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Transit Community Partnerships: Advancing Workforce Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion Webinar

Posted June 2023

On June 7, ITLC’s TWC partnered with the Transportation Equity Caucus (TEC) on a webinar, "Transit-Community Partnerships: Advancing Workforce Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion," part of the 2023 TEC Learning Series. After a TEC overview by Beth Berendsen of Chicago Women in the Trades, ITLC/TWC’s David Stephen introduced the presenters, who discussed a variety of ways community-based organizations, transit agencies, and unions can engage in creating a strong workforce that fully reflects their communities. Panelists were: Rich Diaz, Bus Operator Mentor Lead, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1575; Aaron Koski, Senior Manager – Workforce Development, Metro Transit (MN); Anna Penland, Assistant Transportation Manager – OECC Coordinator, Metro Transit (MN); Chris VanEyken, Director, Research and Policy, TransitCenter; and Hector Gutierrez, Manager, LA Metro's Office of Equity and Race. To view the webinar in TWC's Resource Center, click here.