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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. As part of its model of success, Upwardly Global is very data-driven and integrates metrics into every aspect of its program. at their full potential.

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The Iraq War was raging. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

It's all about collaboration. I don't think we learn very much about collaboration in our culture. How to have better practices in communication, and I think one of the things we do at Art and Action is model collective leadership. I think some people are modeling that quite well. How to have relationships.

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