Education Leaders of Color harnesses the power of its membership network to ensure young people of color have the opportunities to build generational wealth and thrive.  

High-quality education is key to economic advancement for communities of color, but its impact is only possible when we address the overlapping inequities that stifle our collective progress. At EdLoC, we know that we can only truly dismantle the barriers to academic and economic advancement our communities face through multi-faceted, multi-racial, and multi-sector approaches.  

Take a Look Back at 2023

From leveraging our collective power to driving structural change through policy advocacy to seeding innovative solutions, our momentum toward multi-racial and multi-sector solidarity keeps growing.

Breaking Barriers, Building Futures

The Boulder Fund is EdLoC’s annual multimillion-dollar grant program designed to disrupt traditional philanthropy by placing grants directly into the hands of innovative leaders of color, all of whom are working across sectors to build generational wealth and improve life outcomes for young people of color. 

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EdLoC Response to 2024 Election Results 

Even as we await official certification of the election’s results, Former President Donald Trump is projected to be the next president. 

The stakes of this election could not have been higher—for our communities, for our humanity, for our priorities, and for our democracy. We have carried the heaviness and the anxiety of this election for many months; many in our Network were deeply engaged in advocacy and turnout efforts, contributions we recognize and honor even in the face of this outcome.

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Redefining Education Advocacy: What does it mean to be political?

I may not call myself a political person, but that doesn’t mean I’m not an advocate. I’m actually more political today than I’ve been in my entire life—though it’s not a primary part of my identity and only shows itself outside of my professional life.

I like to call myself a Jane of all trades—I’ve worked in U.S. K-12 education for close to 15 years, including as an Operations School Leader, a founding member of an education tech startup, and a Director of Talent Development for an education nonprofit. I’m also a parent.

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Multiracial coalition building is hard. It is also our only way forward.

The EdLoC Network gathered in Baltimore last month for our National Convening to face head-on one of our most difficult challenges: How can we sustain multiracial coalitions amid, and in support of, our fragile democracy?  

At a time when our work and our very right to exist have been called into question, we know the only way forward is to go together. We see the forces working so hard to divide us; we won’t do their work for them. 

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