June 26 – Treating Essential Workers as Truly Essential
Join Sarah Rosen Wartell, president of the Urban Institute, Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Elisabeth Jacobs, interim executive director of WorkRise, to discuss how to translate “essential” work into policy and practice to ensure all workers are treated with dignity and respect. This conversation will explore how the crisis has affected essential workers, how the disproportionate representation of people of color in these jobs is connected to structural racism, what policy and practice tools can ensure essential work is dignified, and how to create pathways to opportunity and mobility for all workers. The event will take place on Friday, June 26 at 12 p.m. EST.