Our team had a blast at NAZ's #SOARNORTH Gala! 😎 

Urban Homeworks is proud to partner with NAZ to provide our residents with a Family Achievement Coach 💪🤩

The Ciresi Walburn Foundation is proud to support community partners such as NAZ and Way to Grow with grants to provide books for kids across the Twin Cities.

Literacy is the bedrock of all learning and the pathway to equity.

You made North Minneapolis proud as you supported Northside scholars and families at the SOARNORTH Gala.

Unable to attend or didn't get a chance to make a gift on the night of the event? Show your support by clicking this link: bit.ly/NAZGalaDonate

.Kwame Owusu-Kesse visited Harvard University to speak on the importance of neighborhood organizations working collectively to advance the field of place-based, cradle-to-career work. He joined experts from SAM, NAZ, and The EdRedesign Lab. #powerofplace Read more: hcz.social/thecrimson

NAZ President and CEO Sondra Samuels is being recognized as the 2024 Woman of Power at this year's YWCA Minneapolis Empower Possible event for her demonstrated commitment, enthusiasm and support for the YWCA mission!

Get tickets for the event here: bit.ly/4aY2xTk

'If we are the problem, we are also the solution. So I have a lot of hope.'

NAZ President and CEO Sondra Samuels spoke passionately about scholars negatively affected by the education system with a panel of education policy experts at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) last week.

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Amazing night NAZ SOARNORTH Gala! Proud to support this amazing organization, its families and scholars.

Had an amazing time last night raising money for NAZ and got to listen to some legends in the process! Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle still got it!

These are all the WONDERFUL sponsors who make the SOARNORTH Gala happen. Thank you isn't enough, but it will have to be enough ... until tonight! Then we'll celebrate all of them (and so much more). Can't wait to see you all SHINE!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in the last Askwith Education Forum of the semester! We were honored to be joined by several leaders in the education field to address cradle-to-career pathways and how to create better educational outcomes for all.

'There is one thing we can do to build generational wealth. That is not to ask what is the *one* thing. It's not just education, housing, healthcare...it's all of those things!' -Sondra Samuels NAZ Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) #askwith

Thank you Cecilia A. Gutierrez Blue Meridian Partners, Kwame Owusu-Kesse Harlem Children's Zone, Sondra Samuels NAZ, and Dr. Russell Booker SAM for a stellar discussion on creating pathways to social mobility for ALL kids! #cradletocareer #powerofplace

'I saw the academic data recently & almost cried. I realized that data? Is abt us. Adults. Not children. If we're not leaning in? We're the problem. But if the obstacle to the solution becomes the solution? Then we're the solution. So I have a lot of hope.'@sondrasamuels NAZ

'If I die tomorrow, I will say from my grave: the way we are doing it together? Across sectors? Same mission. Same focus. This is *the* way to do it. The silos *do* *not* work!' @sondrasamuels NAZ Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @edredesignlab #Askwith #cradletocareer forum 4-18-24

'We decided let's do it! Let's try! And by the way? We're doing it according to *our* city, *our* culture. We're not trying to do Harlem. We're trying to do it our way.' @sondrasamuels NAZ Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @edredesignlab #Askwith #cradletocareer forum 4-18-24

The Capitol is where change happens, and FOX 9 captured NAZ's own staff and scholars celebrating and supporting the importance of literacy in Minnesota. Learn more about the READ Act and MN Literacy Day.
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'I realized quickly that violence was not the problem but a symptom of the problem [in her community in North Minneapolis.]' @sondrasamuels NAZ describing what brought her to her work Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @edredesignlab #Askwith #cradletocareer forum 4-18-24

Join us TODAY for #Askwith Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) & hear from some of our community partners & funders on #cradletocareer pathways to economic mobility: bit.ly/3Ua0Z2N Harvard University Harlem Children's Zone SAM Blue Meridian Partners NAZ Russell W. Booker, Ph.D., CDE Cecilia A. Gutierrez Kwame Owusu-Kesse Sondra

Join us this Thursday for #Askwith Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) & hear from some of our community partners & funders on #cradletocareer pathways to economic mobility: bit.ly/3Ua0Z2N Harvard University Harlem Children's Zone SAM Blue Meridian Partners NAZ Russell W. Booker, Ph.D., CDE Cecilia A. Gutierrez Kwame Owusu-Kesse Sondra

WE'RE ALL IN FOR OUR KIDS.

It was yet another incredibly impactful Advocacy for Children Day hosted at the Capitol by unitedwaytc! Our children are our future, and the future is BRIGHT. ☀️ Thanks to everyone who came and supported our babies today!