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Less than 2 days left to make a contribution to Mycelium Youth Network's Kickstarter campaign to publish a first-of-its-kind compendium, complete with 10 Dungeons and Dragons-style adventures inspired by Bay Area environmental and social justice history! I've collaborated with Mycelium Youth Network as Lead Artist Coordinator for some of the Gaming For Justice adventures. Their team of storytellers and educators are absolutely brilliant and Gaming For Justice is an incredible example of how cultural production and the integration of arts, storytelling, gaming, ancestral wisdoms, and social justice is a powerful tool for inspiring, educating, and preparing our youth for the future. Climate doomism will not get us anywhere. We need intergenerational creativity, imagination, problem solving, collaboration, and inspiration to get us through climate emergencies and unknown futures. SUPPORT THIS WORK! Learn more: tinyurl.com/fund-mycu "Since 2020, Mycelium Youth Network’s (MYN) Gaming for Justice has offered a window into the intersections between play and environmental and climate justice. In this program, youth and adults take on roles within a fictionalized universe to enact change in the face of the deforestation of Oak trees from Oakland, gentrification, ground-water pollution around Lake Merritt, and more. The compendium will create a radically hopeful narrative of resilience, activism, and collaboration, where each adventure offers a unique culturally grounded perspective on moments in our history and present that have had an environmental impact and are designed to empower youth and adults to freedom-game a world grounded in social justice."  #Oakland #BayArea #SanFranciscoBayArea #ClimateResilience #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ArtistOnLinkedIn

*** OPPORTUNITY ALERT *** Who’s got an innovative program or idea for addressing economic inequality through intergenerational collaboration? The CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity from CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org) might be just what you’re looking for. 🚀🌍 Here's what the Challenge entails : ✨ Build relationships across generations. The CoGen Challenge brings together the wisdom and experience of older generations with the fresh perspectives and energy of the youth. It's a powerhouse of diverse talents working together for a common goal. How cool?!? 💰 Win grant funding for an innovative project:  Imagine having $20,000 to advance your innovative idea! The CoGen Challenge offers this investment to eight groundbreaking initiatives, providing them with the resources they need to make a real difference. 👥 Participate in a six-month accelerator program: The selected leaders not only receive financial support but also join a six-month accelerator program. It's a journey filled with expert guidance, peer coaching, and a supportive community that nurtures their vision. 🌐 Be part of rewriting the narrative: This program is not just about solving economic challenges; it's about rewriting the story of generational division. By uniting generations, we can bridge gaps, build stronger communities, and create powerful solutions together. Don't miss your chance to be a part of this incredible opportunity! Applications are open until October 16th @ 8 pm EST. 📆🚀 Apply here: https://bit.ly/46gcMQw If you’re already working on economic inequality, consider adding an intergenerational component to your program OR if you’re already working across generations in your programming, think about how to leverage those relationships to address economic inequality. Some EXAMPLES to get you thinking: 💡 Bring older and younger people together for cross-mentoring that can advance their careers. 💡 Bring generations together for job training, financial literacy or financial counseling. 💡 Bring generations together in ways that can help close the racial wealth gap. 💡 Bring generations together to help support minority- and female-owned small businesses. 💡 Make homesharing matches that bring older homeowners with extra room together with younger people seeking affordable housing, offering both more stable financial futures. 💡 Bring generations together to offer a solution to caregiving issues (daycare, elder care, care for people with disabilities) that free people up to pursue schooling, jobs or other economic advancement. Sharing is CARING. Let’s spread the word far and wide. SAVE this post. Tagging a few folks to share their stories and encourage you to apply! Sarah McKinney Gibson, Duncan Magidson, Eunice Lin Nichols, Marc Freedman, Marc Freedman, Cristina Rodriguez, Marci Alboher Have questions? Ask them below. #nickatnoon #CoGenChallenge #EconomicOpportunity #GenerationsUnite

STEM Next Opportunity Fund firmly believes in the capacity of families to ignite a child's interest in STEM. To aid families in this endeavor, STEM Next provides support for research, resources, and training designed to enhance family engagement in a meaningful way. The Family Engagement Project provides practical suggestions for putting research into practice and real-life illustrations of how to surmount obstacles and encourage all young people and families to participate in STEM. https://bit.ly/464dakx

🎨 Unlocking Potential: Why Creativity Matters for Children ⭐ Creativity isn't just about painting or playing an instrument-- it's about fostering innovation, problem-solving, and self-expression. In a world that's constantly evolving, nurturing creativity in children is essential. It teaches them to think outside the box, embrace new ideas, and find unique solutions to challenges. At Y.O.U., creativity isn't just one of our core values; it's the cornerstone of everything we do. To shape and empower our youth, we must first cultivate their creativity. It's not just about teaching them facts and figures; it's about inspiring them to think critically, imagine boldly, and express themselves authentically. We recognize that none of our work would be possible without the support of our generous donors. Today, we invite our donors to double their impact. Again, your contributions enable us to provide even more opportunities for our youth to explore, create, and innovate. https://ow.ly/4Ab350QEGe7

🌟 Unlocking Potential, One Teen at a Time 🌟 At Madis Movement, we believe in the limitless potential of foster teens. 💪 Join us on this journey to: 🚀 Ignite Superpowers: Foster teens discover their unique talents and embark on personal and professional growth. 📚 Empower Education: Tailored journeys for success, whether in college, technical school, or beyond. 💼 Build Career Bridges: Open doors to diverse industries, giving teens a glimpse into their bright futures. 💰 Financial Foundations: Equipping teens with essential financial skills for independence. Every like, share, and donation empowers more foster teens. 💙 Together, we shine brighter! 💫 Join our journey: https://madismovement.org/ #EmpowerYouth #MadisMovement #ChangeTheNarrative #FosterTeenSuccess #TeenEmpowerment

In this episode of Equity In Focus, Elvonte' Patton, M.S. discusses the power of education for us...by us. Thank you, Rolling Out. #equityinfocus #deidaily https://lnkd.in/gG2m-cXv

With ezPartner, local organizations go through an onboarding process that lets them apply and identify their interests in working with your district. You can use that to qualify and validate whether they are a good fit, or you can automatically let them take the next step of registering and setting up both a personal ezPartner account and a partner profile. As schools create requests in ezPartner, registered partners can choose to receive notifications about those school needs or they can visit your district website to search and find requests by campus. Alternatively, you can send out newsletters highlighting seasonal trends in your school needs. You can also set up ezPartner so your district departments can help facilitate programming needs like STEM, mentoring or work-based learning. Once a partner connects with a school, the school can ‘Match’ them to that request, so both the partner and school staff can use ezPartner to track outcomes that are related to their shared efforts. Depending on the scale, multiple partners can be matched to the same request. If you would be interested in finding out how ezPartner can help your district easily and reliably keep track of your community partners, click https://lnkd.in/gMyXdi3S to learn more. #communityengagement

$9 million in grants! That’s how much we’re investing in 16 community-based organizations across the U.S. And this is just the start of the T.D. Jakes Group’s 10-year partnership with Wells Fargo, in which we’re committing up to $1 billion to support underserved communities. This transformative initiative aims to create financial wellness and innovation centers, affordable homes, career readiness, and empower college students to realize their dreams. These organizations will use these grant funds to strengthen economic, entrepreneurial, and cultural infrastructure for communities in need. Change is hard, but together we can build the foundations for upward mobility. Click below to read the full article. #TDJakesFoundation https://lnkd.in/gA-bSY3e

What if regional priorities informed student civic learning? What if more university funds were available to foster social change work, steered by local community organizations? What if we created a pathway to collaboration that honors the input and stories of St. Louis residents, while also providing valuable student leadership experiences? The St. Louis Impact Fund is a new series of student grants ranging from $500 to $10,000, designed to promote partnerships and engagement for a thriving St. Louis. Comprised of four grant categories, the St. Louis Impact Fund provides unique opportunities for students to co-create long and short-term projects with community organizations, explore neighborhoods and cultural institutions, and extend internships with local non-profit and civic organizations. Whether applying to an Engage STL Grant to better understand the workings of St. Louis or a Transform Grant to partner with a community organization to meet a critical community need, the St. Louis Impact Fund seeks to attract Washington University in St. Louis students and community partners with big dreams for the region! Learn more and submit a proposal at https://lnkd.in/gppS4DMv

📣 ATTENTION FUNDERS 📣 Reboot Representation has been a proud partner of Last Mile Education Fund as they launched in 2019 to address the graduation gap among striving, under-resourced women pursing degrees in tech fields and it was an immediate success. To date they have funded more than 6000 students. In January 2023, they expanded the fund to also invest in men of color. The demand for their unique financial support was unprecedented and the funds were exhausted in just a few months.  Male students of color currently make up 50% of applications, however the bulk of their available funds are restricted to women and non-binary students. 📣 In order to scale their impact and serve the low-income men of color in tech in addition to women and non-binary student, they need immediate funding to provide grants and launch support for underrepresented male students. 👉🏾 Contact Ruthe Farmer to learn how you can act donate now! TLDR; DATA POINTS: 🔎 Less than 20% of students from the bottom-two income quartiles complete a degree within 6 years of starting. 🔎 Financial hurdles are the #1 reason students stop-out or drop-out of college (family obligations are #2- which are arguably much more disruptive if you are also struggling financially). 🔎 In 2020, 3 of 5 college students reported basic needs insecurity during school (food, housing, transportation, connectivity) 🔎 Students from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds make up an increasing share of the college talent pipeline (over 1/2 of K-12 students qualify for free or reduced lunch). 🔎 By the time a student has reached their Junior year of college in a STEM discipline, society has invested $477,500 in sunk costs to incubate that student. 🔎 Last Mile's average investment per student is just $956.  🔎 Every student who graduates earns on average $43,375 more per year than those with some college and no degree. https://lnkd.in/ehXYdSHq