63 Magazine - Issue 4

While organizing seminars, attending as
many community and school events as
possible, and meeting one-on-one with
parents, Ariba has been able to create a
coalition of parents who are empowered to
make decisions for the group, not the other
way around. With an immediate goal of
doubling the number of children attending
high-quality public schools in Nashville
over the next five years, Project Renaissance
knows that parents are the best advocates for
their children, so they invest in organizers
like Ariba who put volunteers in leadership
positions.
“If you involve volunteers at every
level of decision making, they take
more ownership over the success of the
organization and that leads them to be
more engaged.”
Clearly, Ariba is creating an organization
from the ground up—one that will create
real change in Davidson County. We can’t
wait to see what they accomplish together. Δ