Monique Rizer is the Executive Director of Opportunity Nation. Prior to this role, Monique served as Chief of Staff for Opportunity Nation’s parent organization, Be The Change, Inc., a national nonprofit organization that creates issue-based campaigns designed to advance positive social change. Read Monique’s Bio.
Posts by Monique Rizer
Opportunity Nation 2018 Transitions
Dear friends of Opportunity Nation, I’m writing to share that December 31 will be my last day leading Opportunity Nation. Over the last two and a half...
A Statement on Charlottesville
Opportunity Nation’s mission is to restore the promise of the American Dream by ensuring that everyone – regardless of their skin color, gender, faith or where they were...
The Social Capital Solution
From the neighbor who walks your dog when you can’t, to your schoolmates, to your work colleagues, the people we know are our social capital. We make these...
Women Are Necessary to Create Our Opportunity Nation
"On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment."...
Sit, Listen, Eat – and three other essentials for nonprofits in 2017
The first week of 2017 held a flurry of strategic huddles among the Opportunity Nation Coalition. Some of our 330 Coalition members were laser-focused on federal legislative plans...
More Americans have jobs, yet inequality is increasing nationally
After five years of incremental progress, the nation’s Opportunity Score has stalled, according to the 2016 Opportunity Index. Produced in partnership with Measure of America, the annual Index...
6 Ways the Next President Can Improve Education
'When our youth do well, our communities do well, and our economy follows' Economic opportunity is the leading domestic issue of our time—and a key to reinvigorating our...