Strada Collaborative
Project Title
As a one-time project to Roadtrip Nation to spotlight the critical role of libraries and librarians in fostering community, education, and civic engagement across America
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Roadtrip Nation, part of Strada Collaborative, is an Emmy Award-winning nonprofit media organization that empowers learners by providing resources, educational support, and career experiences to create equitable education and employment pathways. With Corporation support, Roadtrip Nation will make a television episode for PBS that sparks a national conversation about the role of libraries as vital community institutions. The episode will highlight the essential services libraries offer, including ESL programs, digital literacy, college access, job placement, and literacy initiatives, while also inspiring viewers to consider careers in librarianship. With a distribution network reaching up to 100 million households through public television and 14 million students annually through partnerships, Roadtrip Nation will collaborate with schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, the College Board, Naviance, and other partners to showcase career options for young people through this impactful series.
Project Title
For project support to highlight family engagement grantees across the country through a docuseries
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
One of the most effective ways to increase academic achievement and the potential for long-term success for educationally disenfranchised students is to foster truly collaborative partnerships between families and educators. Children with families who are engaged in their education are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education, and develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom. Roadtrip Nation (RTN) seeks to spur a national conversation about the issues that matter most to families. Leveraging their proven storytelling and production capabilities, as well as their vast distribution network (reaching 100 million households through public television and 14 million students through their education partnerships annually), RTN will highlight the innovative ways in which communities across the country are developing stronger partnerships between families and educators to close the gap between school and home. Through an enhanced Teachers Digital Community Hub as well as a road trip that results in a full-length documentary film aired on public television, RTN will provide the inspiration and resources that will galvanize parents and other stakeholders to advocate for change.
Project Title
For project support of a New York City-focused Community Hub for Postsecondary Pathways; Interview archive content from New York workforce leaders, Roadtrip Nation career exploration tools, and resources from NYC-focused nonprofits.
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
Roadtrip Nation (RN) is an Emmy Award winning media / workforce development non-profit, whose mission is to empower youth to define their own roads in life. Each year, Roadtrip Nation selects topics to leverage its narrative-based storytelling model, focused on a more inclusive view of the future of work. Content from these “Roadtrips” is then disseminated across a wide range of workforce, education, and media channels. Core to RTN’s impact model is the RTN Interview Archive, a database of 8,000+ video assets showcasing the career stories of a diverse set of individuals from all walks of life. Each Roadtrip fuels new stories for this database in addition to the PBS, NPR, and other digital distribution work. Roadtrip Nation will build a New York focused Community Hub,that will includeRTN Interview Archive content from New York workforce leaders, newly produced videos with New York career professionals, RTNtools/resources and resources from NYC-focused nonprofits. The Community Hub will create an engagingexperience with tangible next steps for students and jobseekers across the city as they define their roads inlife.