Changemaker
Communities
Together, we forge innovative partnerships with key organizations
to seed the next generation of changemakers
in your community.
WE COLLABORATE WITH YOU TO BUILD COMMUNITIES
WHERE EVERY PERSON REALIZES THEIR POWER TO IMPACT THEIR WORLD.
Case Study
North Central Massachusetts
Local Partner: Mount wachusett Community College
Ecosystem Partners: fitchburg state university, mount Wachusett community college, fitchburg school district, leominster school district and local chamber of commerce
Over the last year, a core group of Change Team Leaders from North Central Massachusetts worked on the Changemaker Communities initiative to transform their high schools and their institutions of higher education into a cohesive continuum and support the next generation of changemakers for their communities.
The collaborating partners represent an impressive regional alliance of resources and these educational institutions came together and designed pathways for students to attain not only college credits, but credentials, prior to graduation.
Interwoven throughout, themes of changemaking, empathy, and social-emotional learning will provided a solid foundation for students at these schools, who gained the skills and values necessary to become powerful changemakers.
I recently participated in a regional ecosystem forecast with speakers from the Federal Reserve; every speaker’s number one concern is [recruiting a skilled] workforce. Embedding changemaking into our ecosystem is the most critical we can do to create a pipeline of skilled workers.
— LeAnn Scales Vice President of External Affairs, Mount Wachusett Community College, MA