Please join the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative, The Century Foundation, and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance for a 60-minute briefing and panel discussion on infusing diversity, equity and inclusion into the American manufacturing sector.

Speakers:
Introductions
Michelle Burris, The Century Foundation
Audra Ladd, Urban Manufacturing Alliance
Matt Bogoshian, AMCC

Panel
Dr. Girard Melcanon, Former Vice-Chancellor of Workforce Solutions at Baton Rouge Community College
Petra Mitchell, President and CEO of Catalyst Connection
Carolyn Hardy, President of Chism Hardy Investments and Founder of Industrial Readiness Training Program              at Southwest Tennessee Community College

This was a joint SEDE/EDA webinar so attendees included an EDA audience. The Recording and
slides used in the presentations are available online.

The materials included on these State-Local Alignment webpages were prepared by the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness using Federal funds under award ED21HDQ3070060 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.