Southern States Scholars Collective Impact Group’s objectives are to create alignment, commitment, policy, funding, and trust across sectors (public, non-profits, business, governments, and foundations) to promote:
• Talent Development Pipelines
• Qualification for Large Scale Federal Grants
• Federal Grant Writing
• Grant Management & Reporting
• Committed Collaborators Working Year-round
• Evidenced Based Evaluation
• Increased Capacity and Resources
• Greater Community Impact
We do this by adopting a community-determined common agenda, shared measurement that prioritizes lived experience, mutually reinforcing activities built on trust and strong relationships, culturally responsive communication, grounding in equity, race, and intersectionality, placing equal emphasis on direct service and systems change, advocating for equitable distribution of resources and functioning as a binding “Backbone” that helps mobilize, coordinate and facilitate achieving our goal. Our motto is, “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats”