Leadership

Champion
Buzz Ritchie

Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans

We Can!

BornLearning.org

Sponsors

Energy Services PensacolaBaptist Health Care

Partners

Currently:

212 individuals

70 Organizations

7 Sponsors

Poll

What do you believe should be the highest priority in Escambia County?

Education Team

Team Chair: Dr. Angela McCorvey, University of West Florida

Partners include the Escambia County School District, PJC, UWF, and George Stone; Goals: to implement Bridges Out of Poverty concepts at all levels of education, provide educational and job training access and resources for people working towards self-sufficiency.

Initiatives

  • Develop On-line training modules of Framework for Understanding Poverty
  • Develop a white paper "What poverty costs higher education"
  • Team members will complete Training Certification
  • Facilitate workshops on UWF and PJC Campuses related to strategies for working with low-income individuals

Accomplishments

  • UWF signed contract with aha Process to develop modules for Training credit for K-12 teachers
  • Several Team members have completed aha Process, Train the Trainer

Meeting Date

Meet as needed.

Contact Angela McCorvey for more information:
amccorvey0@uwf.edu.