“4 secrets to successful citizen engagement” by Bloomberg Cities medium.com/@BloombergCiti…

Always thoughtful Sherry Lachman: “It’s shameful just how many children our country unnecessarily removes from their families and places in foster care, a problem that extends well beyond the current and extreme example of the families unjustly ripped apart at our border.”

If anybody tells you college isn't worth it -- or isn't for everybody -- show them this graph! People without college degrees still have not reached pre-Great Recession employment levels! Where would you want you and your kids to be? Thanks @laurenlbauer & The Hamilton Project

How does YOUR school district rank for chronic absenteeism? Check this interactive map. 📍 (Spoiler alert: The problem is bigger in rural California than urban areas.) #SchoolEveryDay hamiltonproject.org/charts/chronic…

We’re so excited that funding from the new Preschool Development Grants B-5 program will soon be available to states and territories. Such a great partnership, and further evidence of strong, bipartisan federal commitment to #ECE! ffyf.org/starting-today…

“They’re training to be community organizers just like ⁦Barack Obama⁩ was decades before them.” ⁦Hear about the great work my ⁦The Obama Foundation⁩ colleagues Alethia, Jenn, kelsei⁩ & others are doing to fire up young changemakers! npr.org/2018/09/07/645…

From serving immigrant refugee families on our border to LGBTQ trailblazers and LatinX contributions to hip hop, what an inspirational evening to honor and… instagram.com/p/Bnq2jiIH3_ux…

Far too many women I know and love- in my family, my circle of friends, and my community- are survivors. I am a voice for the voiceless. Never silent, never alone. #BelieveSurvivors #BelieveWomen #RockTheVote #MeToo

The Indian Child Welfare Act embraces the bedrock principle of child welfare that is in the best interests of the child to support, develop and maintain a child’s ties to her acknowledged, safe and loving family. #DefendICWA #IndigenousPeoplesDay2018

“Intervention at these early stages, prenatal and birth-to-five, can provide real opportunities for monumental societal cost savings in the judicial, child welfare, and education systems.” Couldn’t agree more National Head Start Association

It’s not too late! Register to vote TODAY👇🏽#WhenWeAllVote

Happy 30th Birthday, Mary's Center! As former teen client, college graduate and now member of the staff so eloquently noted, “Mary’s Center is an oasis in a desert that welcomes you...” The social change model built on comprehensive health care+education+social support works.

I’m the grown up version of the kids lifted up in this report from “low income or less educated families.” Those meaningful summer youth employment opps (that paid!), WBL on-ramps+internships+volunteer opps+a college education made a difference. Child Trends The Brookings Institution

"You matter. We care about you. We believe in you. And we want to make sure you have the opportunities and the chances to move forward like everyone else." —Barack Obama on the inspiration for My Brother's Keeper Alliance five years ago. #MBKRising

“As you all know, as you did and do and will do, in culture, we build bridges, not walls.” Thank you Yo-Yo Ma #CultureConnectsUs

Super interesting conversation on the next 50 yrs and wondering: Progress or Peril? Technology’s Power to Advance Opportunity and Equity. Tune in now + plenaries later today.

‘What we’re really talking about here is not technology, but human values.’ Yes. Jacob Hsu Vivienne Ming @BCWGlobal Shamina Singh Darren Walker #UrbanNext50

Thank you to the young men of Washington, D.C.’s YME program for inspiring this investment. We hear you. #urbannext50

.Deval Patrick leading a fascinating discussion with Ai-jen Poo Michael Tubbs Anna Mason Edward Skyler at Urban Institute: Where Does Change Come From? The Role of Business, Activists, and the Public Sector. youtu.be/RazF0QZoO6k

‘We are in the midst of a great organizing renaissance, and we’re going to be ok,” says Ai-jen Poo Amen! #UrbanNext50