After 15 years equipping individual foundations to invest in solutions to the South’s most pressing challenges, MDC will expand its approach to reach cohorts of Southern foundations through a new Passing Gear Philanthropy Institute.Continue reading MDC launches Passing Gear Philanthropy Institute to equip Southern foundations to address barriers to opportunity and inclusion
‘This is nothing short of a crisis’: MDC facilitation supports setting N.C. postsecondary attainment goal
The myFutureNC Commission proposes a statewide education attainment goal: Two million 25- to 44-year-olds with a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential by 2030. MDC staff served as facilitators, advisors, and partners in the myFutureNC Commission’s year of research, community outreach, deliberations, and writing, supported by grants from the Lumina Foundation and the John M. Belk Endowment.Continue reading ‘This is nothing short of a crisis’: MDC facilitation supports setting N.C. postsecondary attainment goal
Atlanta meeting kicks off grant by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for Network for Southern Economic Mobility
A meeting this week in Atlanta kicked off a $75,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to MDC in support of the Network for Southern Economic Mobility, a group of Southern communities committed to increasing upward economic mobility for youth and young adults in the lowest income brackets .Continue reading Atlanta meeting kicks off grant by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for Network for Southern Economic Mobility
Community colleges address the health needs of their North Carolina communities
Six community colleges are becoming catalysts for improving health and wellness in their rural North Carolina communities through a partnership with MDC and its Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust-funded Healthy Places NC Community College Learning Network.Continue reading Community colleges address the health needs of their North Carolina communities
Pushing levers that create sustainable change
A Q&A with Darrin Goss Sr., Coastal Community Foundation and member of the Board of Directors of MDCContinue reading Pushing levers that create sustainable change
Passing Gear Philanthropy tackles root causes of chronic disparities in three Southern communities
Leaders of three Southern foundations describe how MDC helped them use their social, moral, intellectual, and reputational capital, as well as money, to create lasting, equitable change. Continue reading Passing Gear Philanthropy tackles root causes of chronic disparities in three Southern communities
Greenville, S.C., team investigates policy levers for youth economic mobility through MDC network
Greenville, S.C., is one of seven Southern cities working to promote upward economic mobility for low-income young people with help from MDC’s Network for Southern Economic Mobility initiative.Continue reading Greenville, S.C., team investigates policy levers for youth economic mobility through MDC network
Making College Accessible to Everyone: A Q&A with Russell Lowery-Hart, President Amarillo College
Amarillo College President Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, a partner in MDC’s Partners for Postsecondary Success initiative, is becoming a national model for how to infuse a community college’s culture with the understanding that poverty is a major barrier to student completion and success.Continue reading Making College Accessible to Everyone: A Q&A with Russell Lowery-Hart, President Amarillo College
MDC expands economic mobility and postsecondary success team
Mala Thakur and Micah Anderson join MDC to support its economic mobility and post-secondary success initiativesContinue reading MDC expands economic mobility and postsecondary success team
Dodson at State of the South launch: “The South is simultaneously moving forward and falling back”
A standing-room-only crowd of more than 110 concerned citizens and political and policy leaders attended the launch of the 2018 State of the South report on April 10 in MDC’s Learning Center at its downtown Durham headquarters.Continue reading Dodson at State of the South launch: “The South is simultaneously moving forward and falling back”