The recipients of the Schwab Foundation 2024 Social Innovation Awards pose for a selfie

Changing systems and rebuilding trust: Three insights from the World Economic Forum 

Do you believe the next generation will be better off?  That was the question posed to us by Professor Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), whose Annual Meeting takes place each year in Davos, Switzerland. Surrounded by the other changemakers before the event’s opening ceremonies, I contemplated the question. Professor Schwab asked…

Daisy Nguyen, Colin Groth, Richard Raya and Kim Johnson sit on stage at the 2023 Cradle to Career Network Convening

How a place-based community is wrapping its arms around every child and transforming how a city approaches economic mobility for all

Twenty-five years ago, Kim Johnson turned to the Women, Infants and Children program — WIC — for help as a new mom. Now as director of the California Department of Social Services, she is responsible for deploying billions of dollars to support children and families in poverty with dignity, in a way that puts them…

Jennifer Blatz, president and CEO of StriveTogether, speaks at the 2023 Cradle to Career Network Convening.

Jennifer Blatz shares StriveTogether’s bold vision for 2030 at the 2023 Cradle to Career Network Convening

The StriveTogether 2023 Cradle to Career Network Convening officially commenced as president and CEO Jennifer Blatz shared a bold new goal to put 4 million more young people on a path to economic mobility. The journey of this cradle-to-career movement has always had a North Star — to ensure every young person has every opportunity…

Jen Tolentino speaks at the 2023 StriveTogether Policy Summit

Partnering with government for an equitable recovery and stronger civic infrastructure

This guest blog was written by Jen Tolentino, director of local practice at Results for America.  Communities across the country — particularly communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic — have committed to an equitable recovery that will not only address the impacts of the pandemic, but decades of racially motivated…