National Preparedness Month: Empowering Small Business Resilience Through The R4R Program

Corporate Citizenship Center
September 20, 2023
Small Business Owners
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This month marks National Preparedness Month, which reminds us all to prepare for disasters and emergencies of all kinds. It’s especially pertinent this year as we face uncharacteristic and unpredictable weather patterns, with impacts of wildfires, hurricane season, and severe storms impacting communities across the U.S. and the globe.
Sydney Lewis
Disaster Response
Entrepreneurship

Award Recognition Underscores Key Leadership Role of TPM

Education and Workforce
August 31, 2023
Workers walking in city
For the past nine years, the U.S. Chamber Foundation has sought to tackle the all-too-common challenge of successfully preparing talent for the work of today and tomorrow and ensure their skills align to employers’ needs. To achieve the type of behavior and systems change needed, we believed the approach had to be a significant departure from traditional workforce development efforts.
Jaimie Francis
Competitiveness
Economic Growth
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training

Advancing Resilience Today, Anticipating Tomorrow: Reflections from the 12th Annual Building Resilience Conference

Corporate Citizenship Center
August 15, 2023
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell
On July 26-27, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation hosted the 12th Annual Building Resilience Conference. The conference brought together prominent business leaders, government officials, and industry experts to share knowledge and best practices through action-oriented panels, fireside chats, and keynote speeches.
Sydney Lewis
Corporate Citizenship
Disaster Response

Prioritizing Private-Public Partnerships to Aid Recovery and Resilience in Türkiye

Corporate Citizenship Center
March 17, 2023
U.S. Chamber Foundation's Marc DeCourcey and UPS's Laura Lane
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Six weeks after a series of devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation led two discussions during the U.S.-Türkiye Business Forum: Prioritizing Resilient Partnerships, convened with the U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Türkiye Business Council on March 13.  As the region begins to focus on recovery to meet humanitarian needs, this creates opportunities for strengthening relationships and building stronger, more resilient communities.   
Claire Irish
Corporate Citizenship
Disaster Response

A Look Back at This Year's Impact in Preparation for 2023

Education and Workforce
December 20, 2022
Bye Bye 2022
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Looking back on 2022 fills me with pride and a sense of awe at all the team has accomplished in 12 short months. The Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation continues to conceive of and lead long-term systems change in education and workforce—the underpinnings of American competitiveness and prosperity.
Cheryl Oldham
Early Childhood Education
Education
K-12 Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training

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