LibGuides: Critical Conversations: Break the Cycle of Poverty: Stand Together

Stand Together: A Philanthropic Community with National Scale

Critical Conversations @Soka: Spotlight on Solutions

FRI | MAR 31 | 5-7 PM Soka Performing Arts Center | FREE with Registration | Open to all

What can we do as individuals and communities to break cycles of poverty, addiction, and mass incarceration?

With Special Guest Grammy-nominated Aloe Blacc and
Social Entrepreneurs from: The Phoenix, Café Momentum, Rising Tide Capital, and LIFT.

5 – 6 PM: Meet the activists, educators, business leaders, and students who are positively transforming lives and communities. Learn how each of us can engage and take actions to empower one another.

6 – 7+ PM: Celebration with food, art, activities, and conversation stations.
Food is provided by small, local vendors such as Tiyya, which creates critical resources for immigrants, refugees, and displaced indigenous communities.

The Stand Together community partners with changemakers in all 50 states – from nonprofit leaders to Fortune 50 CEOs, educators, professional athletes, civil rights leaders, Grammy-winning musicians, and grassroots activists.

Cafe Momentum: Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Cafe Momentum: Be Part of Our Work
"Since January 2015, Café Momentum has worked with over 1,000 youth through our paid internship program. We have seen firsthand that young people can achieve their full potential with the right support and care."

Rising Tide Capital: Unleashing Entrepreneurship

Career at Rising Tides: Learn More/Donate
"Rising Tide Capital provides business development services designed to transform lives by helping individuals start and grow successful businesses"

The Phoenix: Transforming Addiction Recovery

Career at The Phoenix: Join Us
"Since January 2015, Café Momentum has worked with over 1,000 youth through our paid internship program. We have seen firsthand that young people can achieve their full potential with the right support and care."

Lift Community

Careers: Let's Lift Together
"Poverty, like wealth, is passed down from generation to generation. And decades of racial inequity and underinvestment in our communities have kept families trapped in a cycle. Our mission is to break that cycle by investing in parents. We build families’ well-being, financial strength, and social connections to lift two generations at once."