{"id":174,"date":"2023-06-21T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upglo-annual.kudos.nyc\/2022\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2023-06-21T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:24:18","slug":"creating-inclusion-through-policy-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/creating-inclusion-through-policy-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Inclusion Through Policy Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"page-heading-block_2eec38c81ce7ddd2ed01c67f40e1f318\" class=\"block-page-heading pb-10 lg:pb-15\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"pl-4.5 xl:pl-0 md:grid md:grid-cols-12 md:gap-x-8.25\">\n                            <h1 class=\"mb-5 pt-5 text-[30px] leading-tight font-serif font-serif-bold \n                    md:col-span-full md:text-5xl md:pt-10\n                    lg:text-6xl lg:pt-24 lg:mb-7.5\n                    xl:text-7xl xl:pt-30 xl:col-span-8 xl:col-start-2 xl:leading-[1.3]\"\n                >\n                    Creating Inclusion Through Policy Change                <\/h1>\n                \n                            <div class=\"font-serif font-serif-bold text-primary leading-[1.4] \n                    md:col-span-10\n                    lg:text-[22px]\n                    xl:col-span-8 xl:col-start-2\"\n                >\n                    <p>Upwardly Global advocated for policies and legislation that advance the inclusion of immigrants and refugees in the workforce.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div id=\"two-columns-text-block_dca3eb44e0343dd2522e6bbe870cb656\" class=\"block-two-columns-text pb-15 container\">\n        <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-y-6 md:grid-cols-12 md:gap-x-8.25\">\n            <div class=\"col-span-1 md:col-span-6 xl:col-span-5 xl:col-start-2\">\n                                    <div class=\"prose prose-sm xl:prose-lg\">\n                        <p>In October, President Biden signed the Bridging the Gap for New Americans Act into law. This transformative legislation highlights the untapped potential of immigrants and refugees with professional skills in the U.S. workforce and requires the Department of Labor to study employment barriers for immigrants and refugees with international credentials. Upwardly Global brought this issue to the forefront, raising awareness among legislators about the importance of legislative change.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-span-1 md:col-span-6 xl:col-span-5\">\n                                    <div class=\"prose prose-sm xl:prose-lg\">\n                        <p>Upwardly Global also conducted issue education around the importance of ensuring that Afghans who came on humanitarian parole or Temporary Protected Status be granted the ability to stay beyond the 2023 deadline, a part of the Afghan Adjustment Act. This stability is critical to Afghans\u2019 ability to find good jobs and rebuild their lives as returning to Afghanistan is unthinkable. Though the bill did not pass, we are hopeful that action will be taken in 2023, and we are continuing to share the incredible stories of Afghan contributions to our communities and economy as a critical part of efforts to move Congress and the administration to action.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"people-quotes-block_2618bf1346104f6546f16cc8b6432992\" class=\"block-people-quotes xl:pt-10\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-y-7.5 md:grid-cols-12 md:gap-x-8.25 items-end\">\n            <div class=\"col-span-1 md:col-span-6 md:order-2 xl:col-span-5\">\n                                    <figure class=\"people-quote-text text-white mb-10 xl:mb-48\">\n                        <blockquote class=\"font-serif font-serif-bold text-lg leading-[1.4] lg:text-xl lg:leading-[1.4] xl:text-2xl\">\n                            <span>\u201c<\/span>\n                            This legislation will now forge a path forward for immigrant and refugee resettlement and workforce development in this country. Our community of Upwardly Global job seekers is no longer invisible, and I couldn\u2019t be more proud,\u201d says Jina Krause-Vilmar, President and CEO of Upwardly Global.                        <\/blockquote>\n\n                                            <\/figure>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-span-1 md:col-span-6 md:order-1\">\n                                    <div class=\"people-quote-photo\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"1122\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Jina_K-V-4_websize-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Jina_K-V-4_websize-1.png 1057w, https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Jina_K-V-4_websize-1-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Jina_K-V-4_websize-1-965x1024.png 965w, https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Jina_K-V-4_websize-1-768x815.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-report.upwardlyglobal.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}