News and Events
A Dynamic Board of Directors – Meet Ryan Blackwell
Ryan Blackwell joins the Let’s Get Ready Board with more than 20 years of achievements in public and private equity-structured organizations as a driven sales and operating executive. He joined Renaissance in 2020 and most recently [...]
Evolving Our Core Values
Let’s Get Ready has supported students to and through college for almost 25 years. As we prepare for this 25th anniversary next year, we look back at all that we have learned to evolve our philosophies [...]
LGR Debuts Ad on First National Network
Last month, we debuted our first national ad on the NFL network during the exciting showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills. In an effort to add equity to the national ad space and provide a rare [...]
ICYMI: Watch LGR’s 2022 State of the Organization
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 [...]
Meet Dennis – Our Chief External Affairs Officer!
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 [...]
Let’s Get Ready 2022 State of The Org
Over the last year, Let’s Get Ready has continued to evolve as an organization and adapt to the struggles and opportunities for learning in a post-pandemic world. We’ve made changes structurally to meet the current needs of our students and [...]
Let’s Get Ready Partners with the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund
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. [...]
Thank You for Joining Us for Career Night
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 [...]
Celebrating More Than a Decade of Impact in Maine
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 [...]
Meet Elliot – Our Careers in the Common Good Intern
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 [...]