Your donation helps ensure that every child has the resources and opportunities needed to thrive in a flourishing community. With your generosity, we can support family leadership, collaboration, and community-led solutions.
Over the past decade, together we have:
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Engaged thousands of families in co-designing leadership opportunities to promote social transformation and social mobility
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Cultivated tens of thousands of hours of civic service and volunteerism
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Developed and engaged several thousand educators across the Commonwealth in trauma-informed classroom models
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Equipped over 125 social justice mediators, 150 peer scholars, and 35 community leadership fellows, and numerous community champions with tools, expanded mentorship, and networks
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Launched a meta-network of community-based coalitions across 10 states and a multi-state practice-based research network
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Co-developed with community partners a robust data dashboard tracking benchmarks for child wellbeing, launched mobile apps, text messaging services, and strengths-based communications
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Contributed evidence to improve child health and educational equity through participatory and multi-site research studies
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Strengthened the use of racial equity tools and trauma-informed and healing-centered frameworks in numerous organizations and coalitions
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Advocated to support over a dozen legislative efforts
Thank you for championing our shared mission to expand a collective responsibility for all children. With your investment in the leadership of caregivers and our goal of supporting community-led solutions, we can rise to bear the weight of this present moment and support equitable and sustainable social transformation for community wellness over the next 10 years.
With gratitude and deep respect,
The Vital Village Networks Team