We Will All Rise

“The form 990 as prepared by the cpa firm will be reviewed by the governing body prior to filing.”

“All rise's policy requires an annual review and signed acknowledgment of the conflicts of interest policy from each board member. The acknowledgment means the board member has reviewed the policy, will comply with the policy, and disclose any necessary information to identify if any conflicts of interest exist. Further, board members must always disclose any conflict of interest on matters that the board or board committee is considering voting on. This information is maintained within the board meeting minutes and tracked by the ceo for any additional review or disclosure purposes as needed.”

“An ad hoc committee composed of board members meets at least yearly to determine the compensation for the ceo and other senior executives. During this meeting, metrics and other compensation information based on comparable regional and educational nonprofit organizations are utilized in determining purposes as needed.”

“An ad hoc committee composed of board members meets at least yearly to determine the compensation for the ceo and other senior executives. During this meeting, metrics and other compensation information based on comparable regional and educational nonprofit organizations are utilized in determining purposes as needed.”

“All governing documents are available upon request or via candid. All rise will post forms 990 and audited financial statements on our website starting in fy 2023.”

“All rise creates targeted initiatives that invest in the socio-emotional, educational, and economic needs of young men of color. Our vision is to amplify our voices and marshal our collective resources to educate, elevate, and empower men of color.”

“We will all rise continued to build on its fy21 free mind collective program successes in fy22, by providing financial and/or mentoring support to 24 young men of color from our 3 major program cities of washington dc, maryland, and philadelphia. A total of 18 free minds received financial support up to 10,000 to pay down on tuition, housing, and/or family responsibilities to ensure they had a successful academic school year. All free minds also received wrap-around supports through phone calls and monthly meetings (i.e., "huddles") addressing issues concerning financial planning, effective note taking, and finding internships while in school. All rise successfully navigated the ongoing challenges of the pandemic and its effects on free minds as students virtually and in person in universities throughout the regions, including free minds who needed to transfer colleges as well as others who struggled academically, yet persisted to advance from semester to semester. In the end, the free mind collective was pleased to celebrate 4 new college graduates during fy22 from 3 universities, cementing our commitment to supporting young men of color in and through successful college experiences leading to obtaining college degrees.”

“Mke rising established four critical partner placement sites in milwaukee, wisconsin. Placement sites often serve dual functions (partner placement sites and employment placement sites) where fellows (i.e., program participants) will spend their 9-month residency and potentially work post-residency. Programmatically we've developed a participant handbook, an orientation, training, professional development process, background checks, detailed job descriptions, confidentiality agreements, media releases, codes of conduct, and guiding principles, to name a few. Other achievements include a robust website with engaging and pertinent information, and a link to our application process, and well-developed relationships with partner placement and executed site agreements with four local critical stakeholders. Finally, plans were instituted to become part of the rising institute, a more comprehensive initiative at we will all rise with an expanded focus on program innovation for young men of color pursuing careers in education.”

“All rise initiated planning and piloting an approach for the belief fellowship (black and brown educators lifting and inspiring education's future) . The fellowship emerged from a community driven process that allowed all rise to continue it's investment in young men of color, creating pathways to careers in education and teacher certification. The belief fellowship will launch two cohorts of fellows in the baltimore (10) and atlanta (10) regions in 2023. We have built strategic partnerships with organizations that have allowed all rise to expose and recruit black and brown college-enrolled men to careers in education. Our baltimore fellows (2) have been offered paid part-time internships through teach for america and an opportunity for teacher certification through their program. All rise is collaborating with create, an alternative teacher certification program in atlanta, to assist with the recruitment of black and brown young men in their senior year of high school and currently enrolled in college into the belief fellowship. All rise scheduled information sessions (2) with the new teacher project/baltimore city teacher residency program to expose (6) young men of color to careers in education and provide a potential pathway into a teaching career. We have partnered with baltimore city public schools office of college and career readiness to facilitate three events exposing elementary, middle and high school students to careers in education as well as two recruitment events for black and brown male high school seniors interested in careers in education and education as a major in college.”

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