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Destiny's Story: Supporting Young Parents and Their Children
Charlotte Opportunity Initiative 2020 Report
In 2014, Charlotte had the lowest economic mobility rate in the country. A new Opportunity Insights report looks at the current state of opportunity in Charlotte
Read The StoryA Year of Igniting Change: Leading on Opportunity in 2019
This year, we set our sights on our North Star Goal with input from hundreds across Charlotte-Mecklenburg along the way. Learn about our work and community impact in 2019.
Read The StoryDestiny's Story: Supporting Young Parents and Their Children
Three in ten American girls get pregnant at least once before age 20. More than 50% of these teen moms never graduate from high school. And less than 2% of teen moms earn a college degree by age 30.
Read The StoryCelebrating Our 2019 50 Inaugural Opportunity Champions
It's going to take all of us to move Charlotte from 50 out of 50 in economic mobility. So we set a goal to build an Opportunity Movement that celebrates everyone's contributions.
Read The StoryImagine What We Can Be Together - Our North Star
By: Dr. Stephanie Cooper-Lewter, Executive Director
Read The StoryCharlotte Opportunity Initiative 2020 Report
A Year of Igniting Change: Leading on Opportunity in 2019
Destiny's Story: Supporting Young Parents and Their Children
Celebrating Our 2019 50 Inaugural Opportunity Champions
Imagine What We Can Be Together - Our North Star
ENGAGE. AMPLIFY. INFLUENCE. CHANGE.
Our voices and backgrounds are diverse. And we share a common North Star goal: Within a generation, every child in Charlotte-Mecklenburg will have an equal chance to achieve social and economic success.
Through Leading On Opportunity's community-informed strategies: we engage diverse voices uplifting community; we amplify stories and data shifting the narrative and celebrating community success; we influence policies and practices building public will and shared accountability ultimately resulting in transformative change.
Our stakeholders are committed individuals, grassroots community leaders, activists, politicians, businesses, government, communities of faith and nonprofits willing to influence systems and community change. Together, we can create new pathways of opportunity so every child, youth and family in Charlotte-Mecklenburg can rise.