Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. – Today, Business Forward Foundation released a new report, Reshoring America: Steps Washington Can Take to Boost Manufacturing in the Heartland. The report explains how automation and the shift to lower cost markets have driven a steady decline in American manufacturing since…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. – Today, Business Forward Foundation published a training manual on the For the People Act. The manual offers guidance for business leaders speaking with local media or elected officials about what the proposed democracy reforms would mean for their small businesses. “Transparency…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. – Today, Business Forward Foundation published a training manual on gun safety and background checks. It offers business leaders guidance on how to make the business case for these critical reforms with local media and their elected officials. “Gun safety is a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2021 CONTACT: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Today, Business Forward published a toolkit to help small business leaders support the freedom to vote. Speak Out Against Restrictive Voting Laws features best practices from some of America’s most respected companies, facts on vote…
Dear Senator: We are entrepreneurs, executives, and small business owners who have grown increasingly concerned about the cost of gun violence in our communities. Though we may not agree with one another on every aspect of gun safety proposals, recent attacks have convinced us of the need for immediate, bipartisan…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — Business Forward Foundation released the latest update in its Answering America series, which helps local business leaders answer the questions their neighbors are asking about critical issues. Can We Fix Climate Change Without Wrecking Our Economy? explains how…
Our politics are broken; our communities polarized. We’ve fallen from a “battle of ideas” into a war against misinformation. Business leaders can make a difference, speaking from their experience as an entrepreneur, executive, or small business owner. Business Forward is here to help. With Answering America, Business Forward helps local…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — Today, Business Forward Foundation released its latest report in its Answering America series, which helps local business leaders answer the questions their neighbors are asking about critical issues. Should Washington Do More To Save Coal? explains why spending taxpayer…
Contact: Jana Plat jplat@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — Last Friday, the Senate passed a budget resolution to move forward with the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Business Forward President Jim Doyle released the following statement: “Congress must act now to help America’s unemployed and underemployed workers…
PRESS CONTACT: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — Today, Business Forward Foundation updated its 2020 report on “The Homework Gap” to reflect new evidence of the damage COVID-19 is having on students, as well as the current status of bills in Congress that could help. The update…