05.16.2012 news
I spent most of my childhood desperately trying to escape the trailer park that I grew up in. Little did I know that 49 years later it would serve as the inspiration for my latest career move - an effort to help rebuild the American Dream for all Americans.
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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 »05.02.2012 press release
Opportunity Nation and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) today joined forces to hold a multi-day conference designed to identify strategies that can help repair the national economic ladder of opportunity; build local communities of opportunity; and inspire more than 8,000 area students to recognize the importance higher education plays in allowing them to reach their American Dreams.
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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 press release
Opportunity Nation partnered with Wayne County Community College District to host a provocative event shining a light on the persistent and often unmentioned educational inequality that exists in today’s society.
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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 »03.31.2012 press release
More than 250 Inspire Scholars were joined by DSU President Harry Williams, U.S. Senators Thomas Carper and Chris Coons, Opportunity Nation Executive Director Mark Edwards, and many others for the inaugural Inspired Day of Service, an event designed to elevate the economic and community opportunities that can be stimulated through acts of community service.
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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.
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