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The Power of Social Capital: How Sharing Our Relationships and Opportunities Across Communities Speeds Up Change
Shaping Opportunity: Conversations with the Leading on Opportunity Council
Social Capital
The Power of Social Capital: How Sharing Our Relationships and Opportunities Across Communities Speeds Up Change
Learn more about how you can make room for more intentional relationships through this inspirational work.
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Social Capital
Shaping Opportunity: Conversations with the Leading on Opportunity Council
In this two-part feature, Brian Collier, Leading on Opportunity Council Member and Foundation For The Carolinas Executive Vice President, shares how corporate and private donors are helping non-profit organizations to provide care to residents during COVID-19. View the video.
Read The StoryThe Power of Social Capital: How Sharing Our Relationships and Opportunities Across Communities Speeds Up Change
In Memory of Dr. Garmon-Brown
Shaping Opportunity: Conversations with the Leading on Opportunity Council
Our Commitment to the Community
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.