| | The Prince George’s County Social Innovation Fund recently celebrated its three-year anniversary and we are excited! What started as a simple idea to engage younger residents and pilot new initiatives has nicely blossomed into an collaboration of cross-generational stakeholders interested innovative solutions to a broad range of local challenges. Our partnerships with EnVision Prince George’s, The Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce, The Community Foundation for Prince George’s County, Park and Planning, Associated Black Charities, Triamphant Church, and County Government have yielded the launch of several pilot initiatives - Forty UNDER 40, the 2 to 6 Initiative, and PGCO-Work; lots of important lessons learned from our successes and failures; and an ability to offer a credible and representative voice based on our learning, stakeholders, and experience. It’s been a great run and the realization that community development is a marathon rather than a sprint has been an early lesson! |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | To celebrate our three-year anniversary, we would like to share our newly approved Strategic Plan which further solidified our technical focus in three core areas: Civic Engagement; Education; and Economic Opportunity. As per the findings from the planning process, we are best positioned to serve the County through advocacy, action-based research, and by offering intellectual ‘think tank-like’ analysis, programming, and technical advisory on issues and opportunities for Prince George’s County, particularly those impacting the 21 – 45 year old demographic.
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| | Speaking of ‘making moves’, our strategic plan calls for increasing our governance and staff capacity in order to deliver on our exciting agenda. Getting the right people on the bus to join our amazing team is an important next step for our growth and trajectory. As such, we are currently recruiting Advisory Board Members and a part-time Program Manager in order to increase our delivery capacity. So -- have a look at our re-energized Strategy and let us know if you’re interested in joining our efforts.
Leave your comments here, send an email to info@innovateprincegeorges.org, or share your interest in the Advisory Board or the Program Manager opportunity. |
| | | | | | | PGCSIF’s mission is to build social capital and invest in new ways of solving old challenges in Prince George’s County. |
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