Education Design Lab Launches Designers in Residence Program to Strengthen the Role of Colleges and Universities as Regional Catalysts
The Lab s new Designers in Residence program will select a cohort of leaders forging alignment initiatives and closing racial and economic opportunity gaps
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Education Design Lab, a national nonprofit and leader in the design, implementation, and scaling of new learning models for higher education and the future of work, today announced the launch of a new national program that will lead a design team of leaders from colleges and universities in co-creating the future role of colleges in their communities.
Social mobility leaders Nutter and Aguh join Graduation Alliance board of directors
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Two leaders in the effort to create social and economic mobility with purpose-driven investment have joined the board of directors at Graduation Alliance.
Lisa Nutter s successes in the fields of education, workforce development, and human services have shaped her approach to addressing community and economic well-being. There are no magic bullet solutions to the problems created by systemic inequity, said Nutter, a principal at Sidecar Social Finance, a social impact agency that provides impact investing advisory and capital services. Our greatest challenges are best faced, and ultimately overcome, with multidimensional solutions, and Graduation Alliance understands this so well. Truly, it is at the heart of everything the organization does.
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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $5.7 million to support vulnerable communities as pandemic surges
December 17, 2020 GMT
BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced today $5.7 million in grants to support vulnerable communities through the pandemic and to bring trusted COVID-19 data and analysis to policymakers and the public.
The 21 grants are the latest of the Foundation’s COVID-19 response and community support commitments in 2020, totaling $14.7 million since March. More than $3.7 million will address the mounting crises of hunger, homelessness, and under-employment and unemployment across the United States, and $1.15 million will support ongoing social justice efforts for refugees, migrants, gender equality, and formerly gang involved and previously incarcerated individuals.