Last month, the California Council for Career Education published the “Community Input and Considerations for the California Master Plan for Career Education” document, a key milestone in implementing Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order directing agencies to transform and strengthen California’s education and workforce pathways. Our team is proud to help facilitate the public-private partnership in coordination with leaders from the Governor's Office, including Elena Chavez Quezada and Michael Wiafe, MPP, which brings together funders, state leaders, and implementing partners on a monthly basis to discuss progress and collaborate on problem-solving. Funders who have provided critical support include the College Futures Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Strada Education Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation. The “Community Input and Considerations for the California Master Plan for Career Education” document represents the culmination of a regional design process led by WestEd. WestEd’s process leveraged ten convenings to engage over 800 stakeholders in identifying the systemic barriers that prevent Californians from gaining new skills, translating skills to workforce opportunities, and accessing rewarding, living-wage work. We are excited to continue supporting this systems-change effort!
Freedman Consulting, LLC
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About us
Freedman Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm located in Washington, D.C., provides high-level strategic consulting, communications planning and policy development. Building upon diverse experience in politics, policy, communications, high-level marketing and philanthropy, we advise a broad range of clients, including major foundations, elected officials, non-profit organizations, political campaigns and Fortune 500 companies. Freedman Consulting, LLC, plans and implements strategies that achieve client objectives and have a major impact. Our approach focuses on helping clients conceptualize their goals and then developing comprehensive approaches that flexibly respond to client needs.
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http://www.tfreedmanconsulting.com
External link for Freedman Consulting, LLC
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2003
- Specialties
- Strategic Planning, Policy Development, Communications, Project Evaluation, and Issue Advocacy Campaigns
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1300 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 275
Washington, District of Columbia 20036, US
Employees at Freedman Consulting, LLC
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Kathleen Kelly Janus
Senior Advisor, Freedman Consulting | Lecturer, Stanford University
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Mira Kline
Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Freedman Consulting, LLC
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Lyle Freedman
CIO / CTO
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Xavier de Souza Briggs
Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, ex MIT professor, Ford Foundation & White House
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In a Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity interview last week, Freedman Consulting Senior Advisor Bill Nichols spoke to The 51st about the process of starting up a local, community-first newsroom. In the piece, they hit on important topics like learnings from other local publications, sustainable operations and fundraising practices, and avoiding burnout. Find their conversation below or here: https://lnkd.in/ekmDrxE4
Two of our co-founders — Maddie Poore and Eric Falquero — sat down with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity 🔎 to share how we're building The 51st to serve DC residents. Read more here! https://lnkd.in/ekmDrxE4
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We are excited to share that Pull Up Fund has partnered with DonorsChoose to launch a back-to-school campaign to give teachers and students in Prince George’s County, MD a boost as they embark on a new school year. The gift guarantees $500 to teachers who are first time users of DonorsChoose, and a 10x match offer (you give $1, Pull Up Fund gives $9) for eligible projects. Freedman Consulting is proud to support and advise Pull Up Fund and its commitment to young people in Prince George’s County. Pull Up Fund believes that a well-resourced classroom is key in setting up students for academic success and that teachers know best what their students need in order to thrive. This gift helps ensure that teachers are able to receive the resources they need to kick start the school year and set students up for long term success. A special thank you to Rianne Roberts and the DonorsChoose team for their expertise in delivering such a meaningful gift! You can learn more about the Pull Up Fund back-to-school campaign and how to donate here: https://lnkd.in/ePgSEHRn
Match Offer & Jumpstart Donation 2024 | DonorsChoose
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This Spring, Freedman Consulting’s What Works Plus team and Invest in Our Future spearheaded Philanthropy’s 500/1500 Challenge to further implementation of federal climate and clean energy investments. The Challenge far surpassed its goals, tracking 1,722 recently philanthropically-funded education and awareness activities in places across the country, and 1,979 recently philanthropically-funded efforts to help stand up and implement projects. The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article today highlighting the Challenge, “On Second Anniversary of Climate Bill, Funders Top Goals to Help Nonprofits,” linked below. The article mentions our new readout, available below, which includes: 🗺️ An analysis of key geographies and communities impacted by philanthropic investments 🤝 Spotlights on participating funders and activities ⚒️ Opportunities for philanthropy to help fill existing resource gaps and address evolving implementation needs. A congratulations to Sasha Beder-Schenker, Amanda V., Joey Rauch, and Lily Shen for their work on the effort, and a thank you to Invest in Our Future’s Jimmy Pearson for his continued partnership! Find the Chronicle of Philanthropy article here: https://lnkd.in/ehkChqZn
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Freedman Consulting’s California Public-Private Partnerships team is proud and honored to support philanthropic partnership for this critical and impactful project, in coordination with Governor Newsom’s Senior Advisor for Social Innovation, Elena Chavez Quezada, Tribal Affairs Secretary Christina Snider-Ashtari, Deputy Secretary Loretta Miranda, and Emmy-award winning filmmaker Jake Kornbluth. The footage so far has been able to capture the incredible healing that takes place at the Truth and Healing Council Meetings and the stories of individual Native Californians across the state. The documentary will premiere at the same time that the Truth and Healing Council report and recommendations are released, which is expected to be in the Fall of 2025. This project has profound potential to facilitate a narrative shift in broader society about the true history of California and the resilience of Native communities. Find the documentary preview below, and please feel free to share it with your networks!
I am beyond excited to share a sneak peek of the California Truth & Healing documentary project, tentatively entitled "We're Still Here." Over the last year, we have been working to capture the hopes, fears, revelations and successes of California Native peoples in close partnership with Jake Kornbluth, who is documenting the California Truth & Healing process with support from philanthropic and private funds. It was important to us that California Native people see themselves in this effort and that as the Council continues its work, we are able to easily highlight the diversity, history and nuance that makes California so unique--we will need to educate and bring others along if we want to make real change for California Indian Country. Filming is still in process at quarterly meetings of the California Truth & Healing Council and the footage in this sizzle reel is from our Lake Tahoe Region and North Coast Meetings (we have filmed in San Diego and Sonoma/Lake Counties as well!). Jacob will join us at the Eastern Sierra Region Quarterly Meeting on August 2 & 3 and Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo Region on August 16 & 17. We anticipate the documentary's release in 2025, aligned with the Council's report and recommendations. Such an exciting project and looking forward to sharing more!
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With the summer wrapping up soon, we are proud to celebrate our outgoing cohort of Phillip Bevington Policy & Research interns. Over the course of their time at Freedman Consulting, each intern partook in substantive learning experiences working at the intersection of policy, philanthropy, and politics. For the first of two highlight posts, we asked our outgoing class: “What was a highlight of your internship?” ▶️ Recent Cornell University Graduate Alexis Jones said: “The highlight of my internship was always feeling supported; knowing that the Freedman team wanted the best for my future, whether that was learning data management and data organizational skills or sitting in on executive funder committee meetings, meant the most to me!” ▶️ Rising Duke University Senior Minjee Kim said: “Towards the end of my internship, I got to sit in on a strategic planning session with a client. Being a part of discussions about their future direction was an exciting experience, and it was rewarding to see the tangible impact our work had on helping the client conceptualize and achieve their vision.”
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Thank you to Mike Bartlett and McKinzie Harper McGuire from the National League of Cities, and to Brittany Stich from the U.S. Department of Labor, for inviting me to represent Freedman Consulting, LLC’s What Works Plus funder collaborative at their inspiring “Good Jobs, Great Cities” convening, which brought together 16 cities leading innovative work to prepare workers for good jobs made possible by historic federal investments in climate and infrastructure. It was such an honor to join David Etzwiler of the Siemens Foundation and Kermit Kaleba of the Lumina Foundation on a panel to discuss ways philanthropy, government, employers, nonprofits and labor can work together to maximize the impacts of federal funding to improve outcomes for workers.
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Kudos to Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative for this major investment in historically Black medical schools! We are eager to see the catalytic effects that this bold decision will have on these institutions and their students for years to come.
JUST ANNOUNCED: We’re committing $600M to the country’s four historically Black medical schools: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine. We will also provide a grant for the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, in development now. This investment is part of our Greenwood Initiative, which seeks to advance racial wealth equity by addressing systemic underinvestment in Black institutions and communities. Increasing these schools’ endowments will strengthen their financial stability and institutional capacity to respond to the rising costs of tuition, innovative research, and operations. https://lnkd.in/euDDW_mq
Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments
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Each month, Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino collaborate with the Tech Policy Press team to break down developments in one of the fastest-moving fields. Highlights in this month’s roundup include new Supreme Court decisions, KOSA and other legislation, and federal investments in public interest technology. Read more below about what happened in July, and find previous editions the monthly Tech Policy Roundup on our website here: https://lnkd.in/eag4aBpU
Following US tech policy? Never miss our monthly update- this month on action in the Supreme Court, the Senate, and the White House- from Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino with Benjamin Lennett and Gabby Miller from Tech Policy Press. #US #techpolicy #roundup #ai
July 2024 US Tech Policy Roundup | TechPolicy.Press
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Join the Freedman Consulting team! We are hiring two new positions supporting the Bloomberg Cities Insights Unit to be based in either New York, N.Y. or Washington, D.C. Find more on the positions and how to apply below! ▶ We are seeking a skilled Manager for Program Research to research and support the development and design of new programs supporting city-government efforts to harness resources and develop innovation capacity. Ideal candidates will have 5-7 years of experience in strategy consulting, strategic research, program strategy, or other related field and a proven track record of leading and managing complex research and/or strategy projects. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eUzeYi3N ▶ We are seeking a detail-oriented Research Analyst to uncover insights in local government innovation, conduct research, monitor trends, and support data-driven initiatives. Ideal candidates bring 2-4 years relevant experience in government or policy, philanthropy, consulting, public interest and strong proficiency in data analysis tools. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eHQMRFCh
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