Insights

In response to the U.S. Surgeon General raising the alarm on the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation, Health Action Alliance convened a panel of experts dedicated to addressing loneliness in the workplace to share their insights, presented by Headspace. Five themes emerged from their guidance to employers...

At the Civic Alliance's virtual event in April, “Civics in 2023: The Employee Inclusion Opportunity," leaders from Dow, Microsoft, and Paramount joined us for a conversation on the vital role civics can play in advancing employee equity and inclusion.

On World AIDS Day 2022, the Health Action Alliance and ViiV Healthcare announced the launch of U.S. Business Action to End HIV, a new coalition of businesses committed to accelerating progress to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030.

After months of sharing voter education resources, recruiting poll workers, getting out the vote, and making it easier for voters to cast their ballots, Election Day is here, and Civic Alliance member companies' civic engagement efforts have made a tremendous impact

Misinformation not only impacts how employees show up to the workplace, but affects how they show up to the polls on Election Day.

November marks the start of Native American Heritage Month, a moment to acknowledge that self-government in America originated with the Indigenous tribes who first settled this land. Yet, it wasn’t until 1924 that Congress finally granted Native Americans all the legal rights of a U.S. citizen — and for more than 20 years after that, some states still officially excluded Native Americans from voting.

VoteEarlyDay is a day to ensure that issues like long lines or last-minute emergencies don’t get in the way of casting your ballot. Companies can help ensure nothing stands in the way of your employees and audiences voting by celebrating the civic holiday.

Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) is a moment to celebrate how Hispanic and Latino Americans have enriched our country and culture. It’s also a chance to consider how your company is engaging this vital community in get-out-the-vote efforts.

Did you know as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote or don’t know if they are registered? Civic Alliance member companies like Microsoft, Tony's Chocolonely, and Reddit, Inc. are activating on this civic holiday by encouraging their audiences to register to vote.

Poll Worker Recruitment Day, a national day of action to recruit poll workers to ensure our elections run smoothly.

32 years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Despite this historic civil rights legislation, disability communities continue to face numerous barriers to civic participation.

This is a very consequential midterm election and its going to take engagement from every sector to ensure we have a strong and healthy democracy.

"Democracy is only as strong as our citizens' participation within it," Steven Levine says. "From our perspective, companies today are looked at as one of the trusted institutions, and when you look at the relationship between an employer and its employees, that relationship is incredibly valuable."

2020 was a tipping point. The expectations for civic engagement from businesses have transformed in the last two years. And with the midterms generating “presidential election energy, the Civic Alliance is equipping companies to build a sustainable culture of civic participation.

The first-of-its-kind Corporate Civic Playbook serves as THE guide to help companies and corporate leaders begin or level up their civic engagement journey. The Playbook builds the business case for why companies should engage in civics and offers nonpartisan best practices, case studies, and actions to support civic engagement.

The Federal Reserve stated clearly: the economy’s progress depends on the course of the virus.

2022 is a consequential year for making our communities stronger.

Omicron-related school closures put renewed stress on parents who don’t have the option to work from home.

In an era of high-tech work settings and modern workplace wellness programs, they can seem like a relic of an earlier age, but they’re not.

Even now, more than 200,000 U.S. adults a day are getting their first shot of the vaccine.

Najma Roberts, the Senior Director of Communications and Equity at Democracy Fund, shares ways companies can ensure their charitable donations and broader actions make the progress on racial equity many Americans want to see.

This Tuesday, November 2, tens of millions of Americans have the chance to shape the future of their communities.

This is a transformative moment for mental health.

The heart of the OSHA law is a requirement that employers provide a workplace free of recognized serious hazards. And in the case of COVID, the hazard is the infectious worker who can infect other workers.

Our democracy, just like our economy, depends on a level playing field.

There’s another potentially game-changing benefit to vaccine requirements: Handled right, they may also help the country advance health equity.

There are many indicators that U.S. civic engagement is at risk. Thankfully, the nation has a resource available to strengthen our democracy, our economy, and our communities: Corporate America.

As schools reopen across the country, just 36% of eligible adolescents ages 12 and older are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Parents say employers can help.

Parents – especially working moms – are struggling to get back to work as millions of unvaccinated children head back to school.