Building the Bridge between Communities and Schools
Building the Bridge between Communities and Schools
How do you get schools and out-of-school providers working in concert toward the same goals for young people? Leaders in Richmond, Va., are starting to answer that question with a series of summits designed to build a shared agenda for youth development.
This short story describes what they do at the summits.
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Community Change
New Community Leaderships Network Announced
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced a new program to support leaders working to solve community problems. The Community Leadership Network Fellowship will help to form new, self-sustaining networks in the foundation's four priority places: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans. It will also include a national cohort.
Closing the Opportunity Gap In his latest Huffington Post blog, Alex Wirth, board member for the Forum for Youth Investment, describes the three steps we must take as a nation to ensure future generations are ready by 21.
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Attend the Ready by 21 National Meeting - for FREE
Collective Impact. Expanded learning. Community partnerships.
How do we take these topics from ideas to real, meaningful work? Find out at the Ready by 21 National Meeting, which will be held April 22-24 in Northern Kentucky. And now you can enter for your chance to win a FREE registration!