Posts Tagged ‘Community Engagement’
5 Capitals Needed for a Healthy Community
A healthy community must possess five different kinds of capital:
1. Human; 2. Social; 3. Political; 4. Intellectual, and, 5. Financial.
No single form of capital can be dominant; unrestrained by the others, each can create its own types of imbalance, and accompanying problems.
Escaping Poverty through Better Education and Community Organizing
As we remember Martin Luther King this weekend and the legacy he left, we prepare more Green Dot parents to organize together to improve their lives and the conditions in their communities.
Read More >>September is Voter Registration Month
Green Dot’s Community Engagement Team works with schools to raise awareness of the democratic process during voter registration month.
Read More >>Green Dot Washington Opens First Public Charter Middle School in Puget Sound
Guest writer, Bree Dusseault, Executive Director of Green Dot Public Schools Washington, introduces us to Destiny Charter Middle School.
Read More >>Empowering Parents to Strengthen School Communities
As we – and others working with the community-school model – have learned, campus and community are absolutely intertwined.
Read More >>When Parents Make an Impact
Strong schools spring from strong communities. At Green Dot, just as we assert an unwavering belief in our students’ potential, so do we declare our deep trust in the potential parent impact. We believe in them, and invest in their future.
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