Edgar Chávez Email & Phone Number

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history and passion for providing opportunities for youth and adults to grow, learn and excel. Lived experiences as a grandson of farmworkers, immigrant, and first-generation college graduate informs work and relationships. Skilled in Program Design and Implementation, Equity-Centered Evaluation, and Community Engagement and Centering for change initiatives at the local, state, and national levels. Graduate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Listed skills include Community Outreach, Grant Writing, Public Policy, Public Speaking, and 46 others.

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  Executive Director

  Hayward Promise Neighborhoods

  Oct 2020 - Present - Hayward, California, United States

  Directing a $30 million federal U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood initiative at California State University, East Bay in collaboration with 12+ partners throughout Hayward, CA, and Alameda County. The initiative expanded from serving communities and schools in the Jackson Triangle in 2011 and South Hayward in 2017 to include the Downtown/Cherryland Hayward Promise Neighborhood in 2022. This expansion integrates cradle-to-career programs and intergenerational systems of support for children and families.Initiatives supported include:Co-Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the Climate Empowerment Learning Initiative (CELI), supporting Hayward teachers to engage in cross-disciplinary climate justice education.Co-Facilitator of the Cradle to Career Education Reform Network with Hayward Unified School District and Chabot College to improve outcomes for South Hayward and Downtown families.Steering committee member of the California Promise Neighborhood Network, California Cradle to Career Coalition, and Northern California College Promise Coalition.