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Changemakers LA: Investing In America’s Workforce with Union Pacific Railroad and BCOs

Union Pacific Railroad partnered with LISC in 2018, investing $3 million to connect unemployed and underemployed workers to LISC Financial Opportunity Centers (FOCs) in four cities nationwide including Los Angeles. The funding supports connecting low-income residents to careers in the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL) industry. According to the LA Economic Development Corporation’s Report on the TDL Sector in Southern California, this industry is on the rise as the San Pedro Port Complex (Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach) continues to grow and expand impact across the region. The Complex handles more containers per ship than any other port complex in the world. 

On this Changemakers LA episode, we discuss the goals of the partnership and the successes we’ve seen so far. We are proud to have Union Pacific, CRCD and MAOF join us to discuss how they’re connecting low-income residents to living wage jobs.

Our guests joining us for this episode are: 

Isaias Hernandez, Community Development Director at MAOF with Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, LISC LA Executive Director
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, LISC LA Executive Director with Jessica Wackenhut, LISC LA Program Officer of the FOC and Bridges programs
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In this episode, you will learn: