TRANSCRIPT-How To Build an Inclusive Workforce with Parina Parikh, Associate Vice President at Jobs for the Future Episode 167

May 12, 2026

Parina Parikh [00:00:00]:

Right now, we do have an incredible opportunity to build programs that integrate learning and work, and we must help our students build these relational skills and give them credit for mastering material that might not be mastered or developed in a traditional college classroom. As workforce...

TRANSCRIPT-How To Develop Soft Skills for Future Tech-Driven Jobs with Tara Chklovski, founder/CEO of Technovation Episode 166

Apr 28, 2026

Tara Chklovski [00:00:00]:

I would recommend to everyone, firstly, learn how to code, play along, and actually build technology. Don't just do the chatbot like prompt engineering, but actually build something with code so that you build your own confidence. Honestly, number two, I would say read more about all of this...

TRANSCRIPT -How Women-Owned Businesses Lead Pasadena’s Post-Fire Economic Rebuild with Lizzy Okoro Davidson, Director at Pasadena Women's Business Center Episode 165

Apr 14, 2026

Lizzy Okoro Davidson [00:00:00]:

There's a higher success rate with women owned small businesses. There's a greater economic output in terms of, you know, having a woman lead the household and having her be economically sound means that it's a greater impact on the overall family and overall communities. And so I'm...

TRANSCRIPT - Sustaining the Rebuild: PCC’s Continuing Commitment to Community Recovery Episode 164

Mar 31, 2026

Leslie Thompson  [00:00:00]:
PCC is committed to maintaining its role as a resource hub. Having people having gone through these pathways that are going to be ready to get in there and do the actual work that needs to be done. And it's not just swinging hammers. There's a lot of work to be done in different...

TRANSCRIPT - The Nation’s First Goods Movement Training Campus at Port of Los Angeles with Gene Seroka, Executive Director of Port of L.A Episode 163

Mar 17, 2026

Gene Seroka [00:00:00]:
We also have an MOU, a Memorandum of Understanding, which is an agreement to work together between the California Community Colleges and the Port of Los Angeles to help build curriculum, to help guide education for certification and training. Those who can build syllabus and classwork as a...