Voices
Dec 7, 2023
Place Matters: Learning from the Past, Envisioning the Future
Managing Director and Portfolio Lead Cecilia Gutierrez shares the personal motivations that have shaped her career trajectory and details how her experience driving regional change in Miami has informed her work with the Place Matters portfolio.
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Oct 13, 2023
A Fair Chance After Incarceration Includes the Opportunity to Dream Big
Senior Directors Scott Nolen and Le’Ann Duran discuss how the Justice and Mobility Fund’s recent scale-readiness investments aim to address the unique needs of justice-impacted populations and unlock opportunity post-incarceration.
Voices
Sep 28, 2023
Inside an Investment to Advance Black Economic Mobility: a Q&A with Nicholas Pelzer
In this Q&A, Senior Director Nicholas Pelzer shares his thoughts on Blue Meridian's investment in the HBCU Transformation Project and the outcomes it aims to achieve.
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Jun 16, 2023
Why Evaluation Must Start with Learning: A Dialogue between Micah Carr and Meg Long
Managing Director Meg Long joins Chief Brand Officer, Micah Carr, to share insights from her career as an evaluator and discuss how Blue Meridian considers learning fundamental to evaluation and building an evidence base.
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Mar 29, 2023
A Dialogue with Tia Breakley and Lissette Rodríguez
Blue Meridian recognizes the benefits of diversity within our staff, including among the management team. Two of these leaders share their professional insights and personal perspectives as women making a difference in social change.
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Feb 28, 2023
Partnering to Scale Strategies Nationally
Investee leaders within Blue Meridian’s Nationwide Solutions portfolio describe their organizations’ work, their vision for impact, and how their partnership with Blue Meridian has helped them on their scaling journey.
Voices
Oct 19, 2022
Why Place Matters
Leaders from Blue Meridian, StriveTogether, William Julius Wilson Institute, and communities across the US describe the power of place and the role of place-based partnerships to transform the life trajectories of young people and families.
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Jul 21, 2022
Team Reflections: A Shared Mission Supports Focus During Challenging Times
Some of our newest team members share their motivations for joining Blue Meridian, their learnings on transitioning jobs during a global pandemic, and how they have stayed mission-focused amid multiple crises.
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Apr 21, 2022
Lucretia Murphy of Jobs for the Future talks with Managing Director Mindy Tarlow about how Fair Chance hiring strengthens businesses, communities, and the economy
Lucretia Murphy of Jobs for the Future talks with Justice and Mobility Fund leader and Managing Director Mindy Tarlow about how Fair Chance hiring strengthens businesses, communities, and the economy.
Voices
Feb 25, 2022
A conversation between Nancy Roob and The Business of Giving podcast’s Denver Frederick
CEO Nancy Roob joins Denver Frederick's The Business of Giving Podcast to discuss Blue Meridian's pioneering approach to finding and funding scalable solutions to the problems that trap young people and families in poverty in the United States.