Economic security shouldn’t be a lottery. Join @AspenEOP on Oct. 7 for a virtual talk with Arindrajit Dube and Carrie Joy Grimes on what it will take to fix the labor-market and design policies and systems so all families can build lasting security. Register: as.pn/buildingeconomicsecurity

Building Economic Security: A Book Talk with Arindrajit Dube and Carrie Joy Grimes

Economic security shouldn't be a lottery. Yet for millions of working families, stagnant wages and precarious jobs collide with the daily grind of managing money on shaky ground — leaving stability fe...

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What if employers have redesigned work to make more than one-third of the workforce "disposable"? Join Paul Osterman (MIT) for a discussion, with @maureenc.bsky.social, of his new book on what it will take to rebuild opportunity. 📅 Sept. 9 | 2 – 3 p.m. ET 🔗 as.pn/disposableworkers

Disposable Workers: A Book Talk with MIT Sloan Professor Paul Osterman

For decades, economists and policymakers have debated how to help workers get better jobs. But what if the more fundamental problem is that employers have systematically redesigned work itself to make...

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What if employers have redesigned work to make more than one-third of the workforce "disposable"? Join Paul Osterman, @mitsloan.bsky.social and @maureenc.bsky.social to learn about his new book on rebuilding opportunity. 📅 Sept. 9 | 2 – 3 p.m. ET 🔗 as.pn/disposableworkers #TalkOpportunity

Disposable Workers: A Book Talk with MIT Sloan Professor Paul Osterman

For decades, economists and policymakers have debated how to help workers get better jobs. But what if the more fundamental problem is that employers have systematically redesigned work itself to make...

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📅 Save the date! Join @aspeneop.bsky.social 🔹 Aug. 18: Foundational Skills & Workforce Success 🔹 Aug. 26: Metrics that Matter for CDFIs 🔹 Sept. 9: Disposable Workers: Book Talk with Paul Osterman Register: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/u... @aspeninstitute.bsky.social

Upcoming Events from the Economic Opportunities Program — August 2026

We hope you’ll join us at one of our upcoming events, which you can learn about below. Everyone who registers will receive a link to the recording, so please sign up even if you can’t participate live...

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Traditional financial metrics tell only part of the story. Join @AspenEOP on Aug. 26 to explore a new framework for evaluating performance, strengthening decisions, and advancing mission impact. @aspeninstitute.bsky.social Register: as.pn/metricsthatmatter

Metrics that Matter: Improving Financial Analysis of CDFI Small Business Lenders

Join BOI and Aspen EOP on August 26 for this important conversation!

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Join Steve Dawson and Jerry Rubin tomorrow, July 29, for a virtual @aspeninstitute.bsky.social book talk on the future of work and the strategies employers need to succeed in today's labor market, moderated by @maureenc.bsky.social Register: as.pn/helpwanted #TalkOpportunity

The Necessity of Employee-Centered Strategies: A Book Talk with Steve Dawson and Jerry Rubin

Description We are living through a moment of profound uncertainty about the future of work. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising urgent questions about which jobs will survive, which...

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Foundational skills—literacy, math, digital fluency, and English proficiency—are critical for workforce success. Join @LuminaFound and @upskillamerica on Aug. 18 to explore how employers are closing skill gaps. 🔗 RSVP: as.pn/foundationalskills

The Impact of Foundational Skills on Workforce Success

Join UpSkill America and the Lumina Foundation for an exclusive look into how innovative employers are turning this challenge into an opportunity.

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How can we reimagine current narratives on economic opportunity around dignity, quality jobs, and community wealth? 📅 Join @aspeninstitute.bsky.social on February 19, 2:30–3:45 p.m. ET for Building New Narratives on Work and Opportunity in the US South. 🔗 Register: as.pn/narrativesonwork

Building New Narratives on Work and Opportunity in the US South

“Building New Narratives on Work and Opportunity in the US South," is the first of four conversations with members of the Aspen Institute’s Job Quality Fellowship, EOP.

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📅 Join @aspeninstitute.bsky.social @AspenEOP today, January 21, 2–3:15 p.m. ET for “Beyond 9 to 5: Facilitating Good Jobs for People with Unpredictable Schedules.” Let’s rethink flexibility, wages, and let’s #TalkGoodJobs for today's workers. Register: 🔗 www.aspeninstitute.org/events/beyon...

📅 Join @aspeneop.bsky.social  on January 21, 2–3:15 p.m. ET for “Beyond 9 to 5: Facilitating Good Jobs for People with Unpredictable Schedules” to hear our Executive Director's thoughts! Let’s rethink flexibility, wages, and let’s #TalkGoodJobs for today's workers. https://as.pn/beyond9to5

📅 Join @AspenEOP on January 21, 2–3:15 p.m. ET for “Beyond 9 to 5: Facilitating Good Jobs for People with Unpredictable Schedules.” Let’s rethink flexibility, wages, and let’s #TalkGoodJobs for today's workers. Register today: 🔗 www.aspeninstitute.org/events/beyon...

Beyond 9 to 5: Facilitating Good Jobs for People with Unpredictable Schedules

Join the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program on October 9th, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:15 Eastern for “Big Impact, Big Challenges: Lessons from Collaborating with Large Businesses to Improve Job ...

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📅 Today, Dec 17, 2–3:15 p.m. ET, join us for “Back to the Future of Work: Revisiting the Past and Shaping the Future.” We’re closing out a yearlong look at a decade of #FutureOfWork insights — and exploring what comes next. 🔗 Register: www.aspeninstitute.org/events/back-...

Back to the Future of Work: Revisiting the Past and Shaping the Future

In 2024, the Aspen Institute's Future of Work Initiative launched an editorial series examining the lessons learned from a decade of "future of work" discourse, with contributions from leaders in acad...

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📅 On Dec 17, 2–3:15 p.m. ET, join @aspeneop.bsky.social for “Back to the Future of Work: Revisiting the Past and Shaping the Future.” We’re closing out a yearlong look at a decade of #FutureOfWork insights — and exploring what comes next. 🔗 Register: www.aspeninstitute.org/events/back-...

Back to the Future of Work: Revisiting the Past and Shaping the Future

In 2024, the Aspen Institute's Future of Work Initiative launched an editorial series examining the lessons learned from a decade of "future of work" discourse, with contributions from leaders in acad...

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Join us in Austin for the 2026 Purpose Trust Ownership Conference! 🗓 February 26-27, 2026 📍The LINE Hotel, Austin, Texas 🎟️ Register now: trustownership.org#conference 🧠 Focus on real-world applications and community-building across sectors.

Child labor is making a comeback — and advocates are fighting back. Join @aspeneop.bsky.social Nov 19 for Backsliding on Child Protections with NC Field, Farmworker Justice, NCL, EPI & Iowa AFL-CIO. Register: www.aspeninstitute.org/events/backs... #TalkOpportunity

Backsliding on Child Protections: The Return of Child Labor in the US

November 19

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Latino success is America’s success. Explore how Latino entrepreneurs, workers, and innovators are redefining the future of opportunity in the US.Watch our conversation from 2018, hosted in partnership with @AspenLatinos: www.aspeninstitute.org/events/drive... #HispanicHeritageMonth

How Will Latinos Shape the Future of the American Dream?

How can we secure economic stability and mobility for Latino workers, families, and communities?

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💡 Big impact, big challenges: Experts from the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social, WORC, Talent Rewire, and WorkLife Partnership explore strategies to improve frontline jobs. Oct. 9, 2 – 3:15pm ET. RSVP → as.pn/largebiz #JobQuality

Congratulations to all 17 new @aspeninstitute.bsky.social Economic Opportunities Program #JobQuality Fellows! These leaders will come together and focus on fixing work in the South and creating an economy that works for all, this coming year. Learn more: www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/job...

I’ve been finding solace by stepping away from the headlines and spending time with the fighters. And so it was an honor to moderate @staceyabrams.com and @profmpastor.bsky.social at @eop.aspeninstitute.org's Future of Equal Opportunity conversation -- watch the convo: youtu.be/EGb6KgLlTAk?...

The Future of Equal Opportunity

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Skills-based hiring can open doors for workers who are too often overlooked — and help businesses find the talent they need. Join the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social, BMOBank, and Cara Collective today at 1– 2 p.m. ET to learn more. 🔗 www.aspeninstitute.org/events/banki...

Banking on Skills: Cara Collective and BMO Bank Partner for Change

This conversation explored the role of leadership development in the workforce development ecosystem in Tucson, AZ

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📢 New from UpSkill America’s Haley Glover @aspeninstitute.bsky.social: Employers want skills, not just degrees. But AI resumes, fraud, & misalignment remain big challenges. Check out our early findings on employer trust and skills validation: 🔗 www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/e...

Early Findings: Employer Perspectives on Skills Validation and Trust

In our prior research, we’ve heard loud and clear from employers that: Late this summer, we released a survey to employers, asking them a variety of questions about skills validation, among other rela...

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To make sure AI serves workers—not just tech monopolies—we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice, and sectoral bargaining. Read more from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social on the scale of #AI concentration in a new blog w/ @eop.aspeninstitute.org ⤵️ www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w...

Worker Power in the Age of AI Monopolies: Why We Need Structural Solutions Now

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For the first time, the gender wage gap widened 2 yrs in a row according to Census data. In 2024, women working full-time year-round made 81 cents on the dollar, down from 83 cents in 2023 & 84 cents in 2022. The wage gap was even wider for women of color. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

To make sure AI serves workers we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice, and sectoral bargaining. Read more about #AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org’s @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this blog post for the Aspen Institute: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w...

Worker Power in the Age of AI Monopolies: Why We Need Structural Solutions Now

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📚 As kids head back to school, many carry more than books — they carry the weight of economic stress at home. Good jobs with fair pay, stability, and dignity aren’t just for workers. They’re essential for children’s learning, health, and future: thehill.com/opinion/fina... @matthelmer.bsky.social

🚍 Good jobs mean little if workers can’t reach them — and inadequate transportation keeps too many from opportunity. But solutions exist, and we can do better. Read more in this #LaborDay blog from our own Maxwell Johnson: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/t...

To improve economic opportunity, we need better transit

Going to morning class meant a four-hour journey by bus and shuttle for J, an adult vocational education student in Louisiana’s Capital Region. The drive to campus would have been 25 minutes by car, b...

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Thrilled to be moderating The Future of Equal Opportunity with @eop.aspeninstitute.org next week. I’ll be in conversation with luminaries like @staceyabrams.com , @kotagaleeoc.bsky.social , and @profmpastor.bsky.social to talk about the attacks on equity and how we can turn the tide around.

🏛️ Which policies can help make equal opportunity real? On Sept 4, join the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social Economic Opportunities Program and leading experts to explore strategies for equity and economic mobility. 🕒 2:00 – 3:15pm ET | 💻 Zoom 🔗 Register: as.pn/equalopportunity #TalkOpportunity