From police misconduct to overstretched, under-resourced police departments, it’s clear that the status quo of policing needs to change. The way in which fines, fees, and forfeitures are enforced often disproportionately affect people of color and can create a vicious cycle of incarceration and poverty, escalating tension between police and the communities they’re sworn to […]
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Rules for Stand Together “Believe in People” Instagram Promotion
2021 Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Believe in People Promotion (“Promotion”) NO PURCHASE, CONTRIBUTION, OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. Agreement to Official Rules and Communications. By participating in this Promotion, each participant (“Participant”) agrees to (a) be bound by these […]
The health care system isn’t living up to its potential. We’re committed to reimagining it.
What We Believe The COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious flaws in our health care system; namely, the need for better crisis preparedness and fewer restrictions on the delivery of care. But the pandemic also illustrated the fact that medical professionals and innovators can deliver world-class health care if unencumbered by unnecessary barriers. In our hour of […]
Equal justice for all
The challenges to equitable policing may seem impossible to solve, and it’s hard to know where to begin. But there’s a way forward — and it starts by uniting Americans on the ground and in our communities. It starts with the people closest to the problems themselves. It starts with you. Join Us Policing in America just isn’t […]
Education for all
What We Believe The future of education is here, and it’s one in which every student can receive an individualized experience that inspires them, helps them find their own talents and passions, and equips them with the skills and knowledge to live a life with purpose. Stand Together is committed to uniting with anyone to […]
Channeling potential into prosperity in Native American communities
Ron Toya says the values his grandfather instilled in him growing up in a Native American village have driven his career, philanthropy, and partnership with Stand Together — including the once-in-a-lifetime gift he and his wife, Peggy, are making to Americans for Prosperity Foundation. In Native American communities, status is awarded to individuals based on […]
Seeking justice for all
A timely contribution to Duke University School of Law from Stand Together partners Gary and Derek Wilson takes aim at an urgent national priority: solving inequities in America’s criminal justice system. Nearly all Americans (95 percent) in a June 2020 poll agreed that our country’s criminal justice system needs fixing. That it needs to be […]
Between bars and a hard place
In-person learning suspended. The lives of students and alumni at risk. How did Hudson Link transform to support college behind bars in the age of COVID-19 — and keep moving ahead on plans to create the first freestanding campus within U.S. prison walls? When in-prison college classes were suspended by Hudson Link in early March […]
Partners empowering people
Your generosity and partnership are changing the way America thinks about, talks about, and tackles society’s toughest challenges. By teaming up with other top business leaders and Stand Together, you’re helping break barriers — in education, business, communities, and government — to empower people to reach their potential and transform their lives. How you’re making […]
A more purposeful path
For this couple, a search for purpose led them to children in urgent need of pathways to success in school and life. Ten years ago, when Melinda Hollandsworth, a former elementary school teacher, and her husband, Jim, a pastor, started helping students with their homework in a mobile home community in Loganville, Georgia, they were […]
From tacos to tax benefits
In this personal essay, Stand Together partner David DeWolf shares how a casual lunch conversation with the Stand Together Planned Giving Team turned into a tax-advantaged strategy for the sale of his company, 3Pillar Global. Working with Stand Together in advance of the sale, David was able to establish a charitable giving vehicle while achieving […]
Campus coffee break with Virgil Storr: “Students want to understand the world.”
Virgil Storr is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Vice President of Academic and Student Programs at GMU’s Mercatus Center, where he is a senior research fellow with an avid interest in economics and developing promising young talent. Does Mercatus have a formal talent development program? What does it look like? Yes, we do have formal talent development program. We offer opportunities for […]