Guilford Education Alliance

• Action 2.2
• Action 3.2
• Action 3.22

Nonprofit

• GEA is committed to equity, access, and just treatment of all children in our school system. We believe it is our responsibility as a community to dismantle systemic racial inequities and eliminate racial and socioeconomic gaps for students.
• Celebrating success and progress, without acting to change outcomes for students left behind, is a failure of both conscience and commitment to full equity and justice.
• We must be intentional in our actions to achieve equity and justice as we make governance, business, and programming decisions.

• The success of students, educators and schools is the responsibility of the whole community.  All of us have a stake in the outcomes of our community’s children and their families.
• People across all levels of the organization should reflect the diversity of the community. Diversity can embody race, ethnicity, age, gender and sexual identity, socioeconomics, geography, as well as history and lived experience.
• It is the responsibility of our community, as well as city, county, state, and federal government to work together to fully fund and support public schools to ensure a rigorous, safe, and equitable education for all students.

• GEA has several programs and initiatives including the Did You Know series that provides quick bites of information, graphics and videos that you can share with friends and colleagues on trending issues, GEA’s Bright Futures podcasts offers 25 minute episodes to bring listeners into the conversation with change-makers, and organizes the Lift Every Voice series which offers diverse perspectives and stories to help us build collective understanding.

• Current strategic advocacy priorities are:
  • State and local bonds to address critical capital and infrastructure issues now and in the future
  • Targeted investments in career and technical education to implement new, integrated career pathways and expand hands-on career exploration in middle school
  • Robust state and county investments in GCS operations to achieve six strategic goals outlined by the GCS strategic plan
  • Regulatory reform and flexibility to modernize for the 21st century with funding and strategies

• We collaborate with people and organizations to connect community resources with the needs of Guilford County Schools students, educators and families. Examples of recent collaborations include the Food Project, Ready for School Ready for Life, Say Yes Guilford, Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative, Guilford Apprenticeship Partners, and Blue Ribbon Task Force on Career and Technical Education.

• Weaver Foundation
• Cemala Foundation
• Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
• High Point Community Foundation
• Allen Tate Realtors
• Lincoln Financial Group