Today's Featured BMWP Case Study: Centering Student Wellbeing explores how MSU Denver is working to implement the college’s first-ever Student Wellbeing Strategic Plan. Leaders are working to align all student services w/ a wellness framework. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/msudenver

Today's Featured BMWP Case Study: The Resurgence explores how MorrisBrownCollege is building back with belonging, meaning, wellbeing and purpose (BMWP) practices at its core, and boosting success rates of historically underserved students. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/morrisbrown/

💡Read Latest Blog "From Reflection to Action: An Era of Truth-Telling and Solidarity" - The Forum for Community Solutions Team Visit to Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Sites. How spending time in Montgomery, AL & its legacy sites confront us to reckon with our history with greater honesty aspencommunitysolutions.org/legacysites/

💡Latest Launch: Fresh Tracks 2024 Annual Report 2024 was a big year for Fresh Tracks: we scaled up our programs, built new collaborations, grew our work in the policy & philanthropic sectors, & continued to invest in our youth & communities. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/report/fresh-t…

Today's Featured BMWP Case Study: Widening the Circle of Belonging explores how College of the Redwoods is taking its educational offerings into a place that most colleges choose not to operate: Pelican Bay State Prison — a “supermax” institution. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/collegeofthere…

Today's Featured BMWP Case Study: New Pathways for Indigenous and Rural Students explores how Northern New Mexico College is cultivating student belonging and offering a wide array services to help members of the local community access living wage jobs. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/northernnewmex…

Today's Featured BMWP Case Study: Across the Divide: Supporting Indigenous Student Success explores how Chief Dull Knife College in Montana, is undergoing a transformation process to better meet the changing needs of its students & community. Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/chiefdullknife…

🌎Happy #EarthDay! ➡️ Check out Fresh Tracks special feature, 'This is Place: Art, Land, and Community' by Lauren Rosenfelt who transformed a wildflower garden into a living, breathing space for environmental care and Indigenous storytelling. Read More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/thisisplace/

🗓️#OYFConvening Spring 2025 I Los Angeles, CA This week, we are thrilled to convene our national network at the #OpportunityYouth Forum (OYF) Spring Convening. We are honored to reconvene our network in LA for the first time in 10 years! Stay tuned for more Featured Highlights!

🗓️#OYFConvening Spring 2025 I Los Angeles, CA In the 'Speaker Spotlight' below, we invite you to learn about our featured speakers who will bring us together to share a collective vision on improving outcomes for youth & young adults across the nation. aspencommunitysolutions.org/event/oyfsprin…

🗓️ Highlights from #OYFConvening Spring 2025 We're excited to kick off our Spring convening by immersing in the power of place with site-visits in LA. Attendees locally immerse and experience firsthand the work and impact of best-in-class community based organizations (CBOs).

🗓️Highlights from #OYFConvening Spring 2025 This year's convening brings together over 600+ attendees from across the OYF network. We are honored to convene our national, state, and local community partners, leaders, organizers, and artists in LA. Stay tuned for more updates!

🗓️ Highlights from the #OYFConvening Spring 2025 Opening Plenary 'Rooted in Justice for Young People, Communities, and Democracy', featured perspectives on protecting democracy, voting rights, & civil liberties, noting the importance of expanding opportunity for young adults.

🗓️ Highlights from the #OYFConvening Spring 2025 Closing Plenary - Storymakers: Co-creating a Garment of Destiny for our Collective Future, centered the wisdom and expertise of young leaders who are on the frontlines of organizing for equity, justice, and democracy.

🗓️ Highlights from the #OYFConvening Spring 2025 Plenary: From Collaboration to Liberation: Centering Youth in System Change welcomed attendees to LA through the powerful and impactful lens of the Los Angeles Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC) on cross-sector collaboration.

➡️ This year's OYF Spring Convening brought together over 600 diverse national, state, & local partners, organizers, leaders, artists, & visionaries. Explore the wisdom of these leaders as they engaged in rich conversations during our featured plenaries : youtube.com/playlist?list=…

📹 #OYFConvening Plenary, 'Rooted in Justice for Young People, Communities, & Democracy' uplifted insights into the power of community organizing, civic engagement, & the role of everyday citizens in protecting democracy + expanding equity & justice. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=yl-iUP…

At Forum for Community Solutions, listening well & building trust with those we serve are foundational to our work. In this featured blog w/ Center for Effective Philanthropy we reflect on 10 years of engaging deeply with the communities we serve through #OpportunityYouth Forum. Read the Latest Blog: cep.org/blog/getting-p…

Nonprofits and philanthropy are operating in a new and complex environment shaped by a polarized and unpredictable political climate. How can funders respond in this moment of complexity? ➡️ Read our latest blog in partnership w/ Center for Effective Philanthropy to learn more: cep.org/blog/getting-p…

💡Latest Forum for Community Solutions infographic, 'Youth Connection Across The Opportunity Youth Forum in 2023' reports continued reductions in the numbers of #OpportunityYouth, after the high levels of disconnection reached during the COVID-19 pandemic years Learn More: aspencommunitysolutions.org/report/youth-c…