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187: Managing A Nonprofit Merger: Would You Be Ready? (Dr. Monique Perry-Graves)SUMMARYAs nonprofits consider strategies for the future, its leadership may explore the possibility of re-aligning resources, collaborating to increase efficiencies, or even entering a formal strategic alliance or merger with another nonprofit. In episode #187 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Dr. Monique Perry-Graves shares key considerations nonprofit leaders can follow to guide their organization through the merger process. She discusses her career journey, valuable lessons learned from transitioning sectors, and the most defining moments that prepared her for senior leadership. Monique breaks down her 70/20/10 concept for individual learning, development and elevation to leadership. You'll hear some challenges, benefits and unique opportunities inherent to being a chapter of a national organization as Monique talks about her approach to such things as fundraising, board engagement and talent acquisition and retention.ABOUT MONIQUEDr. Monique Perry-Graves is an award-winning social impact leader with a deep commitment to expanding educational equity and access. For over twenty years, she has aligned her personal and professional life to this commitment, born from her lived experience and generational family commitment to education. Dr. Perry-Graves serves as Teach for America's first statewide Executive Director for its North Carolina regions. In this role, she leads multiple teams spanning Charlotte, the Piedmont-Triad, Triangle, and Eastern North Carolina, to support Teach For America's mission to find, develop, and support a diverse network of leaders working together to end educational inequity. As chief executive for the state, Dr. Perry-Graves' leadership portfolio includes corps member and alumni programming, communications, public affairs, government relations, operations, fundraising, and two regional advisory boards. In her first year, she successfully led North Carolina's transition from a multi-region portfolio to unified statewide model, forged new statewide and national partnerships, and amplified the impact of the TFA NC network of educators and alumni amid unprecedented challenges during the secondary stages of COVID-19 as districts returned to in-person learning. She continues to share insights and magnify the voices of others with the broader NC community through monthly columns published by EducationNC. EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESDare to Lead by Brene BrownLearn more about Teach for America hereFollow Dr. Monique Perry-Graves hereTake our Podcast Survey!

Most of you probably know a student or even students who have struggled with mental health. Supporting students' mental health has always been a challenging and important issue for schools — and today more than ever, the mental health needs of students are complex and significant as we navigate this global pandemic. Reporter Rupen Fofaria of EducationNC; Dr. Jeff James, Superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools; and Mr. Jermaine White, Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services at Harnett County Schools are with us today to talk about the innovative ways some North Carolina districts are increasing mental health supports in their schools. GUESTS: Rupen Fofaria, Reporter, EducationNC Jermaine White, Assistant Superintendent, Student Support Services, Harnett County Schools Dr. Jeff James, Superintendent, Iredell-Statesville Schools

Most of you probably know a student or even students who have struggled with mental health. Supporting students' mental health has always been a challenging and important issue for schools — and today more than ever, the mental health needs of students are complex and significant as we navigate this global pandemic. Reporter Rupen Fofaria of EducationNC; Dr. Jeff James, Superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools; and Mr. Jermaine White, Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services at Harnett County Schools are with us today to talk about the innovative ways some North Carolina districts are increasing mental health supports in their schools.

In this Closer Look episode, host Dawn Vaughan talks with EducationNC reporter Alex Granados about schools reopening, and what the past year has been like for educators, students and elected officials as they managed major changes in public education during coronavirus. After a year since schools were first closed, all North Carolina students are now returning to the classroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, Leslie Boney, will be hosting a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is responding over the next few weeks. Joining us this week for part one of the series with our special guests: Jeffrey Sural (Director of the Broadband Infrastructure Office under NC Department of Information Technology), Mebane Rash (CEO of EducationNC), and Rev. James Gailliard (Senior Pastor of Word Tabernacle Church and Representative of Nash county in the NC General Assembly). *This episode of First in Future was recorded on Thursday, March 19, and reflects information that was up-to-date at that time.*

Host Alex Granados talks with James Ford, consultant with Filling the Gap Educational Consultants and executive director for the Center for Racial Equity and Education (CREED). CREED is releasing two reports examining equity in North Carolina, and content related to them is being released on EducationNC throughout August. In this episode, Ford talks more about his project, including how equity impacts academically gifted students, students with disability, and more.

The words “public policy” conjure up images in the mind of legislative or municipal hearings or cubes of bureaucrats, but this week’s guest want to find a way to put the public in public policy. Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC and the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research and EdNC is looking for ways to get people who are concerned about education feeling like we have ability to participate in what happens. Mebane feels like the best ideas really do emerge from talking across lines of division in town halls and town squares, coffee shops and breweries. This week’s First in Future explores her thoughts on civil discourse and social capital, civic participation and public education, and the connective power of coffee.

Host Alex Granados talks with EducationNC reporter Liz Bell about her equity series of videos.

Alex Granados, reporter for EducationNC, interviews Lee Teague, the recently named executive director of the North Carolina Public Charter Schools Association.

Host Alex Granados talks with EducationNC columnist and alternative school principal Terrance Ruth.