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SUMMARY:Data Bootcamp: Next Steps in R
DESCRIPTION:This session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used R or microdata before.\n\n\nClick Here to Register for EARNCon!\nThis session uses R to analyze American Community Survey microdata.  The lesson will build on concepts learned in First steps in R\, and attendees who don’t join that session should already have familiarity with concepts learned there. \nLearning outcomes include: \n1. Writing R scripts using best practices and proper documentation; \n2. How to properly set up a project: directory structure and working directories; \n3. Reproducible data analysis.
URL:https://earn.us/event/data-bootcamp-next-steps-in-r/
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SUMMARY:Data Bootcamp: Next Steps in Stata
DESCRIPTION:This session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used Stata or microdata before.\n\n\nClick Here to Register for EARNCon!\nAttendees will learn how to effectively use Stata to answer a research question using microdata. \nThe lesson will build on concepts learned in First steps in Stata\, and attendees who don’t join that session should already have familiarity with concepts learned there. \nLearning outcomes include: \n1. Writing do-files in Stata using best practices and proper documentation \n2. How to properly set up a project: directory structure and working directories \n3. Intermediate Stata operations: joining datasets\, transforming data\, macros\, loops\, exporting data\, pooling data
URL:https://earn.us/event/data-bootcamp-next-steps-in-stata/
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SUMMARY:Data Bootcamp: Intro to R
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for EARNCon!\nAttendees will learn the basics of using R for microdata analysis. \nThis session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used R or microdata before.
URL:https://earn.us/event/data-bootcamp-intro-to-r/
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SUMMARY:Data Bootcamp: Intro to STATA
DESCRIPTION:This session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used Stata or microdata before.\n\n\nClick Here to Register for EARNCon!\nThis session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used Stata or microdata before. \nAttendees will learn the basics of using Stata for microdata analysis. \nThis session is for people who may have some experience using data\, but have never used Stata or microdata before. \nLearning outcomes include: \n1. Understanding what Stata is and how it differs from excel; \n2. Key data concepts: variables\, observations\, tabular data\, missing values\, survey weights; \n3. Basic Stata commands; \n4. What microdata is\, focusing on the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey(ACS); \n5. Basic analysis with microdata. \nWho should join? Anyone who is interested in using Stata is welcome. Ideal candidates are those who have zero or limited experience using Stata or those who want a refresher course.
URL:https://earn.us/event/data-bootcamp-stata/
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SUMMARY:How We Organize\, How We Win: State-Level Action to Gain Labor Rights and Build Worker Power 
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for EARNCon!\n\n\n  \nSpeakers \n\n\nJennifer Sherer (Moderator)\, Senior State Policy Coordinator for EARN Worker Power Project\, Economic Policy Institute\nValerie Collins\, Attorney\, Towards Justice\nApril Sims\, Secretary Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council\, AFL-CIO\nEd Muir\, Deputy Director Research & Strategic Initiatives\, American Federation of Teachers\n\n\n\n\nSession Description \n\nWorking people have opportunities at the state and local level to promote their interests and make progress toward racial\, gender\, and economic justice through organizing and collective bargaining. This session will showcase EARN’s new Worker Power Project to the Network and offer a comparative look at how collective bargaining campaigns across several different states and sectors have made led to improved policy and standards for workers. Participants will come away with a shared understanding of how labor policy gains can improve the wellbeing of workers of color and women and what current opportunities for advancing labor policy exist at the state level in specific sectors.
URL:https://earn.us/event/worker-power-2/
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SUMMARY:Economic Recovery & Worker Justice for All: Growing the Economy Through Antiracist Policy 
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for EARNCon!\n  \nSpeakers \n\nKyle Moore (Moderator)\, Economist\, Economic Policy Institute\nAlex Camardelle\, Director of Workforce Policy\, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies\nAngela Hanks\, Counselor to the Secretary\, Department of Labor\nRigo Valdez\, Presidents’ Organizing Initiative Coordinator at the Martin Luther King\, Jr. County Labor Council\n\n  \nSession Description \nEvery level of government needs to prioritize antiracist policies if we are ever going to effectively confront racial wage\, income\, wealth\, and employment gaps. This session will discuss the need to center people of color in our economic research and policymaking\, the particular harm Black and Brown communities suffered in the pandemic\, and the state and local policies that can help us achieve a more equitable economy.
URL:https://earn.us/event/pree/
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SUMMARY:State of the National Economy
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for EARNCon!\nHow can we achieve more equitable workplaces and labor market outcomes? By forcing through better policies\, say EPI economists. In this session\, EPI economists and researchers share their take on the current state of the economy and project where they we’re headed. Economist AMA (Ask Me Anything) breakouts will enable participants to engage directly in conversation with EPI economists and researchers on a range of topics including racial and worker justice and labor standards. \n\nPanelists Include \n\nJosh Bivens\, Director of Research \nElise Gould\, Senior Economist \nCeline McNicholas\, Director of Government Affairs \nMarokey Sawo\, State Economic Analyst \nValerie Wilson\, Director of the Program on Race\, Ethnicity\, and the Economy (PREE)\nModerated by David Cooper\, Director of EARN and Senior Economic Analyst
URL:https://earn.us/event/state-of-the-national-economy/
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SUMMARY:Welcome to EARNConversations: Transformative Investments in Workers\, Communities\, and Job Quality
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for EARNCon!\n  \nSpeakers \n\nNaomi Walker (Moderator)\, Director of EARN\, Economic Policy Institute\nMelissa Boteach\, Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning\, National Women’s Law Center\nKitty Richards\, Director of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds\, U.S. Treasury Office of Recovery Program\nBranden Snyder\, Executive Director\, Detroit Action\nAmy Sugimori\, Director of Policy and Legislation\, 32BJ SEIU\n\n\n  \nSession Description \n\nIn this session\, speakers will reflect on critical learnings from the pandemic and discuss how they should be used to shape future policy. We will discuss ways state and local governments can make transformative investments in public infrastructure\, high-quality jobs\, public health systems\, and worker supports using unprecedented levels of Federal support. Speakers will address how state and local recovery fund impact advocates and organizers\, how resources can be leveraged to improve wages and working conditions\, the need for investments in human capital\, and strategies to engage in the political process to use federal funds.
URL:https://earn.us/event/opening-plenary/
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SUMMARY:EARNConversations 2021
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to continue EARNConversations again this year and provide a week-long series of virtual discussions that lift up state and local policy research from across the Network and provide you with the ideas and resources you need to better advocate for racial\, gender\, and economic justice. \nThis is a pivotal moment during which we have an opportunity to make transformative investments in our communities and reforms to the standards and supports that for too long have left many working people struggling to get by. EARNConversations will bring together researchers\, advocates\, and grassroots organizers to strategize how states and localities can act on the lessons of the past year and use an unprecedented supply of resources to build worker power and improve the well-being of working families. \nLike last year\, registration is free. We hope this will enable a diverse coalition of local\, state\, and national partners to join in the conversation. Please share the link with key allies and coalition partners. Register for EARNConversations 2021 by Friday\, September 17 to receive the full agenda\, resources\, and session login details. Select the “Full Conference” ticket to receive event updates and meeting login information for all sessions or select tickets for the individual events you wish to join. \nWhen you register for EARNConversations this year\, you will gain access to two pre-EARNCon sessions and a week of strategic discussions and workshops starting Monday\, September 27 at 3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT. Here is the full list of offerings: \n\nVirtual Meet Up – Monday\, September 20 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT. Connect with EARN’s local\, state\, and national partners and allies for lively discussion and networking.\nEARN 101:  – Wednesday\, September 22 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT. For new staff to learn about the network\, meet key EARN contacts at the Economic Policy Institute\, explore EARN’s online data tools and resources\, and gain insight into key economic concepts\, data sources\, and common analytical strategies for EARN work.\nWelcome to EARNConversations: Transformative Investments in Workers\, Communities\, and Job Quality – Monday\, September 27 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm ET / 12:00 – 2:00 pm PT.   In this session\, speakers will reflect on critical learnings from the pandemic and discuss how they should be used to shape future policy. We will discuss ways state and local governments can make transformative investments in public infrastructure\, high-quality jobs\, public health systems\, and worker supports using unprecedented levels of Federal support.\nState of the National Economy – Tuesday\, September 28 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET / 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PT. In this session\, EPI economists and researchers share their take on the current economic trends\, federal policymaking\, and where they think we’re heading in the coming year. Economist AMA (Ask Me Anything) breakouts will enable participants to engage directly in conversation with EPI experts on everything from inflation fears and wage trends to care work standards and policies to achieve racial equity. Bring your questions!\nEconomic Recovery & Worker Justice for All: Growing the Economy Through Antiracist Policy – Tuesday\, September 28 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm. Every level of government needs to prioritize antiracist policies if we are ever going to effectively confront racial wage\, income\, wealth\, and employment gaps. This session will discuss the need to center people of color in our economic research and policymaking\, the particular harm Black and Brown communities suffered in the pandemic\, and the state and local policies that can help us achieve a more equitable economy.\nHow We Organize\, How We Win: State-Level Action to Gain Labor Rights and Build Worker Power – Wednesday\, September 29 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm ET / 12:00 – 2:00 pm PT. This session will introduce EARN’s new Worker Power Project and provide a comparative look at how strategic state campaigns to expand workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain are advancing racial\, gender\, and economic justice. Participants will come away with a shared understanding of how state labor policies critically shape the well-being of women and workers of color\, and current opportunities to advance labor rights in specific sectors.\nData Bootcamp: Develop important skills and learn key techniques of economic and statistical analysis for use in your work evaluating\, designing\, and advocating for economic policies that empower workers.\n\nData Bootcamp: Intro to Stata – Thursday\, September 30 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET / 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PT.\nData Bootcamp: Intro to R – Thursday\, September 30 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm ET / 12:30 – 2:00 pm PT.\nData Bootcamp: Next Steps in Stata – Friday\, October 1 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET / 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PT.\nData Bootcamp: Next Steps in R – Friday\, October 1 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm ET / 12:30 – 2:00 pm PT.\n\n\n\nFor regular updates about EARNConversations\, continue checking out the EARNConversations website page . If you have questions\, please feel free to direct them to Lea Woods at lwoods@epi.org. We hope to see you at EARNConversations 2021 starting this September 27!
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SUMMARY:EARN 101
DESCRIPTION:For new members to meet the network\, learn about EARN’s data tools and other online resources\, and develop key concepts and tools in Excel.\n\n\nClick Here to Register for EARN 101!\nFor new members to meet the network\, learn about EARN’s data tools and other online resources\, and develop key concepts and tools in Excel. \nEARN 101 is a foundational workshop for people who are new to the network\, who are new to state and local policy analysis\, or who are interested in getting more mileage out of EARN’s data tools and online resources along other good data sources for state and local analyses and key concepts and common analytical tools in Excel.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register for a Pre-EARNCon Virtual Meet Up!\nConnect with EARN’s local\, state\, and national partners and allies for lively discussion and networking. \nEARN 101 is a foundational workshop for people who are new to the network\, who are new to state and local policy analysis\, or who are interested in getting more mileage out of EARN’s data tools and online resources along other good data sources for state and local analyses and key concepts and common analytical tools in Excel.
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