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Official Launch: The Crescent Coalition
November 14th, 2023 New Education Coalition Catalyzing Change in College and Career Readiness In an unprecedented show of cooperation, nine Charlotte-Mecklenburg nonprofits have formed the

Life Lessons: Tonya Jameson
From party life to party lines, the longtime Observer reporter and political consultant looks for opportunities to bring Charlotte’s diverse residents together. Read More about

A New Economic Mobility Tool for Change
Leading on Opportunity — an FFTC initiative focused on increasing pathways to opportunity for all — recently announced the Opportunity Compass, a new tool to help

New tool helps Charlotte measure progress on economic mobility
Charlotte has a new way to examine itself and its efforts to improve economic mobility called the Opportunity Compass. It attempts to measure whether the community

Charlotte launches tool to measure economic mobility
Leading on Opportunity debuted the Opportunity Compass, which was developed in collaboration with community leaders to determine ways to improve economic and social capital in

Measuring Mobility in Mecklenburg: Partnership Develops First-of-Its-Kind Equity Dashboard
A new tool to measure Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s collective progress on economic mobility is now live. Mecklenburg County is one of several organizations that worked in partnership