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🎶 “We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving” 🎶

Today our principals and assistant principals gathered for our first leadership meeting of the year, and the energy set the tone for everything ahead. A heartfelt thank you to our amazing community and university partners @berc_tc and @teacherscollege for hosting us in such an inspiring space. To our beloved partners at @curriculumassociates and @leadingeducators

Students return next week, and we came ready: planning our expectations for Harlem Reads and Writes, Harlem Solves, specially designed instruction, and maximizing school websites to tell our story to the community with @nexsavllc . We talked promoting attendance and NYC Rise, celebrated our state data wins, noted the challenges, and charged forward on our district goals.

We believe in your greatness HCSD5, 23 schools. One purpose. Every scholar rising.

Here’s to another fantastic year as we continue to close the gap in Harlem, every single year. 🎷🖤💛❤️ Let’s GOOOOOO Harlem Community School District 5!!!!!!!

#HarlemSolves #HarlemRising #harlemreadsandwrites #CloseTheGap #leadershipmatters @nycd5

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What does it take for workforce organizations to move from using AI to building AI solutions that advance economic mobility?

Yesterday at Horizons Summit, presented by @jobsforthefuture, JVS CEO Lisa Countryman-Quiroz joined an outstanding group of leaders for "AI Sprint: Solutions for Economic Mobility," an interactive session that explored how AI can strengthen career navigation, coaching, enrollment, and frontline services while keeping people at the center of the work.

One message came through clearly: successful AI adoption is not just about technology. It is about people. The organizations seeing the greatest impact are involving frontline staff in the design process, building trust through transparency, measuring outcomes, and using AI to reduce administrative work so staff can focus on coaching, relationship-building, and supporting jobseekers.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared your ideas, questions, and experiences. It was energizing to see so many workforce leaders committed to using AI to expand opportunity and improve outcomes for jobseekers.

A special thank you to leaders from Arathi Ravier Consulting, Per Scholas, Merit America, Opportunity@Work, Leading Educators, and Jobs for the Future (JFF) for sharing their expertise and helping participants explore what it takes to build practical, responsible AI solutions that advance economic mobility.

Interested in learning more about the next cohort of the Economic Mobility AI Accelerator? Sign up to receive updates at bit.ly/emaiacc

#JFFHorizons #EconomicMobility

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Join us on Monday at @jobsforthefuture's Horizons summit! JVS CEO Lisa Countryman-Quiroz will be speaking during "AI Sprint: Solutions for Economic Mobility," a session that blends peer learning, design, and expert coaching to step into the role of an AI builder, map a challenge, sketch an AI-enabled solution, and pressure-test it.

✨️ AI Sprint: Solutions for Economic Mobility
🗓 Monday, July 13, 2026
🕝 2:30-5:00 PM Eastern
📍Salons FGH, M4 Level, Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC

Additional presenters from Per Scholas, Merit America, JFF, Opportunity@Work, Leading Educators, and Arathi Ravier Consulting will speak during this session. Check out the full session description at bit.ly/aihorizons26

#JFFHorizons #FutureOfWork #EconomicMobility

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We're still overjoyed with the community and capacity building that the Economic Mobility AI Accelerator cohort created at the Design Sprint last month!

Thank you to all of the participating organizations and their staff who made their way to San Francisco for this important collaborative work. Check out the event recap and additional photos at bit.ly/designsprintjvs

#AIAccelerator
#WorkforceDevelopment
#EconomicMobility
#Community
#JVS

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Last month, we wrapped the in-person design sprint for the Economic Mobility AI Accelerator, bringing together an extraordinary group of workforce practitioners from across California.

For the past three months, this cohort has been grappling with a difficult but necessary question: how do workforce organizations actually use AI to improve economic mobility, not just study it?

The design sprint marked an important shift from exploration to building. Teams worked through real operational challenges inside their organizations—prototyping tools, pressure-testing use cases, and identifying where AI can meaningfully improve how workers navigate fragmented systems, access services, and move into quality jobs.

A few reflections from the week:
• The real innovation is happening inside frontline organizations. Workforce practitioners understand the constraints workers face and where systems break down, which makes them uniquely positioned to design practical AI applications.
• The opportunity is less about replacing human services and more about scaling them. Many of the most promising ideas focused on using AI to extend the reach of trusted intermediaries, helping workers navigate complex training, benefits, and employment systems.
• The sector is ready to move from conversation to experimentation. There is growing appetite among workforce organizations to build and test tools themselves, rather than waiting for technology vendors to define the solutions.

We're grateful to the cohort organizations who leaned into this work with openness and urgency:
Merit America
Opportunity Junction
Canal Alliance
JVS SoCal
JobTrain, Inc.
Center for Employment Opportunities
Braven
First Place for Youth
Rivet School
Building Skills Partnership
La Cocina - Nonprofit Kitchen Incubator
EDvance College
GROWTH SECTOR
Upwardly Global
Per Scholas
Step into a Job! (Bay Area Medical Academy)
Opportunity@Work

The next phase will focus on continuing to prototype, test, and share what we are learning about how AI can be applied in ways that expand—rather than erode—economic mobility.

Thanks to our participants and collaborators Leading Educators, Playlab, and Arathi Ravier cons

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Chances are, you and one million other people went and saw Wicked: For Good this past weekend (and if you haven't, please do so asap).

While there's not enough words in the world to praise Cynthia and Ariana’s vocals, there was one line in the film that really stood out:

🫧 “We can’t let good be just a word. It has to mean something.” 🫧

As an agency whose whole declaration is “Together, we’ll do a world of good,” this really struck a chord.

What does it mean to “do good”? That’s probably a much bigger conversation, but this felt like a meaningful place to start.

We’re coming off the chaotic, urgent, pressure-filled energy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The push to spend, save, upgrade, consume. And while it's completely understandable that we need to make smart purchases in today’s economic climate, a lot of us end up spending on things we don’t actually need.

But today is #GivingTuesday. A moment to take a breath and think about what really matters.

If you have the means, today is a chance to support the smaller nonprofits, charities, and community-led organizations who aren’t reaping the benefits of Black Friday hype, but who are doing work that genuinely moves the world forward.

At Briteweb, we have the privilege of partnering with teams fighting every day for dignity, justice, equity, safety, and belonging. So instead of urging you to buy a new serum or a TV or shoes you don't need, we’d rather invite you to redirect some of that energy, and generosity, towards organizations creating real, measurable good. 🩷💚

We've tagged a few incredible orgs for you to follow, donate, or support.

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Driving a new chapter in sustainable development, IGBC Green Building Congress 2025 emerges as a pivotal force in accelerating Asia’s journey toward a climate-positive future. Supported by the steadfast partnership of our esteemed sponsors, the Congress serves as a catalyst for visionary thinking, strategic collaboration, and breakthrough innovations that redefine the future of the built environment.

Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to all our supporters. Your dedication strengthens India’s green movement, empowers industry transformation, and inspires the collective pursuit of a healthier, resilient, and sustainable tomorrow.

💚 Be there — experience the future of green buildings!
📍 Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai | 📅 27–29 November 2025

🔗 Visit: www.greenbuildingcongress.com

#GreenBuildingCongress2025 #IGBC #CII #SustainableIntelligence #BuildingGreenTogether #TransformativeIngenuity #FutureOfSustainability #GlobalInnovation #ResilientDesign #CarbonNeutralFuture #VisionaryLeadership #GreenTransformation

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AI in education isn’t one-size-fits-all.

This School Teams AI Collaborative report highlights the most pressing questions schools should be asking about AI—and what to do next.

Dive in here: https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/artifacts/report-generative-practice-practical-insights-for-unlocking-the-instructional-potential-of-ai-from-the-school-teams-ai-collaborative

#K12 #AI #EdTech

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🎉💜 Another great day in Harlem ! HCSD5 came together at our Meet & Greet to kick off the 2025–2026 school year!

We celebrated our progress and leaned into what’s ahead:
➕ Harlem Solves 📚 Harlem Reads & Writes
🤝 Meeting our amazing Job-Embedded Coaches (i-Ready & Leading Educators ) @myiready @leadingeducators
💡 Planning, making connections, and building strong relationships for an amazing year ahead

Grounded in MECCA—Mindfulness, Excellence, Capacity Building, Collaboration/Coliberation, and Action—we are ready to launch this school year with purpose, JOY, and unity!

Huge thanks to @curriculum_associates for sponsoring our kickoff event. 🙌✨

#HarlemD5 #HarlemSolves #HarlemReadsAndWrites #MECCAFramework #JobEmbeddedCoaching #Leadership #Unity #Excellence #CRASEL @nycd5

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🚀 Harlem is THRIVING! 🚀

📚 Districtwide Averages Up +10% ELA | ➕ Up +8% Math this year according to the city’s release of NYS test scores!!!
✅ 20/23 schools grew in ELA (7 schools by double-digits!)
✅ 18/23 schools grew in Math (3 schools by double-digits!)
📈 Since 2022: Up +25% Math | Up+16% ELA

PROGRESS is PROGRESS! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

💪🏾 This is Harlem Community School District 5 — where mindfulness, self care, hard work, healing, vision, rigor, cultural responsiveness, academic focus and unity delivers RESULTS. Since Dr. Davenport began his tenure as Superintendent and we reimagined the Harlem Renaissance together, we’ve been building a legacy rooted in our MECCA priorities:

🧘🏾 Mindfulness | 🌟 Excellence | 📈 Capacity Building
🤝 Collaboration & Coliberation | 🚀 Action

👏🏾 To our principals, students, staff, families, district team & partners — YOU made this happen. YOU are the reason for the season!!!❤️ We love you HCSD5 and this is only the beginning!

💡 These scores are only one measure of our success — the real win is the thriving communities we’re building together as a family. ❤️🙏🏽

#HarlemRising #D5Excellence #MECCAPriorities #HarlemReadsAndWrites #HarlemSolves #CRASEL #EquityInEducation #HarlemStrong #ThisIsHarlem
#HarlemD5 #EducationMatters #reimaginetherenaissance #harlemisthemecca #d5isavibe @eagleharlemeah @psms161_dpac @ps194cc @psms46harlem @ps125m @ps197_harlem @ps133harlem @ps175m @ps129manhattan @tmaharlem @tmals_d5 @fdacollegeprep @columbiasecondary @arthurtappanlibrary @ps30mnyc @cs154m @ua_futureleaders @seedharlem @ps123.mahalia.jackson @wearebethune92 @newdesignmiddleschool @fda1basketball @morningsidectr @crasel_ @myiready @curriculum_associates @hmhlearn @leadingeducators @followcsa @uftny @studioinaschool @techrow_official @nycmyon @colinlieu @pureedgeinc @ruler_approach @berc_tc @weareberc @savvaslearning @hrepinc @nycd5

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BPL’s Leadership Soul is thrilled to share that we’ll be bringing Leadership Journeys to the @newschoolsvf Summit next week, featuring talented Leader Storytellers @chonghaole (@leadingeducators), @hardingjones (@weareedloc) and @karlaevigil (@equity_inst). As we get ready for that, we throw you back to when NewSchools CEO @fmessano shared her Leadership Journey story at @sxswedu.

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Our Venture Fund is made up of non-profits with proven program models, strong early results, and potential for scalability.

Our investments provide funding and management support to help these organizations execute their long-term impact vision.

Portfolio organizations in our Venture Fund include: @barrcenter, @bebraven, @chihopesforkids, @imentororg, @intrinsicschools, @leadingeducators, @nationallouisu, @pitchinchicago, @rooseveltu, and @vocelkids.

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