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 MoreA New Story of School Segregation in North Carolina
The Washington Post • Valerie Strauss, Featuring Justin Parmenter - March 11, 2019If you read the charter application Hobgood submitted to state officials, you might be inclined to think that the very purpose for the school’s existence is to lift children out of poverty by offering them a better education.
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 MoreSegregation is "On the Table" at Charlotte-Wide Community Event
North Carolina Health News • Yen Duong - October 29, 2018In the years since that Harvard and Berkeley study, Charlotteans have been reckoning with how to solve that inequity.
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 MoreDetailed Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life.
New York Times • Emily Badger & Quoctrung Bui - October 1, 2018The earlier research showed Charlotte as among the worst large metropolitan areas in the country in creating opportunity for poor children, a realization that prompted the community to create a task force co-chaired by Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown.
Read MoreThe American Dream is Harder to Find in Some Neighborhoods
NPR Morning Edition • John Ydstie - October 1, 2018Does the neighborhood you grow up in determine how far you move up the economic ladder? A new online data tool being made public Monday finds a strong correlation between where people are raised and their chances of achieving the American dream.
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