Grounding Our Work In Community Wisdom

In early 2020, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s Education team was developing a plan to better understand the systems and policies impacting early learners to devise right-fit solutions in the city of Oakland, CA. What emerged was a Community Strategy Council for Educational Equity and Excellence that helped guide the Foundation’s grantmaking during the pandemic and brought essential knowledge to their strategies. The Rainin Foundation partnered with the National Equity Project to support convening and facilitating this Community Strategy Council.