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 you or any person to an inescapable economic fate.
Last week’s Opportunity Nation Summit featured engaging discussions of the challenges we face in repairing the broken ladder of opportunity as well as leading ideas for fixing it.
Last week at our Summit, Opportunity Nation activated The Shared Plan of action to ensure that young adults aged 16 – 24 are connected to school and work so that they are in the pipeline to a career.
Since the launch of Opportunity Nation, we have held a steadfast belief that the most productive solutions to closing the opportunity gap in America will come from bipartisan collaboration and innovation.
In partnership with Measure of America, Opportunity Nation developed the Opportunity Index in 2011 to frame how we discuss the opportunity gap in our nation.
In partnership with Gap, Inc., Opportunity Nation launched a new interactive jobs website that provides businesses of all shapes and sizes with the resources they need to leverage the potential of today's opportunity youth.
Last week Mark Edwards, executive director of Opportunity Nation, sat down with TJ Hart, host of the morning show on 98.3 WOW-FM out of Iowa (a Cumulus Radio Station) to discuss what the American Dream looks like today.
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.
