Apr 7, 2022 | Community Conversations, Community Partner Highlights, Leadership Voices
by Val Young President of the Forsyth County Association of Educators My Dream of Great Public Education My dream of a great public education would be schools led by highly qualified principals. Full of qualified wrap-around service professionals like nurses, social...
Apr 4, 2022 | Community Conversations, News and Updates
North Carolina has fallen behind in its investment in education. To better understand this trend, The Forsyth Promise has looked into Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) — a way of measuring, comparing and contrasting the amounts of money invested and spent on public...
Feb 9, 2022 | Community Conversations, Community Partner Highlights, Leadership Voices
by Val Young President of the Forsyth County Association of Educators FCAE at the Educator Rally for Justice The Forsyth County Association of Educators (FCAE) is part of a three-tier labor organization that is working to change the perception of our association from...
Feb 9, 2022 | Community Conversations, Leadership Voices
by Tembila Covington President of the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity The Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity is committed to advocacy concerning numerous diverse issues affecting the citizens of our community. One of the...
Dec 9, 2021 | Community Conversations, News and Updates
by Aurora Fulp Americorps VISTA What is Leandro Case? At its heart, the case of Leandro v. State of North Carolina is about the responsibilities our state government has towards its students, namely the constitutional responsibility to provide all North...
Nov 5, 2021 | Community Conversations
by Aurora Fulp Americorps VISTA The Forsyth Promise (TFP) is working to engage with our community in the most authentic way possible and help provide critical context and understanding needed to make a positive difference in Forsyth County. Through this blog post, we...