The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a series of virtual events aimed at highlighting recovery responses at the local and state levels that link near-term resilience to longer-term economic transformation.
To compliment the full slate of essays on promising recovery responses, local recovery effort case studies, and Metro Recovery Index data tracker updates, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a series of virtual events aimed at highlighting recovery responses at the local and state levels that link near-term resilience to longer-term economic transformation.
past Events:
Past event:
Tuesday, September 29, 3:15 – 4:15pm ETPart I: Economic recovery in American cities: A conversation with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot |
Past event:
Wednesday, November 18, 2:00 – 3:00 ETPart II: Economic recovery in American cities: How federal jobs programs can combat unemployment With keynote remarks by Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Past event:
Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 10:00 – 11:00am ETPart III: Economic recovery in American cities: Building Black businesses and wealth
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For additional reference, watch any of our past events on COVID-19:
- Addressing widespread closures in the retail and hospitality industries
- Who gets access to public space in a pandemic?
- Employment after incarceration—Fair chance hiring in the COVID-19 era
- Mitigating the economic impacts of COVID-19 in rural areas
- Reopening America — Equitable solutions for workers and their families in the COVID-19 era
- Ongoing uncertainty in the hospitality industry – A conversation with José Andres and Arne Sorenson