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America’s Promise Welcomes 10 New Partners

September 18, 2017

From an online community dedicated to supporting foster youth to an organization focused on ending bullying, nine new organizations have joined America’s Promise Alliance as partners this month. Find more information on their goals, missions, and efforts below.

Type: News

promises: A Healthy Start, Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: National Alliance, GradNation Campaign

America’s Promise Alliance Announces New GradNation Acceleration Grant

September 13, 2017

As part of the next phase of the GradNation campaign to raise the national high school graduation rate to 90 percent, America’s Promise Alliance, with generous support from AT&T, announced today the launch of the GradNation Acceleration Grant.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Funding Opportunities

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

When the Storms Pass, Caring Adults Must Remain

September 09, 2017

This time of year, 12 years ago, Hurricanes Rita and Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. Houston became the refuge of choice for 60,000 people, over half of whom were school-aged youth. The city opened its arms, homes, schools, and churches, while more kept coming and many never left. Three hundred thousand people eventually chose to call this hospitable city their home. These same souls are now going through it all again.

Type: Opinion

promises: Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others, Caring Adults

When the Storms Pass, Caring Adults Must Remain

September 09, 2017

This time of year, 12 years ago, Hurricanes Rita and Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. Houston became the refuge of choice for 60,000 people, over half of whom were school-aged youth. The city opened its arms, homes, schools, and churches, while more kept coming and many never left. Three hundred thousand people eventually chose to call this hospitable city their home. These same souls are now going through it all again.

Type: Press Release

promises: Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others, Caring Adults, Effective Education, A Healthy Start

Press Release Type: Press Release

Say Yes to Education and America’s Promise Alliance Announce Leadership for Weiss Institute

September 08, 2017

The Weiss Institute, a new nationwide partnership that helps local communities expand their capacity to support students as they prepare for college and other postsecondary education, announced today that it has selected Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey to be its first president.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, College Gap

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

channels: College & Career, Thriving

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Recommit2Kids, Weiss Institute, Center for Promise

Press Release Type: Press Release

How the Country Has Changed for Young People

August 09, 2017

In the last 20 years, infant mortality, teen pregnancy, and youth incarceration rates have gone down, while high school graduation rates are up. More young people are pursuing postsecondary education, and teens are also smoking and drinking less.

Type: News

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: Recommit2Kids

In Dallas, Complex Issues Require Dedicated Partnerships

July 31, 2017

The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas looks at problems in the same way it approaches solving them: Everything is connected. The organization’s mission is to tackle issues of education, health, and income in the Dallas area, and it works with businesses, governments, nonprofits, schools, families, and individuals to do it.

Type: News

TAG: College and Career Readiness

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: Youth Opportunity Fund

The Relationship Piece is Key: Community Leader Spotlight with Isela Melendez-Carpio

July 17, 2017

How does Isela Melendez-Carpio know she’s been successful? When a student believes they are fully capable of achieving their dreams. This isn’t always easy. Many of the students Melendez-Carpio works with as a career program manager for Posse DC suffer from “imposter syndrome;” their socio-economic background can make them feel like they don’t deserve the prestigious internships, fellowships, jobs, or graduate schools that she connects them with.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Youth Voice: We Must Never Give Up

July 11, 2017

Whether it’s learning English or challenging the negative stereotypes of being an immigrant, one young man demonstrates the importance of persistence, courage, and hope in hard times in this moving personal narrative.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Special Populations, English Learners

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

The Limits that Language and Assumptions Place on Young People with Disabilities

July 11, 2017

When Tiffany Yu was only 9 years old, she was in a car accident that changed her life in two inalterable ways. First, Yu suffered severe nerve damage that limits the use of her right arm to this day, a condition called brachial plexus palsy.

Type: News

TAG: English Learners, Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation State Activation, GradNation Campaign

Action Platform: Greater Stark County Urban League