MR Supports Industry Electric School Bus Working Group Effort to Understand Workforce Needs
The transition to electric school buses (ESBs) will transform communities and we must ensure that a just transition for school bus workers also occurs. To better understand gaps in workforce development for ESB operators and maintenance technicians, CALSTART, Michigan Clean Cities, Manufacturing Renaissance, and WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative convened an Industry Electric School Bus Working Group that met in a […]
Coalition Succeeds in Expanding ‘Inclusion’ Scope and Language in CHIPS and Science Act
Andrew Stettner, Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation, attends the signing ceremony of the CHIPS bill at the White House, 8/9/22 For more than a year, Manufacturing Renaissance has played an important role in forging and promoting national legislation that would help create jobs and boost competitiveness in this country. The organization has been instrumental […]
Thurgood Marshall College Fund: Focus on Career Pathways
In the last year, Manufacturing Renaissance has played a key role in partnering with organizations and building a coalition to raise awareness of the need to grow the manufacturing sector in this country in an equitable and sustainable way. This effort has helped lead to the introduction of HR5124 –The Manufacturing Reinvestment Corporation Act—by Illinois […]
Coalition Launches New Website to Advocate for Congressional Manufacturing Industry Investment
The Time is Now. The Website is Here. On February 4, 2022 MR and the Manufacturing Renaissance Campaign Coalition officially launched their new website dedicated to showcase the advancement of national manufacturing industry legislation, progressive policies and programming, and a call for significant investment in advanced skills training and education. Over 60 guests tuned-in as […]
U.S. Deputy Secy. of Commerce, Cook County Pres. voice support for more inclusive manufacturing sector
The Chicagoland Manufacturing Renaissance Council (CMRC), program of Manufacturing Renaissance (MR), continued to spotlight the growing movement for a more inclusive manufacturing sector at a Nov. 3 event that featured U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves. Nearly 150 attended from over a dozen states (and Australia) the event via Zoom, including members of […]
New Report: Faith-based Organizations, Manufacturing’s Emerging Partners
Faith leaders and manufacturers are partnering in ways that create economic opportunities and have great potential to benefit communities in the future, according to a recently released report by the Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA). Last month, the UMA released Manufacturing’s Emerging Partners: Faith-Informed Organizations Supporting Employment and Entrepreneurship. Manufacturing Renaissance is featured in the report, […]
Profile: MR’s Newest Board Member, Montez King
Montez King, who joined the Manufacturing Renaissance board in March 2021, is Executive Director of the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS), a nationally-recognized validator of performance through practical experiences that reflect the manufacturing industry. NIMS provides excellent, industry-developed and validated standards, credentials, training frameworks, methods, and tools that dynamically respond to our fast-paced, technology, technology-driven […]
Manufacturing Renaissance Agenda: Shaping Industrial Policy in the U.S.
The movement for a stronger and more equitable manufacturing sector in this country is growing. It is being shaped by the Manufacturing Renaissance Agenda (MRA), a national coalition that is working to advance manufacturing policies on a national level. Partners in the MRA have had two successful meetings with senior White House economic advisors since […]
Industry & Inclusion National Cohort Wraps Up Year Long Convening
Manufacturing Renaissance (MR) and 7 other manufacturing workforce training providers participated in a year-long convening to explore, share and learn about practices and strategies for expanding and supporting racial diversity and inclusion in training programs and therefore expanded access for communities-of-color to high-quality, career-track jobs in manufacturing. The cohort convened by the Urban Manufacturing Alliance […]
MR Welcomes New Partnership with Progressive Democrats of America
Over the past four months, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has developed a brilliant partnership with Manufacturing Renaissance. I first encountered MR through a group of PDA organizers in Appalachia. I had been asking them to recommend an organization that PDA could partner with to help lift the prospects for American manufacturing, as I believed that […]