ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: TYECIA POWELL AND SUSAN COMFORT
Tyecia Powell and Susan Comfort are the co-founders of Nonprofit Wellness, an organization dedicated to improving employee well-being & retention at schools and nonprofits in DC and nationwide. What CityBridge program did you participate in? Design Residency, Ventures, 2020-2021 What was the most impactful or meaningful part of participating in CityBridge programming? Ty: For me,…
PROMISING PRACTICE: DESIGNING FOR EQUITY – THREE STEPS TO CONDUCTING EMPATHY INTERVIEWS
By Jim Kline We know that it is easy for equity to go out the window when designers are busy and feel the urgency of deadlines. In our incubator, we intentionally coach our participants to slow down and listen. The radical act of practicing empathy and seeking to understand the true problem at hand makes…
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: RENNIE M. TAYLOR
Read our interview below with Rennie M. Taylor, Assistant Principal at Stuart-Hobson Middle School. What CityBridge program did you participate in? Design Fellowship in the fall of 2020 What was the most impactful or meaningful part of participating in CityBridge programming? Design Fellowship exposed my team to new tools and methods to support the social…
PROMISING PRACTICE: MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE WITH A THEORY OF CHANGE
By Andrew Plemmons Pratt Whether you are creating a new program, launching a new school, or transforming an existing school, the CityBridge Incubator helps teams design and scale innovative and equity-centered education solutions. But to solve a problem, it is important to know what you are currently doing, and most importantly why. One powerful tool…