How Does This 14-Partner Pandemic Recovery Committee Plan To Get More Philadelphians To Work?

By Paige Gross, Technical.ly

It’s a common refrain: Preparing Philadelphians for the workforce of the future will take collaboration.

A City of Philadelphia-formed group of government employees, community stakeholders and business leaders has aimed to keep this top of mind while addressing the racial and economic inequities that were brought into the international spotlight in summer 2020.

This group, called Pathways to Reform, Transformation and Reconciliation, had been meeting every other week to address these issues exacerbated by the pandemic. When Technical.ly checked in this June — one year later — we heard from member stakeholders that the events over the last year had changed “everybody.” Per its own report, the City outlined the changes it was making to its police department, how it had tackled economic recovery and assistance, and how it would be working toward community reform, including racial and social issues.     

 

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