StriveTogether

Join our team! We're #hiring for a director of training and facilitation. This role will be responsible for designing and facilitating highly effective in-person and online offerings, leveraging adult learning and subject matter expertise in order to ensure a positive learning experience for participants and that learning objectives are met. Learn more and apply here! https://hubs.li/Q03gX86G0 #CincinnatiJobs #RemoteJobs

What if social innovation wasn’t just about a single organization scaling impact — but about entire ecosystems transforming together? That’s the power of collective social innovation; a model where cross-sector networks solve challenges no organization can tackle alone. 🔹 In Kenya, the Financing Alliance for Health has mobilized $660 million for community health workers. 🔹 In India, Shikshagraha is working toward improving 1 million public schools, impacting 150 million students. 🔹 In Germany, ProjectTogether engaged 28,361 people in 48 hours to co-create pandemic solutions. StriveTogether and the Cradle to Career Network are honored to be among the organizations who are embracing collective impact and are featured in the World Economic Forum's new report, The Future is Collective. Explore these stories, including spotlights on Cradle to Career network members Mission Promise Neighborhood and E3 Alliance, in the full report: https://hubs.li/Q03gV7TS0 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship #SocialInnovation #CollectiveImpact #SystemsChange

No single organization can solve the world’s most pressing challenges alone. Social innovators worldwide are shifting from individual interventions to orchestrating networks for systemic change. We’re honored to be featured in the World Economic Forum’s new report: “The Future is Collective,” This report highlights 10 groundbreaking initiatives demonstrating how networks of organizations are working together to drive large-scale change, from protecting the Amazon rainforest to reducing homelessness and improving education outcomes. The future isn’t solo — it’s collective. Download the report now: https://lnkd.in/dqjZmJV6 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship #FutureIsCollective #SocialInnovation #CollectiveImpact

We're excited to welcome Jeannine Hernandez to the StriveTogether team as social media marketing specialist! In this role, she is responsible for leveraging social media strategy and execution to grow brand awareness, build community and achieve organizational goals. Welcome, Jeannine! When asked to share about a place that has shaped her, Jeannine talked about New York City. Learn more about her work and role here: https://hubs.li/Q03fhs8m0

Last week, we welcomed new executive directors to Cincinnati for a powerful 2-day convening focused on reflection, goal-setting and resourcing. From exploring the Person-Role-System framework to setting SMARTIE goals and tapping into the Cradle to Career Network, our leaders walked away with clarity, connection and direction for 2025! This is how we move 4 million more youth toward economic mobility — together. Melissa Hannequin, Danbury Collective; Sandra Ernst, Oakland Promise; Tony Amezcua, ; Elizabeth Erickson, Higher Expectations; Richard Anthony Tagle , E3 Alliance; Bob Savage, Toledo Tomorrow; Gabriela Peden, Better Together Central Oregon #CradleToCareer #EconomicMobility

🌟 Something incredible launched earlier this month! This March, we welcomed 10 committed leaders into our Training Hub Pipeline Program — a space to grow as trainers and facilitators. Together, they explored: ✔️ What it means to hold space and results ✔️ The art and heart of Results Based Facilitation ✔️ Personal journey work, including identity and systems reflection ✔️ Live facilitation practice with coaching and feedback These participants are investing in their craft and each other. They’re showing up in community, in growth and in service of deep, lasting impact. Thank you to the Training Hub team – Rosa Ines Mendez Shannon Scott Heidi Black Sajah Woods Dana Jackson Jennifer Baratz Gross Lauren Thiesse Alexis Canalos-Castillo – for all your hard work in putting this together! #TrainingHub #ResultsBased #Facilitation

Education transformation is possible — and The Cleveland Academy of Leadership is proof! How did they boost reading scores by 40 points and triple math proficiency? Find out in our latest episode of #TogetherForChange! Join Paris Woods, Ed.D., chief program officer at StriveTogether and Dr. Marquice Clark, principal of The Cleveland Academy of Leadership as they talk about the work that earned Cleveland Academy the Cheryl Broadnax Award for Innovation and Results. Listen now and learn how to bring their insights to your own work! https://hubs.ly/Q03cjXg80

Please join us in welcoming Thomasina (Tomi) Hiers to the StriveTogether Board of Directors! 🎉 As vice president of the Center for Civic Sites and Community Change at Annie E. Casey Foundation, Tomi drives place-based transformation in Atlanta & Baltimore. She is passionate about systems change and collective action — and she’s also a pop culture enthusiast who once competed on VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture! We are thrilled to have her on our board! Welcome, Tomi!

🎉 Exciting news for Baltimore! Cradle to Career Network member Baltimore's Promise is proving that collaboration, data and youth leadership lead to lasting change! Their commitment to building stronger education, workforce and policy systems just earned them a Systems Transformation designation along our Theory of Action™. ✨When communities come together, transformation happens! See how they’re setting the standard for systems change in our latest blog: https://hubs.ly/Q03bcHrc0 #CradleToCareer #SystemsTransformation #YouthLeadership

$4.1 billion — that’s how much the Cradle to Career Network reported in policy wins for 2024. By 2030, our target is to secure $70 billion of public funding to make better cradle-to-career outcomes and stronger civic infrastructure possible. In Colorado, school districts and their communities have secured transformative investments in education. Cradle to Career Network member Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career’s civic engagement work helped mobilize more than $2 billion in public school funding. Here’s a few examples of what these Colorado school districts are implementing after securing this funding: ✅ Increased teacher salaries ✅ Growth in Career & Technical Education programs ✅ Build new schools and remodel existing schools Check out our 2024 annual report to read the full story and see how policy change is shaping the future: https://hubs.li/Q039-tKm0 #PolicyChange #CradleToCareer #Education