Advancing Workforce Equity in Metro Detroit


Promotional Toolkit


Thank you for helping us promote Advancing Workforce Equity in Metro Detroit: A Blueprint for Action, its findings and recommendations. In addition to the report itself, the following resources highlight key data points from the report and share perspectives from those engaged in this work that can be shared with your networks.

The Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative (DAWFC) is aligning efforts and influence toward a racial equity agenda to transform workforce ecosystems — centering the needs of those most impacted by inequities to maximize benefits for all.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please submit a request on our contact page.

Social Media Posts

DAWFC does not have social media channels. Please use #WorkforceEquityDetroit in all social media posts to help promote engagement and tracking of the conversation. All graphic images are available for download here.

Social Media Posts with Data Points

Option 1

Inequity costs the region an estimated $28 billion in lost economic activity per year, according to a report from @PolicyLink. We, along with the Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative, believe racial #WorkforceEquityDetroit is a win-win for the region. 

Learn more: DetroitAreaWorkforceFunders.org

Option 2

#WorkforceEquityDetroit means all workers have fair, living wage compensation. A new report from @PolicyLink shows the gap for most BIPOC workers and a blueprint for co-creating an equitable workforce system.

Learn more: DetroitAreaWorkforceFunders.org

Option 3 (two images for carousel)

Higher educational attainment is essential, but it’s been insufficient in improving racial wage gaps. A report from @PolicyLink highlights the stark inequities. Let’s co-create a #WorkforceEquityDetroit.

Learn more: DetroitAreaWorkforceFunders.org

Option 4

What makes a good job? Too-few Detroit workers have a stable job with a living-wage compensation that is automation resilient. Let’s co-create a #WorkforceEquityDetroit.

Learn more: DetroitAreaWorkforceFunders.org

Option 5

Higher educational attainment is essential, but it’s been insufficient in improving racial wage gaps. A report from @PolicyLink highlights the stark inequities. Let’s co-create a #WorkforceEquityDetroit.

Learn more: DetroitAreaWorkforceFunders.org

Social Media Posts with Testimonials

Jewel Chapman, Focus: HOPE

The Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative is committed to advancing a racially equitable and just workforce system in metropolitan Detroit. Jewel Chapman from Focus: HOPE tells the one thing that she would like employers to know about advancing workforce equity. How would you answer? #WorkforceEquityDetroit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGvTYGg6sKo

Sonia Harb, University of Michigan School of Social Work

The Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative is committed to advancing a racially equitable and just workforce system in metropolitan Detroit. Sonia Harb from the University of Michigan School of Social Work tells us why we should elevate worker voice in the conversations to create workforce equity in metropolitan Detroit. How would you answer? #WorkforceEquityDetroit

https://youtu.be/zIi5SfL7yic

Branden Snyder, Detroit Action

The Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative is committed to advancing a racially equitable and just workforce system in metropolitan Detroit. Branden Snyder from Detroit Action shares about why we should elevate worker voice in the conversation. How would you answer?

https://youtu.be/VaGsJM01OKo

Email/Newsletters

The following copy is a draft for DAFWC members, advisory group members and other engaged stakeholders who wish to share about the Advancing Workforce Equity in Metro Detroit: A Blueprint for Action report to their networks via email and/or newsletter. An image is available for download here.

We are delighted to share this report with you. Advancing Workforce Equity in Metro Detroit: A Blueprint for Action contains new data and insights about workforce systems and impacts in our metropolitan Detroit area. We believe you will find the new knowledge transformative to your understanding of what it means to be a worker of color in Detroit. The report finds, and we believe, that equity is a growth model. With the Detroit Area Workforce Funders Collaborative, we want to co-create solutions that advance equity for workers.

We invite you to dig in and learn more using this link. We see the report as a start—not an end, and look forward to co-creating a workforce ecosystem that truly advances racial equity in our area. Please reach out if you have any questions or wish to share feedback.