Community Organizing and Family Issues
Project Title
For project support of the United Parent Leaders Action Network National Convening 2020
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
An effective way to build public demand for quality education is to support parents at the policy-making table. A key challenge though, is creating a strong constituency of organized parents at the district as well as the state and national levels. United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN) represents over thirty parent leadership and organizing nonprofit organizations serving 700,000 parents and empowering them to lead policy action campaigns. Since its inception in 2015, UPLAN has focused on building parent leadership initiatives, such as convenings and trainings, and developing collaborative relationships between its members and important groups like the US Department of Education. With support from the Corporation, UPLAN will host a national convening of its members in 2020 where they will offer learning exchange sessions, workshops and facilitated dialogues on parent-led strategies to strengthen home-school partnerships focused on improving academic outcomes for low income children of color.
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Project Title
For support of the United Parent Leaders Action Network to develop a three-year strategic plan
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
An effective way to build public demand for quality education is to support parents at the policy-making table. A key challenge though is creating a strong constituency of organized parents at both the district as well as the state and national levels. United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN) represents thirty parent leadership and organizing nonprofit organizations serving 500,000 parents and empowering them to lead policy action campaigns. Since its inception in 2015, UPLAN has focused on building parent leadership initiatives, such as convenings and trainings, and developing collaborative relationships between its members and important groups such as the US Department of Education. With support from the Corporation, UPLAN will design a comprehensive three-year strategy that will maximize its impact as a grassroots network for parents. Through its strategic plan, UPLAN will be able to facilitate collective policy action by parents and families across the country.