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- August 17, 2023
CHICAGO — Upwardly Global today commends Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signing of two key pieces of legislation that help eliminate licensing barriers for internationally trained doctors to practice medicine in the state, a groundbreaking step to alleviate critical labor shortages in the healthcare sector. Upwardly Global, the leading organization promoting
- Topics: Featured News, Healthcare, News, Policy
- August 16, 2023
Upwardly Global was featured in an article by USA Today centered around the immigrant job-seeker experience with AI technology. The article featured Carlos Cabrera, an Upwardly Global alum from Venezuela who has also been interviewed by NPR. Is AI a threat to the job market? Not necessarily, and here’s why.
- August 15, 2023
New data reveals Afghan professionals already contribute over $33M to U.S. economy annually; swift legislative action needed to secure their future NEW YORK — Two years since Operation Allies Welcome evacuated over 80,000 Afghans to the United States in the wake of the Taliban takeover, Afghan refugees’ ability to safely
- Topics: Afghan Response, Featured News, News, Press Releases
- August 1, 2023
Upwardly Global’s Director of Communications, Joshua Garner, recently spoke with The CEO Magazine about how businesses can best utilize the untapped skills and professional experience refugees can contribute to their new communities, as well as help them obtain skill-aligned employment. Garner shares that the outlook on refugee workforce inclusion is
- Topics: News, News Coverage
- July 27, 2023
Upwardly Global is excited to share Impact Report: Crisis Response and Serving Afghan Refugees, the first in a new series. Each quarter, we will share a new Impact Report providing an in-depth look at a specific area of our work. Read the full report here.
- Topics: Impact Reports, News, Publications
- July 27, 2023
On July 26, Upwardly Global President and CEO Jina Krause-Vilmar spoke with John Fugelsang on SiriusXM’s ‘Tell Me Everything’. The conversation centered around the recent rejection of the Biden Administration’s asylum policy by a Federal judge, the ongoing issues with the asylum seeking process at the border, and changing demographics
- Topics: News Coverage