Learning, Living, and Leaving a Legacy: What do they mean?
If you’ve scrolled through our website or seen posters of ours in the community, you’ve likely seen us reference our three priority areas: Living, Learning, and Leaving a Legacy. Those are the three areas in which we hope to assist the residents of the 24:1. Here’s what those words mean to us:
Learning
Our definition
Create opportunities for people to access quality early childhood education.
What that means in practice
A child’s education starts long before their first day of kindergarten, and it can be a challenge for many in the 24:1 to access that. We’ve supported efforts to detect developmental delays early on, connect students and their families with service providers, to educate parents on how to keep their babies safe and more. We’ve lent our support and services to child literacy efforts, job readiness training, early learning centers, financial education and more.
Living
Our definition
Create opportunities for people to meet their basic needs.
What that means in practice
There are so many facets to health, safety, and economic stability, and we serve organizations that address those facets in innovative ways. Over the years, we’ve assisted a drop-in center for people in housing crisis, the distribution of diapers and period supplies, and efforts for hunger relief in the area. We’ve given our support to a wide range of organizations that address those facets of life, from addiction counseling to mobile dental services to free legal representation to providing new sneakers to those who can’t afford them.
Leaving a Legacy
Our definition
Create opportunities for people to leave a positive legacy and move through the housing continuum.
What that means in practice
We hope to ensure that residents of the 24:1 can stay here and have access to safe housing and quality education. In the past, we’ve supported efforts to renovate homes in the footprint, demolish and clean up problem properties, support tenants of subsidized housing, and provide a place where K-12 students can gather after school or during the summer and learn in creative and safe ways.
