ALAMANCE FORWARD

Alamance Forward is a community-led initiative to address some of the obstacles to having equitable, high-achieving public schools in Alamance County. The initiative is a partnership between Alamance Achieves, the CityGate Dream Center and LatinxEd, and is funded in part by the Walton Family Foundation.

In 2022, the initiative facilitated a series of listening sessions, led by community members, focusing on four key needs:

• Parental governance in schools

• Diverse teacher representation

• Safe school environments

• Culturally responsive curriculum

Some 70 hours of listening sessions, including sessions conducted in Spanish, have created a blueprint to move forward on these key issues in ways that the community supports.

Graduates of the 2022-2023 Parent Engagement Program cohort.