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One hundred leaders
of high road partnerships came together in a first-of-its-kind
national meeting March 23-24 in New York City. The meeting
created opportunities for networking and analysis of
the principal needs among leaders of existing and emerging
partnerships. It was convened by the Working for America
Institute, with financial support from the Ford Foundation.
BACKGROUND
Over the past two years the Institute
has been working closely with union affiliated high
road partnerships across the nation. Leaders of established,
new, and potential partnerships came together to:
- Update each other on the
progress of the existing partnerships
- Explore the technical assistance
needs and availability both for existing and new
partnerships
- Identify the contributors
to and inhibitors of partnership growth and development
- Introduce and network potential
new partnership efforts to the existing partnership
leaders
- Share the Institute's forthcoming
High Road Partnerships Report
- Develop a long term working
relationship between the AFL-CIO Working for America
Institute and the Ford Foundation in support of
High Road Regional Partnerships.
PARTICIPANTS
Participants included representatives
from existing high road partnerships and leaders and
key staff from international unions, councils and state
federations that are engaged in preliminary efforts
to form new consortia and partnerships as well as selected
individuals, support organizations, Institute staff,
Ford Foundation representatives, and key officials from
the AFL-CIO and the U. S. Department of Labor.
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