05.14.2012 blog
After a few months of collaborating with active peers on the Emerson and Berklee College campuses, and with much support from the Opportunity Nation staff, Speak the Change: A Poetry Town Hall took place at Emerson’s Bill Bordy Theater in downtown Boston on Friday evening, May 4th.
Read more »04.23.2012 blog
Opportunity Nation Deputy Director Liz Clay joined Georgetown’s Berkley Center and the Public Religion Research Institute for an illuminating conversation about young Americans' views on faith, values, and the status of the American Dream.
Read more »04.13.2012 blog
Over 200 members of the Missourians to End Poverty coalition gathered in Jefferson City this morning to march on the State Capitol. The group, which is comprised of various nonprofits, businesses, government agencies and individuals, want community members to know that 888,570 people in Missouri are officially in poverty and the worst part is about a third of those are children, who have no say about their situation.
Read more »04.13.2012 blog
During my sophomore year (2007) at Northeastern University, I listened to Tony Robbins’ TED Talk about the invisible forces that drive actions and lead to fulfillment. Robbins explains his point by asserting, “We grow individually to attain fulfillment, but we can only be completely fulfilled when we contribute beyond ourselves. The secret of living is giving. Life is not about me, it’s about we.” I believe that this must become a personal commitment and I seek to activate his words in my life.
Read more »03.30.2012 blog
The beautiful New Orleans morning started with a question: “Is this what you thought a farm looked like?” That was Grow Dat Youth Farm's Director Johanna Gilligan asking the 50+ middle school students and Tulane student athletes here in the middle of City Park in New Orleans about to plant fruit trees.
Read more »03.22.2012 blog
Opportunity Nation Scholar Ted Gonder shares how Opportunity Nation has changed is way of thinking about addressing social ills and what sparked him to create his own nonprofit organizaiton, Moneythink, student movement expanding economic opportunity for urban youth through peer-mentorship and financial education.
Read more »03.18.2012 blog
America’s higher education institutions are natural partners; they are deeply rooted in communities, natural sites for intergenerational conversations and are critical rungs on the ladder for greater opportunity for Americans. On March 9th and 10th, Otterbein held the first of a national series of conversations about opportunity and the American Dream.
Read more »03.05.2012 blog
Super Tuesday will see two primaries in the Northeast – Massachusetts and Vermont. The Northeast hasn’t been hit has hard by economic turbulence as other parts of the country. Yet communities here still suffer, and OpportunityNation empowers community leaders to affect day-to-day change in their communities. It is these Opportunity Leaders who create the grassroots reality of economic opportunity and social mobility for their families, neighborhoods, and cities.
Read more »03.05.2012 blog
This Tuesday the primaries will make their presence felt in Idaho and Oklahoma. The two states, which are expected to support the Republican nominee in the election later this year, have both been hit hard by the economic downturn.
Read more »03.03.2012 blog
The Opportunity Nation campaigns works hard to support student leaders who carry the banner of enhanced economic opportunity and social mobility both at their schools and in their communities. Given the undeniable link between education and opportunity, and the responsibility of youth and students to invest in their collective future, these student leaders – or Opportunity Scholars as they are known within the campaign – are proving incredible assets to the Opportunity Nation mission. Today we are going to highlight the efforts and commitment of two of these students in the Super Tuesday states of Virginia and Ohio.
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