{"id":122703,"date":"2022-04-14T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=122703"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:55:15","slug":"helping-daytons-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/14\/helping-daytons-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Dayton\u2019s youth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nina Carter is senior vice president for place-based strategies of Learn to Earn Dayton.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University alumna Nina Carter has been honored by the University of Dayton for her work \u2014 past, present and future \u2014 in public administration.<\/p>\n

Carter, senior vice president for place-based strategies of Learn to Earn Dayton, was a guest lecturer at a March 10 event hosted by the Pi Alpha Alpha chapter at UD. Pi Alpha Alpha is a national honor society for individuals who have degrees or backgrounds in public administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey awarded me with an honorary membership to their chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha,\u201d Carter said. \u201cIt was a great gesture from UD\u2019s Department of Political Science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter earned two degrees from Wright State. In 2004, she received a bachelor\u2019s degree in mass communication<\/a> with a minor in African and African American studies<\/a> and a national certification in nonprofit management and leadership. In 2006, she received a Master of Public Administration<\/a>. She also is a member of Wright State\u2019s Pi Alpha Alpha chapter.<\/p>\n

Learn to Earn Dayton is an educational nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work is heavily focused on the cradle to career continuum,\u201d Carter said, \u201censuring that all Montgomery County children have success from birth until they graduate from college or earn a high-quality credential. We bring together educators, business leaders, government officials and community stakeholders to focus our efforts collectively and strategically on that mission. We\u2019re working together to make Montgomery County a place where all children are successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cMy background has been in youth, family and community development. I left the area for eight years in 2013 but continued to serve communities and returned this past summer, joining the Learn to Earn Dayton leadership team in July.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter is part of a new Learn to Earn initiative called the Northwest Dayton Partnership.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a cross-sector collaboration led by a steering committee of people who live or work in northwest Dayton. They\u2019ll develop a six-to-10-year strategy that will focus on shifting power and ownership to deeply connected and Black-led community organizations, building high-quality childhood and K-12 education systems and supporting community racial and economic equity work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said that while Wright State\u2019s campus is in Fairborn, \u201cWright State tries its best to extend its arms to place some of its classes and resources in the community. I hope Wright State makes its way to the northwest part of Dayton in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cI\u2019ve always been deeply connected with community engagement work. It really means a lot to me considering my childhood as a young, poor, African American in the city of Dayton who did have access to opportunities as a student.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter’s access to opportunities at Wright State came through Wright STEPP (Science, Technology and Engineering Preparatory Program), which provided future first-generation college students the opportunity to learn more about STEM-related careers during summer at Wright State.<\/p>\n

“Those who completed the program received a full scholarship to Wright State. I spent every summer there starting in middle school through high school, ,” she said. \u201cIf not for Wright STEPP, I would not have been able to obtain an undergraduate degree or be in the position I am in now. I\u2019m thankful that it helped me grow, first as a student leader and now as a community leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter also is thankful for Wright State’s Master of Public Administration Program, the African American Alumni Association and the C.J. McLin, Jr., Student Leadership Development Scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring my time at Wright State, I learned a lot about community engagement and the importance of the work being less about me and more about the power of a community\u2019s voice and finding equitable ways to ensure that voice is heard and acted upon,” she said. \u201cWright State changed the trajectory of my life in a deeply positive way, and for that, I am eternally grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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