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"We Have a Story to Tell": Empowering Communities to Tell Their Stories of Impact

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EdRedesign’s Institute for Success Planning is excited to announce Session II in our 2024-2025 Success Planning Virtual Learning Series. The session will feature Chris Shelton, EdRedesign Cross-Sector Leadership Advisor & Harvard Graduate School of Education Doctoral Candidate (Ed.L.D.), and the Institute for Success Planning’s Community of Practice teams from Chelsea, MA, Dayton, OH, and Orlando, FL. The virtual session “I Have a Story to Tell”: Empowering Communities to Tell Their Stories of Impact will illustrate the power of storytelling by highlighting an initiative designed to equip and
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The Power of Mentorship in College & Beyond: Featuring EdRedesign's By All Means Senior Fellows

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Attention Harvard Students! Join us on Tuesday, April 1st from 7:00-8:30 PM EST for an inspiring evening on "The Power of Mentorship in College & Beyond" Network with national leaders and engage in dynamic small group discussions facilitated by EdRedesign’s By All Means Senior Fellows: Dr. Russell Booker, CEO, Spartanburg Academic Movement Richard Raya, CEO, Marin Promise Partnership Sonali Nijhawan, Immediate Past Director, AmeriCorps Alan Cohen, Founder & CEO, Child Poverty Action Lab Libby Schaaf, Interim Executive Director of Emerge California 🍽 Dinner will be provided! 🔑 Exclusive to
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"We Get to Make the Future What We Want It to Be": The Poughkeepsie, NY Children's Cabinet

Published by EdRedesign at Harvard Graduate School of Education, this Spotlight features the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet, a nonprofit backbone organization that works with an array of partners to expand the landscape of supports and opportunities for children, youth, and families in Poughkeepsie, NY. In only a few years, the Cabinet has built a remarkable range of strategic programs and partnerships to drive transformative change in Poughkeepsie by layering investments and support from national organizations and networks, the federal government, the county and city, and local philanthropy
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“We Have a Story to Tell”: Empowering Communities to Tell Their Stories of Impact

"We Have a Story to Tell": Empowering Communities to Tell Their Stories of Impact, our second session in the 2024-2025 Institute for Success Planning Virtual Learning Series, features Chris Shelton, EdRedesign's Cross-Sector Leadership Advisor and Harvard Graduate School of Education Doctoral Candidate (Ed.L.D.), and the Institute for Success Planning’s Community of Practice teams from Chelsea, MA, Dayton, OH, and Orlando, FL. This session illustrates the power of storytelling by highlighting an initiative designed to equip and empower local communities to cultivate a robust culture of
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Supporting Success Through Authentic and Effective Family, School, and Community Partnerships

This first session in the 2024-2025 Institute for Success Planning Virtual Learning Series focuses on grounding family engagement strategies in an evidence-based framework to help guide school and community leaders in identifying effective approaches for supporting success for all. The session features HGSE Professor of Practice Karen Mapp who presents the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships, which has positively impacted policy and practice in the field. The framework can be applied in a wide array of settings, including schools, community-based organizations, and
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Navigating Absenteeism for Student Success

EdRedesign's Institute for Success Planning 2024 Virtual Learning Series Session II features Dr. Shadae Harris, Chief Engagement Officer of Richmond Public Schools, and Tauheedah Jackson, Director of the Institute for Success Planning at EdRedesign, who will delve into the pressing issue of chronic absenteeism, which has become a significant challenge for schools nationwide, particularly in the aftermath of the pandemic. During the session, we explore promising practices that are yielding positive results across the country, including EdRedesign’s Success Planning strategy, a relationship
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Dreama Gentry

A proud Appalachian with no desire to live anywhere else. First in the extended family to attend and graduate from college. A hope dealer who unabashedly brings the voice of rural children and families into every room. Dreama Gentry is founder and CEO of Partners for Rural Impact (PRI), a national intermediary that mobilizes rural leaders, strengthens capacity of rural organizations, and activates policy makers and philanthropic partners to ensure the 14 million children and youth living in rural America are on a path to upward mobility. Partners for Rural Impact has eight offices across the
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Elson B. Nash

Elson B. Nash has worked in the education and non-profit fields for over 30 years. He started his career with the Carter Center’s first domestic initiative called the Atlanta Project (TAP). After TAP Elson worked in various capacities in higher education at the local, state and national levels. Elson’s career as a funder began at Ashoka-Innovators for the Public where he searched and selected social entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Canada. From Ashoka Elson went to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) where he started as a program coordinator for Learn and Serve America. His
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