Join us in welcoming Dennis Maurice Dumpson – our new (and first) Chief External Affairs Officer! Dennis joins Let's Get Ready with a 20+ year professional history that intersects activism, community organizing, nonprofit leadership, fundraising, narrative development, and justice in local communities and nationally. Before joining Let's Get Ready, Dennis founded and was the [...]
On Wednesday, October 26th, Let’s Get Ready hosted its third annual State of the Organization event with an incredible panel of stakeholders including LGR Coach, Muhammad Mir, Jeremy Greenfield of New Visions for Public Schools, and Dr. Matthew Goodman of Southern Maine Community College. We shared insights on our progress towards our 2025 goal [...]
Let’s Get Ready (LGR) has partnered with the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund, serving nine counties and counting, in South Carolina, to support students to and through college by providing FREE text-based mentorship and direct coaching support through college graduation. Scholarship dollars and near-peer mentoring is a powerful combination to help students achieve their college [...]
Let's Get Ready (LGR) partnered with InnerView Education and Blackstone to present Career Night on Wednesday, August 24th — a virtual event where LGR students had the opportunity to develop their professional brand, learn how to articulate their professional mission, and participate in a community of common purpose, understanding and support. In the two-hour [...]
Let's Get Ready (LGR) has been working with students in Maine for more than a decade to make sure they can reach all their college aspirations. On July 19th, we sponsored a special evening at The McKernan Center of Southern Maine Community College (SMCC), our newest partner, to celebrate our longstanding collaborations in the [...]
Join us in welcoming Elliot Urgent – our Careers in the Common Good summer intern! Elliot is a rising junior at Brown University, concentrating in International and Public Affairs with a focus on policy. At Brown, he is heavily involved with the music community, co-founding the Brown Organization of Producers and Songwriters and working [...]
Let's Get Ready (LGR) has partnered with Blackstone and InnerView Education to present Career Night on Wednesday, August 24th — a virtual event where LGR students will have the opportunity to develop their personal brand and learn how to articulate their professional mission. The one-hour workshop will be facilitated by InnerView Education followed by [...]
Let’s Get Ready (LGR) has partnered with the University of Maine System (UMS) Early College (EC) Program to provide rising high school seniors graduating in 2023 with FREE text-based mentorship and assistance with the college application process. Current college students, trained by LGR, will serve as near-peer mentors and provide guidance on selecting the [...]
Join us in welcoming Ella Harris – our RISE Fellow summer intern! Ella is a rising sophomore at Princeton and a prospective Psychology major with possible certificates in African American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She matched with Let’s Get Ready through Princeton RISE (Recognizing Inequities and Standing for Equality), a fellowship program [...]