Shift Work Forward

AI is increasingly shaping who gets hired, who gets a loan, and who gets access to education.

Those systems already produce deeply unequal outcomes for too many people.

We have a real opportunity to build something better. The decisions being made right now about how AI is designed and deployed will shape workforce outcomes for years to come. That is not a reason for alarm. It is a reason to act with intention.

We should not waste this window.

AI in the Racial Wealth Gap Explore how AI in the racial wealth gap influences economic disparities and helps promote equity in financial systems.

Some of the best learning happens when you get out of the room.

At , our Sojourn Sessions take you on-site to see workforce development in action. One of those visits will bring you inside the Social Enterprise Center in Albuquerque, a 17,000-square-foot campus built through cross-sector collaboration to expand opportunity in a historically underinvested community.

You will tour the space, meet the people behind it, and see how living-wage employment, business incubation, on-site childcare, and community spaces can all work together under one roof.

You will leave with practical insight into how local leaders built something that actually lasts.

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On Site at the Social Enterprise Center: Where Community Meets Opportunity - Shift Work Forward Step inside the Social Enterprise Center (SEC) to see how a community-driven partnership is expanding opportunity through workforce development, entrepreneurship, and economic development.

A strong early care and education system depends on a well-supported workforce. But for decades, chronic underfunding has kept educator wages low. That undermines quality, limits access for families, and holds back the broader economy.

New Mexico is taking a different approach. And at , we will dig into what the rest of the country can learn from it.

This session examines how funding decisions and workforce-focused policy can build a path toward an equitable, high-quality ECE system. You will leave with actionable, systems-level insights you can bring back to your own work.

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Workforce Investments for a High-Quality Early Care and Education System in New Mexico - Shift Work Forward Drawing on lessons from New Mexico’s groundbreaking implementation of universal childcare, the session offers actionable, systems-level insights for building sustainable ECE financing models that strengthen the workforce, expand access, and support economic stability.

What do you want to know about the future of work?

We are doing a mailbag episode of State of Our Workforce and we want your questions. What are you wrestling with? What do you wish more people in workforce development were talking about? What would you ask our team of experts if you had the chance?

Now you do. Submit your question and we will answer it on the show. https://form.asana.com/?k=yWDkhnXgPpUlH0q-1QbTAA&d=1119358901580282