Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.
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Sep 13, 2021
ConvergenceRI highlights ONE Neighborhood Builders' efforts to develop a free Wi-FI wire mesh system to serve the residents of Olneyville, RI – a system which recently won a Wi-Fi at Work national award from WifiForward.
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Sep 9, 2021
Johns Hopkins University shares conclusions from a 3-year clinical study focused on a Baltimore partnership with Vision To Learn, which found that access to eyeglasses is linked to improved test scores.
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Aug 23, 2021
The Crime Report highlights the devastating collateral consequences of justice system involvement and uplifts solutions like Clean Slate policies.
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Aug 16, 2021
A Baltimore-based news outlet highlights Vision To Learn's collaboration with local library branches to provide children with free eye exams and glasses.
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Aug 15, 2021
Matter of Fact spotlights Social Finance's Career Impact Bond and its partnership with American Diesel Training Center as an example of initiatives aimed at providing workers with the skills they need for in-demand careers.
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Aug 13, 2021
Managing Director Mindy Tarlow and Tanya Coke, a program director at the Ford Foundation, join the Barron's Live podcast to discuss the Justice and Mobility Fund with Penta senior writer Abby Schultz.
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Aug 6, 2021
In an episode of Inside Higher Ed's The Key podcast, Merit America Co-CEOs Rebecca Taber Staehelin and Connor Diemand-Yauman share how their organization is helping pave new ways for adults to enter or advance in the workforce.
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Aug 4, 2021
Zearn Co-Founder and CEO Shalinee Sharma shares how data from their math app, used by 1 in 4 elementary-age children nationwide, showed a widening learning gap as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aug 4, 2021
Writing in The New York Times, JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon expresses support for initiatives like Clean Slate, which help expand employment opportunities for justice-involved people.
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Jul 31, 2021
Barron's interviews Blue Meridian's Mindy Tarlow and Ford Foundation's Tanya Coke about how the Justice and Mobility collaboration is working to remove economic barriers for justice-involved people, and it uplifts stories from several investees.