New ‘Atlas’ of Mobility Shows How Kids from Different Charlotte Neighborhoods Have Done
The Charlotte Observer • Ann Doss Helms and Galvin Off - October 1, 2018Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty, lead author of that study, which also included researchers from University of California at Berkeley, heads a new nonprofit group called Opportunity Insights, dedicated to figuring out what can break the generational chains of poverty and racism.
Learn MoreCelebrating Our Community's Response
Leading on OpportunityOur 2017 Opportunity Report provides a roadmap for improving social and economic mobility for all residents. Following our strategies, our community's public, private and nonprofit sectors are improving our children's future.
Read MoreLeading on Opportunity Launches Community Impact Alliance
March 2019 Convening and Opportunity CafeNearly 70 Opportunity Ambassadors from around the region came together throughout the afternoon with a common goal of improving economic mobility in Charlotte, while gathered at the International House on Central Avenue.
Read MoreLeading on Opportunity's Executive Director Reflects on Tradition
Creative Mornings CLT • Matt Olin - December 7, 2018On Friday, December 7, 2018, hundreds of creative Charlotteans packed the halls of LaCa Projects – to explore the global theme of “Tradition.” As Executive Director of Leading on Opportunity, Dr. Cooper-Lewter’s talk is a timely and moving meditation on what it takes to create new Traditions that will lift up everyone in our community.
Read MoreCharting the Civic Landscape: The Interested Bystander in Charlotte Context Report
Knight Foundation & Google • UNC Charlotte Urban Institute & Johnson C. Smith University - November 30, 2018Charlotte is paradoxical in many ways, with social, economic and political impediments that confound equitable growth, opportunity, and prosperity for those that reside within its political jurisdiction.
Read MoreLeading on Opportunity Hires Community Impact Directors to Address Key Drivers of Economic Mobility
Charlotte Business Journal • Bank of America - October 19, 2018Three community impact directors are now at work in Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s Leading on Opportunity initiative. They are point people to make an economic mobility strategy into real-life results. Their experience adds pragmatic breadth and depth for this Charlotte-Mecklenburg challenge.
Read MoreNew ‘Atlas’ of Mobility Shows How Kids from Different Charlotte Neighborhoods Have Done
The Charlotte Observer • Ann Doss Helms and Galvin Off - October 1, 2018Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty, lead author of that study, which also included researchers from University of California at Berkeley, heads a new nonprofit group called Opportunity Insights, dedicated to figuring out what can break the generational chains of poverty and racism.
Read MoreQ & A with Stephanie Cooper-Lewter, Executive Director of Leading on Opportunity
Charlotte Business Journal • Bank of America - June 21, 2018Dr. Stephanie Cooper-Lewter shares her perspective on her first few months at Leading on Opportunity and her vision for Charlotte.
Read MoreLeading on Opportunity Discusses Economic Mobility in New York
Social Impact Exchange • Moderated By: Devin Murphy, Bridgespan - May 23, 2018Council Members James E. Ford and Dee O'Dell, along with Executive Director Dr. Stephanie Cooper-Lewter discuss economic mobility with a Charlotte lens at the Social Impact Exchange Conference.
Read MoreIs Social Capital the 'Secret Sauce' to Improve Upward Mobility?
WFAE Charlotte Talks • Mike Collins - May 7, 2018Ongoing efforts to improve upward mobility have resulted in more attention being paid to social capital, the currency we use to make connections and get ahead. Our deficit of that is being further hurt by segregation. So, if you don’t have social capital, how do you get it? How do make connections and forge relationships that will help you become upwardly mobile? We take a closer look at what’s being done to address the problem.
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