Mentor showcase event connects ROC companies to talent pipeline opportunities

Building a pipeline of future talent and leaders begins long before candidates apply for your positions. Many of us have experienced the personal and professional advantages of having a mentor – key figures that light the path for the future.

MMAC’s Region of Choice program on September 16 – Driving Equity through Mentorship – showcased several agencies that work with students, young professionals and businesses. These relationships have the potential to change lives, close representation gaps and create opportunity pipelines that include historically excluded talent.

The event featured a presentation by LaNelle Ramey, executive director of Mentor Greater Milwaukee. This organization builds the capacity of existing mentoring organizations matching a caring adult with children in need through effective mentoring programs throughout Greater Milwaukee.

“The gift of mentorship is rooted in learning from one another. I value reciprocal mentoring relationships that reinforce the value of both parties.

When organizations create space for internal mentorship between executives and the broader workforce, employees gain access to people, information and experiences that foster increased engagement and inclusion, ultimately developing more productive and healthy people.” 

ANGELA ADAMS
Chief Communications & Diversity Officer
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago, Inc.

The value of internships

What did your first internship mean to you? For MMAC Vice President of Community Affairs Corry Joe Biddle, it was life-changing.

To make sure the next generation of the Milwaukee Region’s workforce gets to experience this feeling for themselves, MMAC has partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to provide paid internships to students from diverse backgrounds through a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Our goal is to inspire more of our students to stay in Milwaukee, put down roots and grow their careers here.

UWM to place 100 students in paid internships to help Wisconsin build diverse workforce

Briefing on Hispanic Workforce Data

Hispanic Heritage Month ended Oct. 15, but the size and impact of the growing Hispanic demographic really require year long attention and investment. The Hispanic Collaborative, an MMAC affiliate organization, recently presented this update on the latest 2020 Census data highlighting Hispanic workforce numbers along with ways you can invest in and support this important segment of the labor force.