Vimenti is an integrated service center and school in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 that provides a variety of family services using a two-generation #2Gen approach. A new research study with Urban Institute shows that Vimenti families performed better than comparison families across education 📚 , economic 💸 , and social outcomes 💟. Vimenti families were also more satisfied with their school and community services than those in a comparison group. See the full study and an executive summary in Spanish and English. ⬇ #AscendNetwork https://lnkd.in/gjMEAg_S
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Ascend at the Aspen Institute Founder Anne Mosle set out with a mission to spark and spread breakthroughs in how we achieve intergenerational family prosperity and well-being. For a decade, Ascend has catalyzed a modern two-generation (2Gen) approach. One that intentionally focuses on children and the adults in their lives together, honors lived experience, and encompasses racial, gender, and economic equity through an intersectional lens. We are a community of leaders — well-connected, well-prepared and well-positioned — building political will that transforms hearts, minds, policies, and practices. We believe in the power of co-creation. Through the Ascend Fellowship, we identify and invest in bold leaders bridging divides and reimagining the levers of power to ensure all children and families thrive. Today, 120 Ascend Fellows are transforming the leadership landscape, from winning historic local, state and federal elections to reinventing systems of care and unlocking capital that opens new doors to economic mobility to revolutionizing our understanding of brain development for parents and caregivers. Through the Ascend Network, more than 500 organizations work directly with families to operationalize 2Gen approaches and design new tools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as well as across the globe in Ireland, Rwanda, and Guatemala. Together, we have ignited a movement reaching 12 million families.
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Last week, I had the honor of leading a two-generation (2Gen) workshop at ChildCareGroup’s Staff Development Day in Dallas, TX as a part of #Mission2Gen ChildCareGroup is Network Partner with Ascend at the Aspen Institute and champions a 2Gen approach through their early childhood development programs with children and their caregivers, and through their training of early childhood professionals. With a staff of over 400 present on this day, the commitment and passion is palpable! To Tori Mannes and her leadership team, what a fantastic day of learning and fun. You set the bar high with your thoughtful agenda and commitment to the theme. It was also a personal honor to share the stage with former NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris, who kicked off the day with an inspirational keynote address. The future is bright! Photo credit (photos 1-3): Allison Mills
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We’re grateful to UNCF for hosting this week’s UNITE Summit in Atlanta. Senior Program Manager Jennifer Pocai presented on student parent success along with Carol Alexander-Lewis of Grambling State University, Micheline Lambert of Jarvis Christian University, Breona M. Hayes, Ph.D. of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Toya Teamer of Teamer Strategy Group.
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Nationally, Black undergraduate students are the most likely to be parents across racial and ethnic backgrounds. By supporting student parents, HBCUs make an impact for generations. This week, I attended the 2024 UNITE Summit for #BlackHigherEducation where I co-presented “Student Parent Success: Promising Practices for Black Family Futures" with Toya Teamer from Teamer Strategy Group, Breona M. Hayes, Ph.D. from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Micheline Lambert from Jarvis Christian University, and Carol Alexander-Lewis from Grambling State University. The session highlighted Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Black and Native Family Futures Fund (BNFFF), supported by Lumina Foundation and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP). Learn more about the Fund here: https://lnkd.in/giJ54x8h Thank you to Jasmine Haywood, Ph.D. and Rob Shorette, Ph.D. at Lumina and Naomi Farabee at MACP for your thought partnership on the BNFFF, and our HBCU partners, Stillman College and Bowie State University, who presented with us last year at UNITE. Also, a special thanks to the Imaginable Futures team, Vinice Davis, Enyi Okebugwu, and Alex Huang, who support Ascend's Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative in all our endeavors.
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"I think younger people feel a sense of urgency to solve big problems. They’re not ossified in status quo thinking, and they’re willing to work with whoever to get the thing they want to do done." Civil Society Fellow and former Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow Layla Zaidane is building the future of bipartisanship as the President & CEO of Future Caucus (formerly Millennial Action Project). Read more about her work in an interview on our blog.
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Our Senior Program Manager Jennifer Pocai is heading to Atlanta to present at the 2024 UNCF #UNITE2024 Summit for Black Higher Education.
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HBCUs provide critical pathways to and through college for Black student parents. Next week, I will join Carol Alexander-Lewis of Grambling State University, Micheline Lambert of Jarvis Christian University, Breona M. Hayes, Ph.D. of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Toya Teamer of Teamer Strategy Group to present at the 2024 UNCF UNITE Summit for #BlackHigherEducation. I’m excited to discuss Ascend at the Aspen Institute's Black and Native Family Futures Fund, designed to increase student parent access and success across college campuses, particularly at HBCUs and TCUs. We will explore how the Fund has helped our college and university partners leverage strategies to support student parents, including active leadership, cross-campus collaboration and data-driven decision-making. #UNITE2024 https://lnkd.in/gJ7j8kFA
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Student parent success is a key driver of enrollment and completion at Tribal Colleges and Universities. Our Jennifer Pocai attended the 33rd Annual TCU Conference to present on promising practices to help parenting students fully engage on campus.
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Tribal Colleges and Universities must often strive to develop solutions to support student parents with limited resources. Today, I presented during the 33rd Annual TCU Conference with Cheyenne Brady of the Center for Native American Youth, Marquieta Jilot of Stone Child College, Ashley John of Dine' College (formerly Navajo Community College) and Rachel Wippert of Blackfeet Community College to share learnings from Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Black and Native Family Futures Fund. After working with the Fund since 2022, I was excited to impart promising practices that eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are leveraging to help student parents achieve academic success. Learn more about the Fund here: https://lnkd.in/giJ54x8h
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We're proud to partner with Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. to launch Futuro Juntos (Future Together)! This new #2Gen Learning Community will equip participating organizations with the knowledge and resources to increase families’ economic mobility in South Texas. 13 organizations have been selected to receive a structured learning agenda and participate in small-group coaching sessions to deepen their understanding of the 2Gen approach and ultimately strengthen opportunities for families in South Texas and beyond. Learn more about these incredible organizations: https://lnkd.in/gSDSuUGi
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It was amazing spending time with Ascend at the Aspen Institute's Postsecondary Leadership Circle Activation Fund (PLCAF) Partners last week during our midpoint convening, which focused on providing Partners with knowledge, connections, and resources to aid in planning and implementing their PLCAF strategies. I am excited for another year working alongside El Paso Community College Long Beach City College Los Angeles Valley College and Montgomery College task forces as they change policy and practice to increase outcomes for student parents and their families. Thank you to Presidents William Serrata Barry Gribbons Dr. Mike Muñoz and Jermaine F. Williams for your commitment to student parent success! Click here to learn more https://lnkd.in/e549xG8Y Thank you to Partner attendees and guest experts Carlos Molina Torres Cassandra La Chica Chavez Kim Diaz Laura C. Lorely Ambriz Lucia Rodriguez Patricia Islas Briceyda M. Christina Barrios Jacqueline Garcia Hernandez Justin Mendez Karina Rubio Leslie Calderon Jennifer Welch Jessica Araujo Maria (Liz) Negrete Michelle Lin Nino Shtromberg Alisha Small Ja'Bette Lozupone, D.O.L., MBA James Hodge John Hamman Suzette Spencer Yoslin A. Susan Warfield Ann Reynolds MA, CRC Michelle Brennan Monica Goldberg Gabriela Salazar Jessica Leveto, Ph.D. Aarin Edwards Marina Abrahamyan Kimberly M.
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Ascend’s Senior Program Manager Jennifer Pocai is heading to Albuquerque to present on our Black and Native Family Futures Fund at tomorrow’s Salish Kootenai College 33rd Annual Tribal Colleges and Universities Conference. The Fund supports Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities committed to improving the success of parenting students and was established with support from Lumina Foundation and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies. #studentparents #familyprosperity #wellbeing #2Gen #highered
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Twenty-nine percent of all American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduates are parenting. As champions of holistic family supports, Tribal Colleges and Universities are positioned to help student parents thrive. In support of building campus cultures that bolster student parent success, I will join Cheyenne Brady of the Center for Native American Youth, Marquieta Jilot of Stone Child College, Ashley John of Dine' College (formerly Navajo Community College) and Rachel Wippert of Blackfeet Community College to present at the 33rd Annual TCU Conference tomorrow. “Student Parent Success: Promising Practices for Native Family Futures” will include an overview of Ascend at the Aspen Institute's Black and Native Family Futures Fund. I’m excited to share our learnings from the Fund, which align with the promising practices outlined in Ascend’s “Tapping the Talent of Student Parents: A Playbook for Postsecondary Leaders.” Learn more about those promising practices here: https://lnkd.in/evzqpat5
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Spotlighted in a new case study by Ascend at the Aspen Institute, Wisconsin human services leaders in state and county governments' successful integration of family-centered policies and practices offers a model for other states to further family well-being and economic mobility. https://lnkd.in/emV7S-sY
Wisconsin Centered in Case Study on 2Gen State Systems Change
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