Program Objectives and Key Results
Objectives:
- Increase in Civic Leadership Infrastructure
- Development of Critical Civic Networks
- Implementation of Economic Mobility Initiative
- Facilitation of Long-Term Regional Impact
Key Results:
- Enhance Fellows' civic infrastructure knowledge, develop leadership capacity, and gain the skills necessary for regional collaboration, focusing on addressing economic mobility challenges
- Build collaborative relationships between Fellows, local community leaders, and national civic leaders to foster cross-regional learning and collective action
- Support Fellows in collectively addressing economic mobility based on lessons learned from workshops and site visits, involving stakeholders in the St. Louis region
- Support the long-term development of leaders who will continue to increase prosperity, reduce displacement, and improve civic infrastructure in St. Louis City and North St. Louis County
"The most impactful learning experience so far has been deepening my understanding of what economic mobility truly means - beyond theory and into how it shows up in systems, policy, and community-level practice. This has helped me connect my existing work to broader economic frameworks."Civic Collaboration Fellow, Year 1
"At the start of this year, the broader concept of "economic mobility" felt somewhat abstract - speaking with folks who are working in small ways towards mobility solutions of their own has been helpful to make things more tangible for me in a way that abstract discussion isn't able to do."Civic Collaboration Fellow, Year 1
Civic Collaboration Fellows is a partnership between University of Missouri - Extension (MU Extension) and the University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL) with generous funding from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.