On August 25, 2020, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Community College to Career program hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual career fair in partnership with Bay Area Council, Bay Area Community College Consortium and Ohlone College. A free, equity-focused event that brought…
Over the past two years, California has laid the foundation for a robust K-12 computer science (CS) education for California students. This includes adopting curriculum standards, approving an implementation plan, and securing funding for a statewide coordinator. Despite this progress,…
San Jose, CA - On Thursday, December 5th, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group will bring together more than 215 middle school girls from under-served schools and 70 executive women and STEM experts for inspiring interactive discussions about what it takes…
Spend five minutes reading #BigTech or #Gentrification posts on Twitter or Instagram and you’ll realize how constant, and increasingly negative, discussions about Silicon Valley’s innovation economy have become. These posts blame the Bay Area’s biggest employers for singlehandedly creating the…
Learn to Earn: Reimagining education for better outcomes. My mission this year is to help college students find their pathway to fulfilling work. One of the crises in America today is that young people are not getting jobs at the…
How business can (and must) help close the hiring gap. Around the globe and here in Silicon Valley, economies are threatened by an ever-widening gap between available jobs and workers with the right skills, especially in tech. Half a million…