Deputy Director, Opportunity Nation
Posts by Elizabeth Clay Roy
Three Dynamic Programs in Miami Connect, Inspire Youth
We talk a lot about expanding educational access and career pathways for young adults. But nothing underscores their importance like the success of three dynamic programs we learned...
Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Economic Fate
At the core of the Opportunity Nation campaign is the idea that, in America, the circumstances of your birth, the community you grow up in, should not condemn...
Check Out the Opportunity Index at the NCVS in Chicago Next Week
How do we know if we are creating opportunity in America? A stock market rally? Reduction in the unemployment rate? Those tell us something important about today, but...
Young Americans on Values and Opportunity in DC
Last Friday, Georgetown’s Berkley Center and the Public Religion Research Institute released a groundbreaking survey of young Americans on faith, values, and the issues facing our country. Opportunity Nation was thrilled to...
What Do Satsuma Orange Trees Have To Do With Opportunity?
The beautiful New Orleans morning started with a question: “Is this what you thought a farm looked like?” That was Grow Dat Youth Farm’s Director Johanna Gilligan asking the 50+...
Otterbein University Explores ‘Women and the New American Dream’
On March 9th and 10th, Otterbein held the first of a national series of conversations about opportunity and the American Dream. Following the launch of Opportunity Nation last...
Speak Out: Ask Presidental Candidates about Opportunity in CNN Debate
Is the media asking Presidential candidates the questions you want to hear? Our campaign is committed to focusing the national dialogue on economic mobility in America. Next Wednesday,...
