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SimpleCitizen recently partnered with a group of government, non-profit and local service organizations to help new arrivals complete employment authorization documents. Our software helped eligible attendees self-generate their immigration forms, while volunteer attorneys and accredited DOJ representatives reviewed them for legal accuracy. To me, this is a partnership that demonstrates what scalable access to justice solutions can look like when you bring together for-profit tech businesses, legal aid providers and community organizations to solve urgent problems. If you're interested in learning more about how we do this work (pro bono) please reach out. #legalinnovation Robert Ambrogi and Sarah Glassmeyer, I can't help but tag you both here in light of your recent posts about the potential of private/public/non-profit #legaltech partnerships.

Thanks, Juan, to you and to OCULL for your leadership in this important and rapidly evolving space. I am looking forward to Jim Fong’s session!

This is great and well worth the investment. Investment why? All training is good and cannot be taken away. Sharpen your pencil, gain a new skill and you just got a new pencil to sharpen. To utilize compounding in your life and career is better than the stock market, it ONLY appreciates. So, reach out to Jerah Hutchins, get the training, and put all the negative and doubting people on the back of their heals. It becomes more than a gun but, a tool. What will be the difference from a criminal and you? You actually will hit what you aim at. That means you can defend the innocent’s and put down lethal force. To have a tool, like a hammer, is great when it is needed, but to not have the tool when presented with nails make us useless. Be useful.

Directors of Education and MAT Education Improvement folks... ...save the dates: - Thur 27th June - Fri 28th June Building on the success of last year's Trust Education Leaders Community... ...Lorraine Hughes, Sufian Sadiq & James Searle and I are planning our third annual, in person conference. Members of the community will be sharing what's been working (and what hasn't). 🧑🏫 50+ Directors of Education / MAT Education Leaders 🗣20+ speakers 📅 2 days: 27th-28 th June 🥘 Properly good meals (dinner on the Thursday night was a REAL highlight last year) 🤝 Oodles of insight and professional generosity ❤️ Lots of new friendships 🏫 Challney High School for Boys, Luton. Add the invite link (in the comments) to your calendar to avoid double booking yourself. (spaces have already been reserved by last year's members so spaces are limited) Will update you with more details and how to book a place soon. We're currently building a very exciting line up If you're interested in: 💡- helping shape it 🎤 - joining the line up yourself to speak 🗳- nominating someone to share great work ...we'd love to hear from you in the comments. DMs open if you prefer. ------- EDIT since original posting: Links to: - everything you need to know about the conference and online community - register your place... ...both in the comments.

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Across #Arizona —and really, across the country—there is a growing conversation about the value of college…Is it worth it? Who should go to college? Who really benefits from a college education?   There is a lot of chatter suggesting that maybe education and training after high school isn’t worth it, or that the public doesn’t see the value of that for everybody. Yesterday we hosted this Morning Scoop with the Arizona Capitol Times to respond with strong evidence that Arizona voters do see value in education and training beyond high school. And, #voters want the state's Policy, Legislative, Education, and Business leaders do more to provide opportunities for #postsecondary education and training. But as you will hear our panelists say, this is not just an #education issue! Increasing opportunities for education and training after high school provides amazing benefits to individuals, their families and communities, and to the economic strength of the state. This issue affects every single one of us. Find out why in the post ⤵ .

⚖️ As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling, we must also confront a brutal reality about our current education system: public schools could still turn Linda Brown away. And it’s perfectly legal. How is that possible? In our new report released today, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐯. 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝, we examine the laws governing public school admissions policies in all 50 states. Here's what we found: https://lnkd.in/gGD6Qh55

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I saw this post, I recalled some of the best commencement speeches that stick with me. My own was given in 1996, when I graduated from management studies at the University of Manitoba, by Dave Angus, then President of The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. It was about human potential and not setting limiting beliefs. The 1997 hypothetical commencement speech written by Mary Schmich but made famous by @Baz Luhrmann, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)", also known as "The Sunscreen Song. There is some great advice I still dispense today to others, my favourite is "that some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't know what they want to be in life." In 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven's commencement speech at the University of Texas often called the “Make Your Bed” speech. Start your day by doing one thing successfully, even if that is making your bed. Two recent ones that have caught my mind space; In 2023, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech at Northwestern University entitled Would an Idiot Do That caught my attention because of how he spoke about those who deal in cruelty and ignorance. Finally, Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girl's Can Code, delivered the 2023 commencement speech at Smith's College, which is referred to as the Bicycle Face speech. In it, she dispels Imposter Syndrome in the same way that the historically malady Bicycle Face was used to hold women back. For my speech, I would use the theme of Acceptance without Understanding™. So much in life can be overcome so that we all coexist together, even though we don't understand. It's not about agreeing or tolerating either. Like the famous TED talks, which are not on my bucket list as a speaker, neither is giving a commencement speech. If asked, I would say yes to both! #acceptancewithoutunderstanding #acceptanceforall2050