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Leveraging Procurement for Community Wealth-Building and Local Jobs

Jul 1, 2016 | Resources

Cities should align their procurement practices with policy goals to encourage community wealth-building while creating high-quality jobs for local residents. This CommonBound 2016 Panel features organizers and local government leaders applying these principles.

Speakers:
Jessica Kingston (St. Paul Dept. of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity)
Mariah Montgomery (Future of Work Strategist, Partnership for Working Families)
Satya Rhodes-Conway (Mayors Innovation Project)

Filmed at CommonBound 2016 in Buffalo, NY. Videography by the Extraenvironmentalists (http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/ ).

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