Monthly Archives: June 2009

A chain reaction

On the heels of President Obama’s launch of the United We Serve campaign – calling on all Americans to volunteer to rebuild our communities – media trucks and police crammed San Francisco’s Howard Street, blocks from REDF’s office, awaiting the late afternoon arrival of Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver.  The First Ladies, had spent the [...]

Pricing the crisis: the true costs of unemployment

With unemployment in the double digits, and the California economy melting down, REDF has a lot more company joining us in our (obsessive) focus on connecting people to work. I recently had the chance to hear Harry Holzer hang the striking price tag of about $500 BILLION annually – almost 4% of GDP – on [...]

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