Social Determinants of Work
Symposium
March 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Event Highlight Reel
United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Social Determinants of Work Symposium was held March 28, 2023. The purpose of the event was to describe the barriers faced by workers in our community, highlight the Community Action Plan, and discuss solutions to address root causes.
Check out our highlight reel for key moments from the event and reactions from community leaders in attendance.
Our Keynote Speaker
Dr. Angela Jackson
Dr. Angela Jackson, who coined the term Social Determinants of Work, is a Future of Work and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) expert. As the founder of Future Forward Strategies, a labor market intelligence, design thinking, and strategy firm, Dr. Jackson has worked with entrepreneurs, Fortune 100 companies, and policymakers on the ever-changing future of work. She also serves as a lecturer on entrepreneurship in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Determinant Gallery Posters
Employer Spotlight
Jergens, Inc. is one of Greater Cleveland’s own manufacturing firms. The company is actively working to break down barriers to success at work in many ways, including increasing career pathways and opportunities for people historically excluded from the manufacturing sector, and providing supportive employment benefits to encourage employee retention.
Community Action Plan
Our Community Action Pan sets a bold vision for enhancing access to meaningful work for all members of the Greater Cleveland community.
By harnessing collective action, United Way will convene organizations across Greater Cleveland to increase opportunities for people to escape poverty’s generational grasp, secure living wages, and prosper.
Driven by research, rooted in the lived experiences of our community members, and inspired by private, public, and nonprofit partners, the action plan revolves around 5 key strategies:
1
Harness the power of collective impact through the creation of the SDoW Coalition.
2
Focus programmatic efforts on creating significant impact in select determinants.
3
Empower employers to implement and evaluate practices and policies that enable workers to make steady progress towards a better financial future.
4
Drive systems-level change by promoting public policy that recognizes the intersectionality of the determinants.
5
Commit to action, partnership, and transparency.
Read the Report
Read the full report to learn more about United Way of Greater Cleveland’s strategy to identify and break down barriers to work.
Symposium Sponsors
- The George Gund Foundation
- Fund for our Economic Future
- Towards Employment
- Deaconess Foundation
- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Greater Cleveland Partnership
- Team Neo
- Proud to be Part of the Northeast Ohio Region
- JobsOhio Network Partner
Initiative Partners
- Rise Together
- Towards Employment
Community Action Planning Session Partner Organizations
- YWCA and Family Promise
- LGBT Community Center
- Signature Health
- Goodwill Industries
- Towards Employment
- Veterans Affairs
- The Refugee Response and Global Cleveland
Data Contributors
- The Center for Community Solutions
- Greater Cleveland RTA
- Starting Point
- Digital C
Advisory Committee
- Gund Foundation
- The Fund for Our Economic Future
- Ohio Workforce Coalition
- YWCA
- Towards Employment
- Social Venture Partners
- The Center for Community Solutions
- Deaconess Foundation
