Last month, UNITE-LA hosted its second Health Care Virtual Career Fair for 45 attendees, including high school and college students, as well as other partners.

Last month, UNITE-LA National Strategic Partnerships (NSP) team members were in York, Pennsylvania, supporting the Economic Mobility for Rural Workers in-person convening.

UNITE-LA is pleased to have been invited to join the New California Coalition (NCC) as an official partner.

Last month, members of the UNITE-LA team supported the launch of Talent Rewire's SoCal Action Lab in partnership with San Diego Workforce Partnership.

UNITE-LA is proud to collaborate with the CSU Long Beach team in a number of ways, including through our early care and education work at Educare, our regional K-16 Collaborative work, and in our service on the Five-Year Strategic Planning Ad-Hoc Committee of the City of Los Angeles’ Workforce Development Board.

Last month, UNITE-LA supported the monthly R.E.A.L. EDWD Committee meeting, which featured a discussion with Ben Chida, Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Governor.

Last month, UNITE-LA, in partnership with the Hollywood Chamber’s Legislative Committee, placed three key bills on the agenda, including AB1947 (Rivas), AB2458 (Berman) and AB1930 (Reyes).

UNITE-LA participated in the L.A. Area Chamber’s 2024 ACCESS D.C. trip, which also consisted of an advocacy day specifically for the Valley Industry Commerce Association (VICA), as well as one for UNITE-LA and our early education partners.

Last fall, UNITE-LA President Alysia Bell attended an East Coast early education tour hosted by Early Edge California with various CA early education advocates, funders and elected officials.

On March 8, UNITE-LA, LAEDC, Orange County Business Council and Orange County Department of Education co-hosted an L.A./O.C. Master Plan for Career Education regional convening with the Office of California Governor Newsom and WestEd. More than 100 leaders from education, workforce development, government and community organizations reflected on existing challenges and ways to streamline our education system's approach to preparing students and adults for high-paying careers.