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title: How Arizona Can Build a More Connected Student-Support Ecosystem
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# Register for Our Upcoming Virtual Panel

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How can colleges, state leaders, and community organizations work together tobetter **reach and support every student?**

Join **the NAACP East Valley Branch** **and EdSights on Thursday, October 8, at 1:00 PM MST / 4:00 PM EDT** for a cross-sector conversation bringing together leaders from higher education, state government, and the nonprofit community in Arizona to explore how greater collaboration can strengthen student engagement, persistence, and success across the state.

Students arrive on campus with different backgrounds, experiences, responsibilities, and needs. And across community colleges and other higher education institutions, leaders face a shared challenge: how to connect with students who may be traditionally underserved, harder to reach, or at greater risk of becoming disconnected from their institution.

Moderated by EdSights Head of Public Affairs and Communications, Jordan Stein, the dialogue will feature: 

- **Jevin Hodge**, President, NAACP East Valley Branch
- **State Representative Stacey Travers**, Arizona House of Representatives
- **State Representative Justin Wilmeth**, Arizona House of Representatives
- **Isaac Abbs**, Chief Information Officer & Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT, Pima Community College
- **Dr. Kimberly Britt**, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Maricopa Community Colleges System

This conversation brings together leaders who will share perspectives on what they are seeing across Arizona and explore how institutions, policymakers, and trusted community partners can work together to build a more responsive student-support ecosystem. 

 The panel will cover:

- How institutions can better hear from and engage students who may otherwise **fall through the cracks**
- How community-based organizations can help institutions **build stronger connections** with traditionally underserved communities
- Where collaboration between higher education and state government can help more Arizona students **persist and succeed**

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##### Moderated by:

**Jordan Stein**, Head of Public Affairs and Communication at EdSights, and author of the [Student Success Stack.](https://thestudentsuccessstack.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-student-success-stack)

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