Future of Work Podcast – Transforming Access and Equity in Healthcare Workforce Development – info from Pasadena City College How can we build a healthcare workforce that truly reflects and serves our diverse communities? Our host Dr. Salvatrice Cummo, talks with founder and CEO of Futuro Health, Van Ton-Quinlivan. Together, they tackle some of the…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – Rebuilding Altadena: the Focus of the PCC EWD Future of Work Webinar Series Greetings! There’s simply too much to talk about to condense our ‘Rebuild Altadena’ conversation into a single day. Accordingly, we are stretching out our Seventh Annual ‘Future of Work’ seminar into three webinars, each focused on a single…
The Future of Work Education Series presents Public Interest Rebuild and Community Delivery Systems Featured Session: June 4 – 10am to 12pm PST On June 4, 2026, Pasadena City College’s Future of Work webinar series opens with a working conversation on the public-interest layer of that recovery: the public services, non-profit delivery, and civic coordination…
Mark Your Calendar: Future of Work Returns June 4 The Altadena rebuild is underway, but the work of rebuilding is just getting started. On June 4, 2026, Pasadena City College’s Future of Work webinar series opens with a working conversation on the public-interest layer of that recovery: the public services, nonprofit delivery, and civic coordination…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – LA’s 2026 Growth Drivers: Construction Greetings! We realize that labeling it a ‘silver lining’ doesn’t ease the sorrows of those who lost so much during the 2025 LA wildfires. However, the response to that disaster is leveraging a recovery of another sort: the effort of rebuilding will encompass not just those…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – The Rise of Workforce Intermediaries It’s not enough to offer training classes for specific jobs and employment opportunities. In many cases, companies struggle to find the people capable of doing their work, even when there’s training available. Consequently, too many Los Angeles residents can’t find work because they can’t find the…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – LA Regroups for a Resilient Recover Greetings! As much as we are comfortable with the status-quo, we are also able to contemplate a better situation when that stasis situation disappears. As the LA region continues its recovery efforts post-flames, entities both public and private are collaborating on how to move the…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – Workforce Development Efforts Track Wildfire Responses Greetings! Pasadena City College (PCC) was proud to provide a vast array of support and assistance to its community during last year’s wildfires. Being on the front line of the calamity was both daunting and exhilarating, as we experienced the terror of the flames along…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – LA Infrastructure Do-Over: 2026 Looking back a year ago on this date, we could not contemplate the devastation that was just around the corner. Now that the fires have been quelled and most of the debris swept away, the region is focused on the rebuilding phase. In all cases, experts are…
EWD Pulse Newsletter – Initial Insights from the 7th Annual Future of Work Conference Greetings! We were very pleased with the response to the 7th Annual Future of Work Conference, which was hosted by the Economic and Workforce Division of Pasadena City College (PCC EWD) on October 28th on PCC’s campus. Leaders from several agencies joined us to…