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Intake forms are important because you never get a second chance to make a first impression. I'm heartened by Ascend Network partners' efforts to simp...
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Joe Waters is the co-founder and CEO of Capita and a 2021 Ascend Fellow. In this Q&A, he answers questions from the Ascend team about why climate c...
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Although Black women continue to make significant contributions to their families and society, including being the top breadwinners and the most educa...
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Although Black women continue to make significant contributions to their families and society, including being the top breadwinners and the most educa...
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So our Ascend team was thrilled to host a virtual book talk with Nicole Lynn Lewis, author of Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and...
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A commitment to rigorous learning and evaluation is fundamental to the implementation of a two-generation (2Gen) approach so that we’re me...