Audience: HR

Empowering Girls: La’Keisha Gray-Sewell and Girls Like Me Project’s Collaboration with Common Impact and The Allstate Foundation 

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As the Founder and Executive Director of Girls Like Me Project, La’Keisha Gray-Sewell is committed to empowering African American girls. Her mission is to help them critically examine social, cultural, and political ideologies in media, including negative stereotypes. Her organization equips them with the tools and strategies to become influential, independent digital storytellers who transform their communities and …

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Empowering Underserved Students: A 5 Strong Scholarship Foundation Collaboration with Common Impact and Unum Group 

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Access to higher education can sometimes feel like a distant dream for underserved high school students, but Andrew H. Ragland, CEO and Founder of 5 Strong Scholarship Foundation, is changing that narrative. We met Andrew through a collaborative skills-based volunteering initiative with Unum Group, a leading workplace benefits and services provider. The skilled volunteering event was …

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Fidelity Investments and Common Impact: 20 Years of Unwavering Support for Underserved Communities

As a leader in Social Impact, Fidelity’s commitment to community is clear: to create positive social change by actively partnering with community leaders and nonprofit organizations. Fidelity esteems nonprofits and their leaders as experts with invaluable insight into their communities’ needs. In 2022 alone, Fidelity offered financial backing and programmatic support to over 150 nonprofits serving Black and …

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Volunteer Spotlight: Alexa Tang, Arity

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After just one skills-based volunteering event, Alexa Tang felt the pull to continue giving back in this meaningful way. The opportunity to utilize her specialized expertise and talent to optimize operations and amplify the impact of mission-driven organizations was a perfect fit for her boundless energy and collaborative mindset.

Skills for Cities: Bringing the Power of ProBono to Texas

Texas is a thriving hub for nonprofit innovators, social entrepreneurs, and community builders working towards social equity. As the demand for community services continues to increase, so does the need for greater capacity and stronger, more resilient infrastructure for nonprofits to deliver on their missions.  Common Impact’s skills-based volunteering event, Skills for Cities, utilized cross-sector …

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