Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, January 2021
At the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, and for our many colleagues and partners, the ongoing and intertwined health, economic, and racial justice crises bring new urgency to our work to improve access to quality jobs, options to participate in business ownership, and the freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Below we share our monthly newsletter with highlights of recent work. As always, we welcome your feedback, thoughts, and partnership in advancing inclusive opportunity and an economy in which we all can thrive. Click here to subscribe.
Joining Forces on the Future of Work
We are pleased to announce that the Institute’s Future of Work Initiative (FOWI) has merged with EOP. FOWI was established in late 2015 to develop bipartisan policy recommendations to address the challenges American workers face in a changing economy. FOWI’s emphasis on policy development complements EOP’s decades of research on o
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Jan 11, 2021 / 08:08 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indianapolis Colts almost pulled off the win Saturday, and the bars downtown were almost back to normal, but something was missing.
The sidewalks along Massachusetts Avenue were not packed with fans as you might expect during an NFL playoff Saturday. There were a few groups of people out.
Jamie Cowger is not a Colts fan, but she and her friends were out for an afternoon of football in the bars.
“It is odd but it is nice to see the people that have come out; it is also kind of chilly,” said Cowger.
Minutes after the game had ended, Kira Lentz emerged from a local tavern. She was one of a handful of people who just needed to get out of the house and be around people.