing Equity and Opp...
Mar 28th, 2022
In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield explores Jobs for the Future’s bold concept “The Big Blur,” which blends educational pathways across high school, postsecondary education, and career development opportunities to make it easier for all learners to obtain the skills they need to succeed in the workforce,...
Feb 21st, 2022
Title: Future Proof: Leading to an Equitable Economic RecoveryDescription: This episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast explores strategies for achieving an equitable economic recovery following the pandemic. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares clips from four sessions from Horizons 2021 that highlight partnerships, agili...
Jan 23rd, 2022
This episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast explores the exciting yet unpredictable world of artificial intelligence, or AI. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares clips from two Horizons 2021 presentations that portray AI as a double-edged sword of a technology. Listeners will hear insights from Tod Loofbourrow, CEO and Ch...
Nov 22nd, 2021
As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, the job market is changing, too. With these changes comes the need for educational institutions and other non-traditional talent pipelines to keep up with the seemingly constant growth and evolution. In this episode, Tameshia discusses the challenges many young people ...
Oct 25th, 2021
In the second episode of the JFF Horizons podcast, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares highlights from Horizons presentations that explore the need for the stakeholders in the learn-to-work ecosystem to work together. This month's episode includes insights from a community college system leader who says measuring results...
Sep 20th, 2021
In this episode of Horizons, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares highlights from two powerful discussions about promoting Black talent in the workplace. The first clip features Dalila Wilson-Scott, executive vice president and chief diversity officer of Comcast sharing her perspective on corporate efforts to increase Bla...
Sep 11th, 2021
Presented by Jobs for the Future (JFF), the Horizons podcast series shares highlights from JFF’s annual Horizons summit. Listen and learn along with host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield, JFF’s vice president for workforce innovation, as we revisit key themes from the conference like building connection, diversity, and innov...
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