.Veronica Palmer: "The system should provide therapists, counselors, and social workers. Parents at home with students #remotelearning are filling all of these roles." RISE Colorado #RaceAndEducation

.Veronica Palmer: "We're forcing families as a society to make impossible choices. Children are left alone so that their parents can work extra hours to make sure there is a roof over their head and food on their table." RISE Colorado #RaceAndEducation

Thank you to Shawn Brown Sr., Veronica Palmer, @asamuel2020, and Elaine Townsend Utin for another fantastic #RaceAndEducation webinar! If you missed any of the conversation, or want to hear it again, here is the link to the Facebook Live recording! facebook.com/watch/?v=10106…

RISE just released our first-ever report titled, “Our Stories. Our Time.” It includes findings from over 6,000 1-on-1 conversations with RISE Family Leaders as they navigated the first six months of the pandemic. So proud of Family and Student Leaders! tinyurl.com/ybr4h8y4

Oct. is Family & School Partnership Month! To celebrate, RISE Colorado invites APS students + families to share their hopes about learning throughout the 2020-21 school year. Visit bit.ly/riseco to elevate your voice in district decisions! The survey is open now-Nov. 1.

APS Families and Students, please share your voice through the Aurora For Aurora 2 survey. It's important your voice and perspective is heard, elevated, and centered!

Thank you The Holding Co. for recognizing the incredible work of RISE Family and Student Leaders. They are leading the Family-Led Movement for Educational Equity! #RISEColorado

I am honored and humbled to have been selected as one of the Care 100 - a list of the most influential people in care of 2020! I’m so proud of the tremendous work of RISE Family & Student Leaders, whose dedication to educational equity drives RISE’s core. care100list.com

While we’re waiting for election results, check out this uplifting RISE feature on the Donnell-Kay Foundation’s blog by Alan Gottlieb! dkfoundation.org/working-on/dk-…

The Galena Street Fire displaced over 60 people. APS Foundation is collecting donations for the former residents - every cent donated will go directly to the families impacted by the fire. Please donate today and put GALENA in the comment section! GIVE.EDUCATEAURORA.ORG/RELIEF

Giving Tuesday is next week, and RISE is doing #Unselfies! Head to our FB page to download the template, fill in why you’re giving this year, post it on social media, and tag RISE Colorado! This year, 100% of your donations will go towards supporting the Galena St Fire victims.

It’s the giving season and RISE Colorado is giving back too - we are donating 100% of our CO Gives Day contributions to the victims of the Galena Street Fire. Donate today to provide these families with essential needs like deposits, rent, and furniture. tinyurl.com/yymljm5u

.Aspen Global Leadership Network Webinar on Reimagining Racial Equity. Veronica Palmer RISE Colorado (my friend and Pahara-Aspen cohortmate) dropping mad knowledge like always. Asking us: 1) Who are we? 2) Who do we want to be? 3) Who is our community calling us to be? @EdLoCnational

Yesterday, RISE Co-Founder & CEO Veronica Crespin-Palmer joined a Pahara-Aspen conversation alongside high-impact leaders to lift up best practices regarding racial equity in their work!

I was honored to join in this Pahara Institute and Aspen Global Leadership Network conversation along with Shawn Barney and Margaret Lapiz to lift up practices centering racial equity in our work. Thank you to Pahara and Aspen Institute for hosting this important conversation!

My 2-min holiday message. Basically, let's keep at it - building the culturally responsive schools we want for our own kids. As RISE Colorado Veronica Palmer asks: 1) Who are we? 2) Who do we want to be? 3) Who is our community calling us to be today. Latinos for Education @EdLoCnational

Thrilled to see Frances Messano become president of @NSVF and lead their investments teams during this unprecedented and critical time for #K12 #education. Congrats Frances!

🍎 We celebrate, Veronica Crespin-Palmer, Co-Founder & CEO, RISE Colorado Learn more about their work: rise-colorado.org #WeAreEdLoC #ThirdWayValues

With a heavy heart, we share that a student in the RISE community passed away unexpectedly. The family needs help with the funeral and other expenses. Please support them through this tragedy and donate at ​​gofund.me/1df83879.

We’re 100 days out from the 2022 midterm elections—and that means it's time to check and update your voter registration! Text VOTE to 56005 to check yours today. Want to do more? Volunteer to register voters with When We All Vote at weall.vote/volunteer.