Ventures

Beloved Community advocates for and provides capacity-building supports that help communities operationalize and sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Key programs include a free, online equity audit, Equity in Schools and Equity at Work cohorts, and deep-dive single institution planning and implementation programming. Beloved Community builds diverse voice in local leadership so that the commitment to regional solutions remains long after any individual charismatic leader, local legislation, or funding stream has gone.

The Black Teacher Project (BTP) recruits, develops, and sustains Black teachers for schools in the United States. The organization seeks to create an effective teaching force that reflects the diversity of Black people in this country by recruiting future Black teachers, supporting Black teachers to sustain themselves personally and professionally,​ and conducting research on Black teacher health and sustainability.​

BranchED supports minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to maximize the quality of their educator preparation programs (EPPs) by providing training, technical assistance, and coaching support – coupled with peer learning and collaborative problem solving.​

SSLF prepares high-potential education leaders to take on superintendent and cabinet-level roles within three years of completing the fellowship. The fellowship helps participants develop the core skills necessary to become transformational systems leaders through a highly selective and rigorous leadership development program.

The CREC Foundation was established in 2005 to support CREC’s programs, missions and its members. The mission of the CREC Teacher Residency Program is to provide college graduates with an alternate route to elementary certification based on a residency model that focuses on recruiting, preparing, increasing and sustaining minority teachers in elementary schools in the Hartford Region.

Launched in 2019, Lead with CPS serves as the umbrella under which leadership development programs will be aligned, eliminating silos between existing programs, and establishing a common vision and goals for creating diverse talent pipelines. Lead with CPS defines what leadership means at every level and provides transparent and equitable access to leadership opportunities that meet the needs of all employees, with a particular focus on recruiting and advancing African American and Latinx employees who are underrepresented among the district’s leadership, especially compared to the demographics of the students they serve. With a core commitment to equity, Lead with CPS aims to strategically recruit and prepare leaders of color and facilitate their advancement within the district.

Chiefs for Change (CFC) is a nonprofit network of diverse state and district education Chiefs dedicated to preparing all students for today’s world and tomorrow’s. The Future Chiefs program is a 12-month, cohort-based experience in which CFC recruits 8-10 high-potential “Future Chiefs” who are one to two steps removed from obtaining state or district Chief roles, develops them, and helps place them into Chief roles.

What happens when Pahara & EDLOC meet historically ignored leaders of color? You get Disruptive Partners. Disruptive Partners (DP) is a Black-owned leadership development firm, committed to developing an exponential number of high-impact leaders at the local level. We identify leaders of color that bring a wide range of diverse talents, skills, and lived experiences critical to influencing real change within the Black community. As your premier executive talent pipeline for racially diverse communities, we create sustainable impact by activating, learning from, and leveraging the untapped power in our communities. We are your Pahara & EDLOC for “The Hood, Which Is My Hood!”

Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) is a membership organization dedicated to elevating the leadership, voices and influence of people of color in education, and to leading more inclusive efforts to improve education.

Education Pioneers (EP) recruits, develops, and connects professionals from diverse backgrounds to solve problems from outside the classroom so students and teachers succeed inside the classroom. The Visiting Fellowship identifies, supports, and retains diverse rising leaders who are already working in education full-time.