Increasing FAFSA Completion

In 2021, we began working with the Academies of Racine to focus on FAFSA completion. We worked with Racine Unified and partners to organize, plan, and facilitate a weeklong FAFSA completion campaign, focused on ensuring more students understand the options available for them post high school, and how completing the FAFSA can help them achieve their post-secondary goals.

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Elizabeth Erickson
Focus on Equity

Over the past year, we have engaged in strategic reflection, collective learning, and transformation. Much of our work in 2021 focused on lifting up community voices. We looked at current practices and reflected on what it would look like to truly co-create with rather than for, our community.

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Elizabeth Erickson
Community Engagement: What We've Learned

Over the past 2 years, we’ve been working on increasing the number of community members who have influence over decisions that directly impact them. We know that those closest to the challenges in our systems are often the ones closest to the solution to overcoming those challenges. Our partners, institutions, and organizational leaders, even with the best of intentions, don’t always understand the full picture.

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Elizabeth Erickson