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Job Quality Fellowship Informational Webinar — Fixing Work in the South

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Tue May 6, 2025

Date

Tue May 6, 2025
2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT

Location



Contact

    [email protected]

Hosts

  1. Economic Opportunities Program
  2. Job Quality Fellowship

About This Event

On Tuesday, May 6, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT, the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program will host an informational webinar about the Job Quality Fellowship: Fixing Work in the South. In addition to providing an overview of the nomination and application process, we’re pleased to welcome two Job Quality Fellows to this conversation — Neidi Dominguez Zamorano, founding executive director of Organized Power in Numbers, and Bo Delp, executive director of the Texas Climate Jobs Project — who will share their experience as members of the Fellowship. We will also leave plenty of time for your questions at the end.

Speakers

Neidi Dominguez Zamorano

Founding executive director
Organized Power in Numbers

Bo Delp

Executive director
Texas Climate Jobs Project

Learn More

About the Job Quality Fellowship

The Job Quality Fellowship brings together leaders from differing lines of work, in communities across the country, who are working to expand the availability of better quality jobs. While the economy has expanded, too few workers share in the benefits. Low-wage work is far too pervasive, and the time is now to address this challenge directly. We can no longer afford to have hard working people excluded from the abundance of our economy and marginalized by our society. We need to focus in this moment on the opportunities we have to improve the quality of jobs, and the lives and livelihoods of millions of individuals and families.

About the Economic Opportunities Program

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program hosts a variety of discussions to advance strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. To learn about upcoming events and webinars, join our mailing list and follow us on social media.

About This Event

On Tuesday, May 6, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT, the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program will host an informational webinar about the Job Quality Fellowship: Fixing Work in the South. In addition to providing an overview of the nomination and application process, we’re pleased to welcome two Job Quality Fellows to this conversation — Neidi Dominguez Zamorano, founding executive director of Organized Power in Numbers, and Bo Delp, executive director of the Texas Climate Jobs Project — who will share their experience as members of the Fellowship. We will also leave plenty of time for your questions at the end.

Speakers

Neidi Dominguez Zamorano

Founding executive director
Organized Power in Numbers

Bo Delp

Executive director
Texas Climate Jobs Project

Learn More

About the Job Quality Fellowship

The Job Quality Fellowship brings together leaders from differing lines of work, in communities across the country, who are working to expand the availability of better quality jobs. While the economy has expanded, too few workers share in the benefits. Low-wage work is far too pervasive, and the time is now to address this challenge directly. We can no longer afford to have hard working people excluded from the abundance of our economy and marginalized by our society. We need to focus in this moment on the opportunities we have to improve the quality of jobs, and the lives and livelihoods of millions of individuals and families.

About the Economic Opportunities Program

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program hosts a variety of discussions to advance strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. To learn about upcoming events and webinars, join our mailing list and follow us on social media.

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Job Quality Fellowship Webinar – Transcript

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