Paving Professional Pathways for the Disenfranchised - Horasis Extraordinary Meeting, October 1 2020
Channel: Horasis Org
Date: 2020-10-02

Paving Professional Pathways for the Disenfranchised
Underserved communities, particularly the minorities, are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of instability, with high levels of unemployment due to COVID-19 and through racial injustice. Without new skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow, these communities will continue to suffer in a major way. How to build digital skills and career pathways for the young adults in these communities? And how to convert this into a solution to the industry that is struggling to fill technology jobs?
• Jagdish Dalal, President, JDalal Associates, USA
• Joe Donovan, Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Mississippi Development Authority, USA
• Ro Khanna, Congressman for California, USA
• Jane Oates, President, WorkingNation, USA
• André G. Shearer, Chairman, Indaba Foundation, USA  
• Murali Vullaganti, Founder and Executive Chairman, PeopleShores, USA
Chaired by
• Mohamed Amersi, Founder, Amersi Foundation, United Kingdom