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 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.
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 MoreCouncil Formed to Improve Economic Mobility Stands Against Legislation and Calls for Bold Leadership
Leading on Opportunity Council Releases Statement Opposing HB 514 - June 6, 2018The Leading on Opportunity Task Force Report found that Charlotte-Mecklenburg has a deep history of segregation and discrimination, fueling patterns of isolation in our neighborhoods and schools that remain evident today.
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