KConnect

KConnect is hiring a Director of System Building. This person will be responsible for managing projects, equipping & supporting stakeholders in facilitating building processes, and helping to inspire commitment and action throughout the community. k-connect.org/jobs.

Join our friends at Michigan League for Public Policy for their 21-day racial equity challenge. Visit buff.ly/417UnmU to learn more and register.

Have you watched Finding Home: America's Housing Crisis in Kent County yet? You can learn more about the work and stream the full documentary at k-connect.org/finding-home.

Join the @johnsoncenter for their inaugural Nonprofit Clinic, an event bringing together professionals from across Michigan to answer your questions and connect you to resources in your community.

Save the date for the May Accountability Partners Council meeting!

KConnect is hiring a Director of System Building. This person will be responsible for managing projects, equipping & supporting stakeholders in facilitating building processes, and helping to inspire commitment and action throughout the community. k-connect.org/jobs.

@naacpgr in partnership with @feedingwestmich @MetroHealthGR @SpectrumHealth @GRYMCA will be distributing food boxes, providing free COVID-19 testing, and more.

Learn more about this initiative @grmagazine @WGVUPublicMedia @grtimes @elvocerohispano @grbj @MLive @BridgeMichigan

@Baxter_CC has announced it is launching a community-based doula program to address racialized birth disparities. bit.ly/BirthEquity

To celebrate, #InternationalWomensDay KConnect is highlighting its President, Pamela Parriott, as she answers questions about life and leadership, and offers advice for the next generation of strong leaders. bit.ly/333fgCd

@DrIbram presenting on how to be antiracist to GR thanks to @GRUrbanLeague

The gallery walk was focused on student debt burden and housing insecurity. Thanks to #GuidingLight, @FamilyPromiseGR and @ICCFGrandRapids for the data.

“There are people behind the stories... behind the systems.” -Teresa Weatherall Neal

Join To College, Through College for their annual Summit as they celebrate the work of the TCTC Initiative and lift up the commitments of Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss, GRPS Superintendent & higher education presidents. Register online: buff.ly/2M7jqT5

Congrats to Lynne Ferrell, long-time KConenct Board of Trustee member, for being awarded the Dr. Gerald K. Smith Award for Philanthropy. We're proud to have her in this work alongside us as we create equitable systems for children in Kent County.

If you're passionate about early childhood education and interested in giving feedback on policy priorities, please consider attending this important feedback session. Click the link to register.

Working with CivicLab as they walk our domain workgroups through system planning for 2020. Also happy to work with @UMCHouseGR and @WMPC_cares as we look forward to dissolving problems in our community.

We are excited to announce that data from the 2018/2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (administered by school districts within Kent ISD) is now populated on KConnect’s data dashboard. buff.ly/2YsYnxa

We need your feedback! - mailchi.mp/cf28ec5dd196/w…

Save the date for KConnect's May 2019 Accountability Partners Council! Stay tuned for more information as we get closer. Add APC to your calendar by clicking here - tinyurl.com/addapc.