Build Back Better: Solutions for Job Seekers & Small Business Needs Now

COVID-19 is devastating the economy, leaving millions of people unemployed and millions of small businesses permanently closed. Small businesses make up the vast majority of all California businesses, playing a critical role in driving jobs and revenue in many underserved communities.

To support an equitable recovery, this crisis calls for bold ideas that unlock the potential of re-skilled job seekers, give them access to earn-to-learn opportunities, and connect small businesses to these job seekers.

JVS, along with cooperative staffing agency Turning Basin Labs and Small Business Majority, have partnered to solve this dilemma.

Featured Speakers:

• Lisa Countryman-Quiroz, CEO at JVS
• Stephen Bediako, Co-Founder, Turning Basin Labs
• Isabel Guzman, Director, Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development
• Xiomara Pena, Vice President, Engagement, Small Business Majority
• Ana Gutierrez, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future
• Vanessa Nava, Digital Producer, Xiquihuilt Media