How can nonprofits and social service providers plan for/deal with uncertainty for their organizations, staff, and clients as they prepare for back-to-school or work? How are you thinking about this as both a parent and a nonprofit consultant/executive?

At Root Cause we were incredibly lucky to have these 3 fantastic interns join us for the Summer of 2021 working on various Root Cause projects and initiatives.

In January 2021, I led a discussion entitled “Grow-Your-Own” Programs: Diversifying the K-12 Educator Pipeline. This discussion was rooted in learnings from a strategic planning process with our partners at Latinos for Education (L4E) in the fall of 2019.

We did not know what was ahead, but these 4 simple priorities helped us hold our center and know what was called for in each moment.