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[Name of convener] Leads Grad Nation Movement in [Community]
Each year, one in five students in the U.S. drops out of high school before graduation. CONVENER is working to change this trend by hosting a Grad Nation Community Summit for COMMUNITY on DATE.
One of 100 communities across the country organizing a summit, COMMUNITY is bringing together leaders from businesses, civic organizations, non-profits, local government, public schools, higher education, foundations, faith-based organizations, parents and young people to develop a multi-year action plan that will accelerate progress on graduation rates. At the heart of these plans will be the Five Promises, the wraparound services that dramatically increase a young person’s chance of success: caring adults, safe places, an effective education, a healthy start, and opportunities to help others.
Since its launch in 2010, the Grad Nation campaign has become a crucial part of raising national awareness of the high school dropout crisis and helping communities work together more effectively to prepare young people for success in college and career. With a goal of achieving a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, the Grad Nation campaign is asking communities to accelerate their efforts to raise graduation rates. COMMUNITY is doing its part with this summit that will drive the United States even more powerfully towards this milestone. The current graduation rate in COMMUNITY is XX.
COMMUNITY will use this summit to create greater awareness, engagement, and coordinated action – all leading to better outcomes for local young people. Summit attendees will also hear about promising solutions happening here, in COMMUNITY, as well as other practices and programs around the nation that could work locally.
The premier sponsor of the national Grad Nation Community Summits initiative is AT&T.
For more information on Grad Nation Community Summits, visit http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Community-Summits.aspx
WEB COPY (126 words)
Grad Nation Community Summits are designed to create greater awareness, engagement, and coordinated action in order to produce better outcomes for local young people. Part of the Grad Nation campaign and its goal of a 90 percent nationwide graduation rate by 2020, this summit will be a critical part of achieving that milestone.
Businesses, civic organizations, non-profits, local government, public schools, higher education, foundations, and faith-based organizations join with parents and young people to develop a blueprint that will accelerate progress. At the heart of these plans will be the Five Promises, the wraparound services that dramatically increase a young person’s chance of success: caring adults, safe places, an effective education, a healthy start, opportunities to help others.
For more information on Grad Nation Community Summits, visit http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Community-Summits.aspx