6th Annual Global Languages Leadership Meeting

The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) is very excited to announce the 6th Annual Global Languages Leadership Meeting is set for May 21, 2021, in a virtual format.

CULTR is delighted to feature Dr. Angela Jackson, Managing Partner of Future Work at New Profit, as this year’s keynote speaker.

This networking event brings together diverse industry leaders from business, non-profit, government, and education to discuss the importance of language learning and cultural competence as essential skills for an emerging global workforce. Seize this opportunity to expand your network across these industries and gain insight into local workforce readiness initiatives. Attend this event to develop new partnerships promoting access to language studies and cultural competence for all learners in the global economy.

Past participants for the event include representatives from Mercedes-Benz, City of Atlanta’s Office of International Affairs, Cox Automotive, the French Consulate in Atlanta, Marriott International, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Office of Congressman John Lewis, Peace Corps, and more.

RSVP today to increase your organization’s visibility and commitment to promoting languages for all.

Speaker Bio

Angela Jackson, Managing Partner, New Profit

Dr. Angela Jackson leads New Profit’s Future of Work Initiative, which seeks to close the career-readiness gap for Americans from low-income backgrounds. Angela’s career started in the private sector leading business development for organizations like Viacom and Nokia. While working internationally, she began to wonder: if multinational companies can deliver their products consistently and with quality at scale, what would it take to deliver social interventions like education and health in a similar manner?

She began to tackle this question by founding Global Language Project, a social venture that aimed to transform how we prepare students with skills to succeed in a global economy and workforce. Angela completed a Doctoral degree at Harvard University, where her focus was on this question, along with the role of scale and strategic capital deployment and philanthropy in systems change initiatives.

Angela’s work with New Profit allows her to marry her research interests with practice. She currently leads New Profit’s $15M Future of Work global fund to invest in entrepreneurs and companies developing innovative technical solutions to upskill low-income and entry-level workers at scale. Angela recently launched a $6 million Future of Work Grand Challenge, powered by XPRIZE and MIT Solve, to rapidly reskill 25,000 displaced workers into living-wage jobs in the next 24 months.

Her work and writing has been featured in CNN, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Stanford Social Innovation Review and Harvard Business Review. You can read her thoughts on the intersection of race and the Future of Work on Medium and follow her on Twitter at @angjack.