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

In this webinar, hosted by the Transportation Equity Caucus and Transit Workforce Center, panelists with experience in community-based partnerships that embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and access discuss a variety of ways community-based organizations, transit agencies, and unions can engage in creating a strong workforce that fully reflects their communities.

Featured Speakers:

• Beth Berendsen, Policy Director, Chicago Women in Trades
• 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)
• David Stephen, International Transportation Learning Center/Transit Workforce Center
• Chris VanEyken, Director, Research and Policy, TransitCenter