Rb21 Partner Newsletter 8/19 Events Section

Partner Engagement in The America's Promise Alliance Grad Nation Action Forum

The America's Promise Alliance is hosting the Grad Nation Action Forum September 16 - 18, 2009 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. The Alliance is bringing together teams of leaders from the 12 Featured Communities - seven of which overlap with the priority cities of the partnership -for workshops and trainings supporting their work to improve graduation rates in their communities. The Ready by 21 Partnership sent an invitation to the attendees from Louisville and Nashville to meet with Partners in conjunction with the planned activities of the Action Forum. To date, the team from Louisville has responded that they would like to take advantage of the invitation for Friday afternoon, September 18 (more details will be sent separately). Special thanks to America's Promise Alliance for making conference rooms available to the Partnership for these targeted meetings. (For more information about the Grad Nation Action Forum, contact Caroline Brachman at carolineb@americaspromise.org.

RB21 Workstation Training Update

Now is the time for Partners to use the RB21 Workstation. The first round of training for Partners continues the last week of August per the schedule below. Trainings will be at the Cady Lee on:

Wednesday, August 26 from 1-3 pm EST
Thursday, August 27 from 9-11 am EST-This training is for Partner Designated Workstation Coordinators
Thursday, August 27 from 1-3 pm EST

To register for these trainings, please send an email to Larry Pasti with name of staff and which session they will be attending. If attending the training at the Cady Lee a laptop is needed. When registering, please indicate if staff will be bringing their own laptop. The Forum has some capacity to provide laptops for this training with advance notice.

Please note the each Partner is expected to have one staff designated as the lead staff for their section and work in the Workstation. Partners are being asked to start using the Workstation. Each Partner should be going back to April 1, 2009 and documenting all of their outreach activity for Levels 1 and 2. Upcoming events for the fall of 2009 and beyond can be entered also. The Workstation will have posted on the Partner's page the times when CSG staff will be on line during the work day to respond to questions in real time. Remember, that each Wednesday at 10 a.m. there is a Workstation Users call from 10 to 11 am EST (DIAL: 1-800-505-4464, PIN: 397039). This is a place to ask questions, make suggestions for improvements or offer advice to fellow users.

Chattanooga Planning for August 27-28th Visit Progressing w/ United Way and Corporate Voices Support

Members of the UWA and CVWF Rb21 teams have joined the weekly prep calls with Chattanooga (the local United Way is playing the leadership role) in preparation for a one-day facilitation of the full range of community stakeholders. Karen Pittman will be delivering the keynote at the UW-Greater Chattanooga Campaign Kickoff on August 27, followed by a debrief with a select group of community, state and regional leaders. On August 28, UW-Chattanooga is convening a group of leaders to tell the story of Chattanooga to a group of Ready by 21 Partners. UWA, CVWF and AASA team members will be joining the Forum team on this visit. Others are welcome to attend if possible, or send relevant materials to be distributed. Please contact Ian Faigley for more information.

Publishing Date:

August 19, 2009