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The Business Case for an Equity Strategy Part 3: Hire Locally

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/10/22/the-business-case-for-an-equity-strategy-part-3-hire-locally/
In the first two parts of this blog series, we examined how tech companies can drive local impact by engaging on public policy issues and leveraging their products for good. The next part of this series will dig into hiring practices. We’ll examine how hiring… Read More

We Made History

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/10/14/we-made-history/
We won! With the passage of the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, California now has the most significant tenant protection laws in the country, covering more renters than any bill in American history. We are proud to have helped get this historic statewide legislation off the ground and signed into… Read More

The Business Case for an Equity Strategy Part 2: Leverage Your Product for Good

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/10/10/the-business-case-for-an-equity-strategy-part-2-leverage-your-product-for-good/
Last week we published the first post in our five-part series on the business case for tech companies to invest in an equity strategy. Part one explored the benefits of engaging on policy issues important to the community. In part two, we examine how companies can build… Read More

The Business Case for an Equity Strategy Part 1: Engage in Policy Issues Important to the Community

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/09/30/the-business-case-for-an-equity-strategy-part-1-engage-in-policy-issues-important-to-the-community/
By 2025, approximately 75% of our workforce will be comprised of Millennials. Deloitte’s 2019 study on Millennials and Generation Z highlight a growing trend of skepticism when it comes to businesses and the impact they have on society. Millennials and Gen Z workers often remain loyal to… Read More

Responsible Contracting Kickoff — Event Recap

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/09/04/responsible-contracting-kickoff-event-recap/
Last Thursday, TechEquity Collaborative and Silicon Valley Rising announced a Responsible Contracting Project, which will provide a practical definition of a family-supporting job with safe and dignified working conditions for service workers on tech campuses. The panel discussion was hosted by TechEquity’s Executive Director & Co-Founder Catherine Bracy. The panelists… Read More

Silicon Valley Rising has a plan to improve the lives of ‘Tech’s Invisible Workforce’

https://techequitycollaborative.org/press_release/silicon-valley-rising-has-a-plan-to-improve-the-lives-of-techs-invisible-workforce/

Tech workers want to grade companies on quality of blue-collar jobs

https://techequitycollaborative.org/press_release/tech-workers-want-to-grade-companies-on-quality-of-blue-collar-jobs/

Teacher turns to NextDoor to find 2nd job to afford living in San Francisco

https://techequitycollaborative.org/press_release/teacher-turns-to-nextdoor-to-find-2nd-job-to-afford-living-in-san-francisco/

California housing crisis podcast: How do Google and Facebook figure in the problem?

https://techequitycollaborative.org/press_release/california-housing-crisis-podcast-how-do-google-and-facebook-figure-in-the-problem/

What You Need to Know About the CA Renters’ Rights Bills

https://techequitycollaborative.org/2019/03/27/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ca-renters-rights-bills/
In last November’s election, tenant advocates advanced a campaign that would have repealed the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act — the state law that places severe restrictions on local rent control ordinances. While Prop 10 ultimately failed at the ballot, the initiative successfully drove a conversation about the plight of… Read More