Why Not Incubator

To assist schools in high poverty communities to partner with their local community businesses to create pathways for youth into work and careers. 

The Why Not Incubator helps parents, students and teachers build partnerships with local businesses and philanthropists to create powerful pathways for youth in underserved communities. There are three areas of focus:

1) Connecting principals and their teachers with local business leaders and philanthropists so that they can build trusting, respectful relationships. 

2) Training educators through in-product nudges and coaching modules that help them work with local business leaders and philanthropists. 

3) Building an embedded team within the school community to use the approaches that will create opportunities and a more productive environment. 

We provide personalized education/training for both principals and teachers. Educators get specific coaching, talking points and reference materials. 

In the County of Los Angeles, the many under-performing and under-resourced schools have limited support and relationships that yield career pathways for youth. This must be changed. Oftentimes, it is not because of the lack of Fortune 500 companies or philanthropists, it's often due to the lack of outreach on behalf of our school communities. This is where the Why Not Challenge comes in. We want to show them how to give them the power, confidence and training on how to develop these needed relationships. I am targeting the kind of school districts I worked in and made similar results (over 350 community partnerships and counting)! 

The demographics and target population I am seeking to serve are under-served K-12 school communities that teach black and brown students. The Why Not Challenge will support and develop teams (within the school) that will be taught, empowered and coached how to create powerful partnerships for their youth. 

Yes, I would like to because there are many underserved school communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Texas, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Delaware!

Our mission is to support underserved school communities and create lasting partnerships and pathways for youth. 

If we support underserved school districts with embedded coaching on how to develop community partnerships, then the school leaders will be empowered to create pathways and future partnerships for the youth they serve and create future jobs.