In just a few moments, Jennifer Blatz, will take the stage at #WEF24 to share about StriveTogether’s work! Jennifer is representing StriveTogether as a recipient of the #SchwabFoundation 2024 Social Innovator of the Year award. Tune in here at 10:15 a.m. ET: hubs.li/Q02gBzYD0

An opportunity to support students’ career and college readiness is available right at the St. Cloud Great River Regional Library! Learn more: stcloudlive.com/news/local/epi…

Out-of-School Time hosted a session so partners could learn about youth engagement & its importance. A participant said, "Including young people in evaluation is empowering them to identify what they like, what's important to them & including that into spaces designed for them."

Check out the latest from the Black Youth Network! conta.cc/3TL4kFM

We recognize Black History Month, I Love To Read Month & partners like D Blake Center. “It Starts with Me,” by Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, is about love & understanding, gifted to us from Minnesota Humanities Center for distribution to area youth-serving partners.

Kicking off Black History Month at Talahi Community School with Community Volunteer Readers in kindergarten classrooms.

Here is a local opportunity for girls in grades 5-8 interested in science, technology, engineering and math on Feb. 24 coordinated by St Cloud Area AAUW! UWCM supports access by waiving registration fees. Use UnitedWay2024 at checkout. Learn more: bit.ly/3SuusT9

Yesterday UW staff hosted an out-of-school time (OST) partnerships stakeholder meeting at St. Cloud Great River Regional Library & facilitated activities & discussion around data, program development & continuous improvement efforts.

United Way of Central Minnesota's Out-of-School Partnerships Manager Jerica Anderson had the honor of reading to students at Kennedy Elementary today as ISD742 commemorates Black History Month and builds literacy development. 🧡💙 #BlackHistoryMonth #LiteracyMatters

D Blake Center, 2MT and Promise Neighborhood attended GREAT Theatre's "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" last week at Paramount Center for the Arts thanks to support from United Way of Central Minnesota Partner for Student Success. 🎭

It's Valentine's Day, but did you know it's also 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆? Share a book and the 🩷 of reading with someone special.

United Way of Central Minnesota's Out-of-School Partnerships Program Coordinator Andrew Small had the honor of reading to students at Discovery Community School today as ISD742 commemorates Black History Month and builds literacy development. #BlackHistoryMonth #LiteracyMatters

Collaboration & strength in action! Yesterday's M3 Huddle Action Storming hosted by UWCM Partner for Student Success helped partners who offer out-of-school time programming find time to analyze, ideate & collaborate. (And next week, another group will delve into this work.) 💡🧩

Out-of-School Time staff Andrew & Jerica read to Westwood Elementary School students this morning. (Jerica had a "full circle moment" because Westwood was the school she attended too.) Thank you for sharing your love of reading & Black history during Feb. & all year long!

Today's M3 Huddle session hosted by UWCM Partner for Student Success helped a second group of out-of-school time sites analyze, ideate and get peer support so they can continue to offer outstanding programming to our community's young people! 💡🧩

Sharing out StriveTogether's annual report that highlights our cradle to career network's impact, from neighborhood to national! bit.ly/4aTtZ4P

With StriveTogether strengthening our policy muscle 💪 to put all kids paths to economic mobility & brighter futures. Yesterday heard from Aric Putnam and Kaohly Vang Her & today met with staff from Tom Emmer & Tina Smith to share our impact! #PolicyC2C #ConveneC2C

We shared our work around out-of-school time & literacy w/ educators & supporters across the state at the Minnesota Department of Education COMPASS conference. We hope that it’s an inspiration for more partnerships in our communities to strengthen opportunities for kids and families!

Learn about collective impact by registering for this upcoming event hosted by many community partners and Partner For Student Success! It will be a day of community connection that is sure to educate, inspire and motivate! #collectiveimpact #community unitedwayhelps.org/events/gtv-2024