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News, thought leadership & media resources covering topics relevant to America’s youth

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My Experience with Sec. Cardona and Why He Must Continue His Legacy of Centering Students

March 01, 2021

Dr. Miguel Cardona has just been confirmed as President Biden’s Secretary of Education in the most diverse cabinet in United States history. I applaud President Biden for shining a spotlight on a nominee like Dr. Cardona who has accomplished groundbreaking work in his field. Few Americans know what he has done and what kind of person he is. However, I have a unique, firsthand perspective of Dr. Cardona’s commitment to young people—and a few calls to action for him as he assumes this important national role.

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Funding Opportunities

March 18, 2022

Funding Opportunities
The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. If you have questions about these opportunities, please follow the links provided in each item. Appearance on this page does not indicate that America’s Promise is affiliated with or endorses the funding organizations. This page is a resource curating opportunities for organizations to decide whether a funding opportunity aligns with their work.
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September 14, 2021

What We Talk About When We Talk About Workforce Development
As the country continues to navigate the pandemic and its impact on the labor market, workers and job seekers are finding themselves empowered to demand more from their employers—and business leaders
Kathy is creating a platform in which teenage artists in Chicago can showcase their pieces, network with fellow artists, and finally create the representation they deserve. Her goal is to serve the disenfranchised teenage art community while also raising funds to support a local visual arts non-profit. Kathy hopes that this gallery will demonstrate the importance of young, disenfranchised voices in creative urban spaces and encourage artists to continue to express their identity and experiences through visu

August 19, 2021

10 Power of Youth Grant Winners Making a Difference this Summer
Amidst a year and a half of uncertainty caused by a global pandemic, students experienced a school year unlike any other. Remote learning, cancelled extracurricular activities, and virtual graduation ceremonies gave high school students a wholly unique, and unexpected, academic experience. What remained unchanged, though, was the drive of these young people to help their communities. 
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April 13, 2021

Should Schools Teach about Racism? Three Students Weigh In.
The nation is in the midst of an ongoing conversation about how the country’s history of racism is—or is not—taught in schools. Many states and communities are considering formal legislation or other policies to limit these discussions, while others are working to more proactively educate students about the country’s roots of oppression. America’s Promise sat down with three high school students who attend three different schools in an area that has been directly affected by a recent incident of police violence to learn their perspectives on this question.
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Tara Spann

MENTOR - Chief People and Strategy Officer
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April 06, 2022

Translating Freedom Dreaming Into Actionable Commitments Your Organization Can Implement Now
Imagine a world where people were not judged or treated differently simply because of who they BE.  Visualize a world free of injustices, free of hate, free of ignorance.  Dream a world of joy, a worl
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Monika Kincheloe & Rachel Murphy

America's Promise Staff
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March 24, 2022

Starting Our Journey to be an Anti-Racist Organization 
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
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December 16, 2021

A Year of Youth-Led Racial Equity Service Projects
Throughout 2021, youth leaders have been working to create more just and inclusive communities with the support of grants from America’s Promise Alliance’s Power of Youth Challenge.
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Milton Herald
November 19, 2020
SkillsUSA honors Cambridge students with national award
Mott
September 03, 2020
Leadership in Action: The Power of Youth
The 74 Million
August 30, 2020
Virtual Youth Town Hall on the Return to School HIGHLIGHTS
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May 19, 2022

America’s Promise Alliance Announces 201 Grants for Youth-Led Service Projects
WASHINGTON - America’s Promise launches 201 Serve This Summer grants as part of the Power of Youth Challenge–a leadership development opportunity for young adults seeking to serve their communities.
Yes colored youth

February 08, 2022

Employers in Six Communities Announce Youth-Designed Actions to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
WASHINGTON – This month, employers in six communities announced a series of new commitments to address and promote inclusion and belonging in the workplace for young employees of color.
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January 13, 2022

America’s Promise Alliance Awards 174 Grants for Youth-Led Summer Service Projects
WASHINGTON — America’s Promise Alliance today announced 174 grants awarded as part of The Power of Youth Challenge: Serve this Summer—a leadership and service opportunity offered to young adults this
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