Javon Dobbs, Author at Every Child Thrives

Javon is a communications officer. He is responsible for implementing a wide range of communications strategies, to support the execution of communications tools, tactics and activities for the foundation’s key internal and external audiences.

A young Black boy watering flowers outside in the school garden in New Orleans. Elisa Muñoz-Miller is ensuring that children and families in New Orleans have access to locally-sourced, healthy and affordable foods.

Food Systems

Self-transformation reshapes the food landscape for New Orleans children

Elisa Muñoz-Miller, WKKF CLN class one fellow, leads the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC), a broad-based coalition of more than 40-member ...

By Javon DobbsFebruary 5, 20200

Mayor Tim Keller delivers a speech at the State of the City Address 2020 in Albuquerque.

Leadership

Building One Albuquerque, from inside out

As mayor of Albuquerque, Tim Keller ran his campaign explicitly on inclusion and equity which was influenced by the WKKF CLN fellowship. In ...

By Javon DobbsFebruary 5, 20200

Children making crafts in a classroom. Through her work, Aisha Nyandoro is changing the narrative of black motherhood

Leadership

Cash with no strings attached: Changing the narrative of Black mothers and the social safety net

Aisha Nyandoro, CEO of Springboard to Opportunities and WKKF CLN class one fellow, is helping Black mothers out of poverty in Jackson, Mississippi. ...

By Javon DobbsFebruary 5, 20200

CQ Huynh and Eric Foster at the 2019 MDI Portfolio Summit, the inaugural WKKF Mission Driven Investment Portfolio Summit at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit, Michigan.

Impact Investing

Closing the racial wealth gap, one investment at a time

WKKF CLN Class One Fellows Eric Foster and CQ Huynh launched Rende Progress Capital (RPC) in 2018 to drive capital to entrepreneurs of ...

By Javon DobbsFebruary 5, 20200

Leadership

Shaping the next generation of Indigenous leaders

Vernon Miller credits the WKKF Community Leadership Network with sharpening his lens on systems change and equipping him with the storytelling skills to ...

By Javon DobbsFebruary 5, 20200

Community Engagement

Beautifully complex: Haiti Untold

The Haiti of today cannot be understood without acknowledging its complete history. W.K. Kellogg Foundation partnered with Round Earth Media to support journalism that ...

By Javon DobbsJanuary 15, 20200

Self-transformation reshapes the food landscape for New Orleans children

Building One Albuquerque, from inside out

Cash with no strings attached: Changing the narrative of Black mothers and the social safety net

Closing the racial wealth gap, one investment at a time

Shaping the next generation of Indigenous leaders

Beautifully complex: Haiti Untold

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