06.19.2013 news
We are pleased to announce that Opportunity Leader John Sharify, General Manager of Seattle Community Colleges Television, has won a Regional Emmy for his 2012 report, "The New Poor" for KING 5 News Seattle.
Read More »06.12.2013 news
In our democracy, we teach our children to speak up for themselves. We sign petitions, attend school board meetings, slap bumper stickers on our cars. We vote. Every day, millions of Americans exercise their cherished constitutional rights in ways large and small — our freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
As Congress struggles with gridlock, partisan division and pressures exerted by paid lobbyists, it is more vital than ever that our commonsense voices are heard on critical issues facing our nation and its future. This is particularly true if we are to expand economic mobility to more Americans — a goal with bipartisan support and growing urgency in the global economy.
At Opportunity Nation, we believe it will take all of us, working together, to achieve this goal. One of the most powerful tools we have as Americans is citizen advocacy. We can all support programs and policies that are designed to accelerate economic, educational and civic well-being and bring them to the attention of our elected officials.
Read more at the Miami Herald!
Read More »06.11.2013 news
President Rob Denson, Des Moines Area Community College, previews Opportunity Nation's first Hill Day
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Lockwood Phillips, host of ViewPoints on The Talk Station, discusses Opportunity Nation's Hill Day and the Opportunity Nation campaign.
Read More »06.01.2013 news
EL PASO – City and county leaders met with higher education experts at The University of Texas at El Paso recently to figure out how to stem the brain drain they say is robbing the border region of its future leaders.
During the meeting, called The Shared Plan For Regional Opportunity, experts said that 70 percent of UTEP’s graduates leave El Paso.
Read More »05.15.2013 news
Patrick Dowd is the founder of the Millennial Trains Project, a series of journeys by train around the U.S. kicking off this August.
Read More »05.07.2013 news
This week, Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will reintroduce the American Dream Accounts Act, which would create college savings accounts for low-income students and monitor higher education readiness through a personal online account. The proposal applies existing Department of Education dollars to encourage the development of online platforms that partner students with colleges, schools, nonprofits and businesses, and provide them with a savings account and college readiness tools.
Read More »05.06.2013 news
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Careers Through Responsive, Efficient and Effective Retraining (CAREER) Act. The CAREER Act will improve the delivery of federal job training programs that help young people start on the path towards a career.
Read More »04.26.2013 news
Folks working to improve social mobility in West Virginia will be meeting Monday to look at a new tool to reach that goal.
Russell Krumnow, coalition manager with the bipartisan campaign Opportunity Nation, will be in Charleston at the annual conference of the West Virginia Community Action Partnership talking about the group's opportunity index.
Read More »04.22.2013 news
That promise of a stable livelihood that generations of high-school graduates banked on has faded. The path to a decent living, many older workers are discovering, now must pass through college, even if that seems like an uncomfortable place.
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