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Raising A Village Foundation is looking for dedicated, motivated, compassionate professionals to join our team! We are currently accepting applications for the positions listed above. We invite you to journey along with us as we continue to Reach, Teach, and Inspire the next generation of leaders! Apply today at www.raisingavillage.org . #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage

The stats are in and we are proud to announce that 464 students received high impact tutoring support through our Driven 2 Succeed program this school year! Thank you to our Driven Student Corps tutors, Site Coordinators, and in-school support staff for a job well done. Next up, Summer Acceleration begins this month! Summer sun = Summer fun at Raising A Village! #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #SummerAcceleration

As we bring our celebration of Pride Month to a close, RAVF explores the heartfelt triumphs of transgender supermodel, writer, producer, advocate, and public speaker, Geena Rocero. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Geena is the founder of Gender Proud, a media production company that tells stories on what it means to be trans and gender non-conforming. She is the first transgender woman ambassador for Miss Universe Nepal. She is also a board member of the NY LGBT Center and the 2020 National Chair for Stonewall Day in June. In honor of the 2014 International Transgender Day of Visibility, Geena came out as transgender in an instantly viral TED Talk. Her speech has since been viewed close to five million times and has been translated into thirty-two languages. During her internet-breaking TED Talk, Rocero offered this point of understanding to convey the importance of equality for all people. “All of us are put in boxes… Some people have the courage to break free. We can cling to our individualism all we want, but in truth we are all deeply connected to each other because on some level, we [are] each other.” #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #PrideMonth #Equality

Today RAVF focuses on the life and legacy of politician and activist Harvey Milk. In 1977, Harvey won the election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and made history as the first openly gay elected official in California and the United States. His camera store and campaign headquarters quickly became centers of community activism for a wide range of human rights, environmental, labor, and neighborhood issues. During his tenure as supervisor, he helped pass a gay rights ordinance for the city of San Francisco that prohibited anti-gay discrimination in housing and employment. Despite his short career in politics, due to his untimely assassination, Milk became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the LGBT community. In 2009, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and in 2014, he was honored by the United States Postal Service with a Forever Stamp. In one of his riveting political speeches, Harvey shared this message of hope. "I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.” #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #PrideMonth #LoveIsLove

June is LBGTQ+ Pride Month! Raising A Village Foundation is honored to acknowledge and showcase the strides of some of this community’s most prominent leaders and activists. We kick off our celebration by highlighting the literary woks of Audre Lorde an African American poet, essayist, librarian, feminist, and equal rights activist. Born in New York City to immigrant parents from Grenada, Audre began writing poetry in high school. After a poem she wrote was rejected for a class assignment, she submitted it to Seventeen magazine, which subsequently became her first published work. She went on to earn her BA from Hunter College and MLS from Columbia University. She served as a librarian in the New York public schools throughout the 1960s. In 1972, she began teaching as poet-in-residence at Tugaloo College. Lorde identified through her writings early on the intersections of race, class, and gender in canonical essays such as “The Master’s Tools Will Not Dismantle the Master’s House.” A self-proclaimed “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #PrideMonth #LoveWins

It has been said that "a father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow." On this day that we honor the fathers and father figures of the world, Raising A Village would like to say thank you for your leadership and commitment to helping us Reach, Teach, and Inspire the next generation of leaders. Happy Father’s Day! #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #FathersDay

Driven Student Corps (DSC) members are the heartbeat of our Driven 2 Succeed program. This week we shine the spotlight on another one of our outstanding high impact tutors, Olufemi Ogundimu. As a student at George Washington University, Olufemi enjoys math and science. He was excited to bring his enthusiasm for the subjects to the classroom at Kelly Miller Middle School. When asked about his experience as a D2S tutor, Olufemi was overjoyed to reflect on how becoming a tutor has not only proved to be a beneficial experience for the students he served, but it has also had a profound impact on his outlook as it relates to life and learning. “Becoming a tutor has given me new perspectives and experiences. I enjoyed showing students that math can be fun by sharing different ways to approach equations and problems.” Thank you Olufemi, for the passion and integrity that you bring to our tutoring program. The confidence of our learners who were challenged in math increased greatly because of your presence! Want to join our team? Log on the https://lnkd.in/e8qKs6XU and apply today! #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage #Driven2Succeed #DSC #HighImpactTutoring #HIT

Raising A Village Foundation is #hiring a mission-driven Deputy Director who can journey alongside our Executive Director to execute operational strategies that can drive organizational growth! If that’s you, apply!

Raising A Village Foundation would like to acknowledge and congratulate our Founder/CEO Jaleesa Hall on the release of her first published work in The Jossey- Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management! Jaleesa, who was acknowledged by the editor as a “leading voice in the non-profit sector”, was invited to contribute to the fifth edition of the publication due to the strides she has made during her educational path at American University and her nationally acknowledged work within the non-profit sector as Founder of Raising A Village. “When I was in graduate school, I read this textbook with reckless abandonment,” reflects Jaleesa.” Now I am a contributing author in the very same textbook! To know that it will be used in Administration & Policy programs across the country is extremely humbling and moves me to tears.” Hardcover and digital versions of the publication can be purchased by using this https://ow.ly/FSq950S4Xaj link. Congratulations Jaleesa on another successful venture. You continue to make our Village proud! #RaisingAVillage #ItTakesAVillage