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Meredith Curry is an Operations Executive and College Access Practitioner
Meredith “Mer” Curry (she/her) serves her community as a Black and Filipina Bay Area native, advocate, and nonprofit leader.
She is the Executive Director of the Northern California College Promise Coalition (NCCPC), the Director of Education Partnerships for Moneythink, a 2020-21 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Federal Advocacy Fellow, an established nonprofit consultant with clients across California through her firm AdvancED Consulting, LLC, and an avid volunteer. Mer is also passionate about dance (especially hip hop!) and uses it to heal, build community, and tap into the loving energy that binds us all.
Mer is a 2021 Honoree of the Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40!
Mer is also the Chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women and a board member of LEAD Filipino.
Mer’s mission is to use her strengths, gifts, network, and entrepreneurial mindset to develop and scale systems and best practices centered on equity while educating and empowering everyday leaders of all intersections.
Meredith “Mer” Curry (she/her) serves her community as a Black and Filipina Bay Area native, advocate, and nonprofit leader.
She is the Executive Director of the Northern California College Promise Coalition (NCCPC), the Director of Education Partnerships for Moneythink, a 2020-21 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Federal Advocacy Fellow, an established nonprofit consultant with clients across California through her firm AdvancED Consulting, LLC, and an avid volunteer. Mer is also passionate about dance (especially hip hop!) and uses it to heal, build community, and tap into the loving energy that binds us all.
Mer is a 2021 Honoree of the Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40!
Mer is also the Chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women and a board member of LEAD Filipino.
Mer’s mission is to use her strengths, gifts, network, and entrepreneurial mindset to develop and scale systems and best practices centered on equity while educating and empowering everyday leaders of all intersections.
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Meredith is proud to be recognized by the Eudaimonia Society at the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI)!
One of 10 new honorees, Meredith is humbled by this award and excited to join the ranks of an incredible community that is dedicated to the greater good. I'm especially grateful to Featured Speaker Awardee, Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernandez, for "I try to live for the DnA - the Descendants and the Ancestors." I couldn't agree more!! I do what I do for those who led the way before me and beside me, and those who inherit this earth and our investments long after I turn into dust. |
The UCLA HCI Eudaimonia Award is an annual award to recognize members of the UCLA community, past or present, who exemplify Eudaimonia by living a life full of purpose and meaning. The UCLA HCI Eudaimonia Society highlights members of the UCLA community who, through their immense personal efforts, inspire others to seek Eudaimonic well-being.
Please join Meredith in congratulating the other honorees and learn more about them at Eudaimonia Society 2020!
Please join Meredith in congratulating the other honorees and learn more about them at Eudaimonia Society 2020!
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Meredith humbly represented the college access field on the m/OppenheimORG Nonprofit Report!
Mark Oppenheim leads a conversation on creating economic mobility through educational opportunity with guests: Mia Bonta, CEO of Oakland Promise and Meredith Curry, Fellow at Northern California College Promise Coalition. NONPROFIT REPORT is a weekly webinar on nonprofit organizations, issues and leaders. Join them every Tuesday and Thursday at 8am PDT, 10am CDT and 11am EDT by registering here: CLICK HERE. |
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Meredith is the Chair and a Commissioner for the Commission on the Status of Women, representing District 2 of Santa Clara County.
With the support of generous individuals and organizations, the Commission on the Status of Women, a self-sufficient volunteer advisory body to the Board of Supervisors, strives to advocate and support programming, policies, and legislation impacting the lives of girls and women in Santa Clara County. Last year we raised over $9,000 for our community grants program and awarded over $12,000 to nine different organizations empowering girls and women in our community. Want to get involved? Come visit a Commission meeting! Due to the coronavirus updates from the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department, meetings like the Commission's outreach and regular meetings have been cancelled for March. Stay tuned for an updated Commission schedule. |
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Meredith humbly represented the Black and Filipina experience on One Down's video with Dante Basco:
Unlearning Anti-Blackness in Filipino Culture. |
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Meredith is a proud Board Member of LEAD Filipino! She's also a regular of the Puso to Puso Talks, offering Dance & Release opening or closing activities.
We are a community organization of students, adults, and families based in San Jose, California. We design and provide programs that educate Filipinos/as on civic leadership, public interest issues, and our ethnic history in the United States. From our signature Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit, to our eight-week summer Awareness in Action Program (AAP), and a variety of partnerships in key advocacy campaigns, LEAD Filipino aims to increase the visibility of Filipinos/as in public leadership across communities. Learn more about LEAD Filipino's Board of Directors. |
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Meredith is a soulful dancer offering Dance & Release sessions for the community!
Dance and Release: Movement for Healing is about being present through dance and bringing joy into your life. Listening to music alone can be a healing experience. Freeing our bodies to do what it wants to the music is another thing entirely. When you get out of your head and into your body, you get out of your own way. When you're not wondering what people think about you, you can be fully about your SELF. When you've allowed your limbs and facials and hair and feet to move around and fling about, you've freed your spirit to dance with Spirit and tap into the connecting energy of the universe. When we dance, we're not alone, even when we dance by ourselves. The first Dance and Release party was held in July 2020 and since then, Mer has been asked to offer her Dance & Release sessions for LEAD Filipino's Puso to Puso Episode 3 for Larry Itliong Day, the National Civic Leadership Forum 2020 during Cultural Diversity Day on September 17, check out the recording, and many more! |
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Meredith is a grateful apprentice of the Genesis Healing Institute Unfolding Alchemy Apprenticeship!
Three times per year, the Genesis Healing Institute opens up a special apprenticeship opportunity for people of color seeking to begin or advance their own healing journey. This apprenticeship is intended for individuals who are ready for a transformation in their lives and who are interested in developing their own unique set of practices, tools and wisdom for inner healing, growth, regeneration.
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“I just finished my apprenticeship with Genesis Healing Institute and I can hardly explain in words what the journey has meant for me. What I can say is that I am profoundly changed by Nova's methods of therapy, mentorship, and fellowship. I have become the type of person that prays over people with grounding meditations, bells, and mindful breathing. I always cry when I pray now, and the words are always my own, not from my Catholic rememberings. Or I should say, the words are my own and come from the love of my ancestors which are becoming more known to me.
I am grateful prayer is now that meaningful to me at this point in my life when there is so much chaos and disruption, I don't even need a reason to cry. It just feels so good to cry because of something other than despair, but also out of joy for loving so deeply and being able to speak it to another, and everywhere. I am grateful to have the tools, the mentors and coaches, and the community to navigate each day, present, knowing my ancestors are with me and behind me, knowing that my actions are my own, and knowing that I can do the most good when I'm fully within my power and using my gifts with love in my heart.”
I am grateful prayer is now that meaningful to me at this point in my life when there is so much chaos and disruption, I don't even need a reason to cry. It just feels so good to cry because of something other than despair, but also out of joy for loving so deeply and being able to speak it to another, and everywhere. I am grateful to have the tools, the mentors and coaches, and the community to navigate each day, present, knowing my ancestors are with me and behind me, knowing that my actions are my own, and knowing that I can do the most good when I'm fully within my power and using my gifts with love in my heart.”
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Meredith is a proud supporter and volunteer of AAPI Women Lead and the #ImReadyMovement.
AAPI Women Lead and #ImReady Movement aims to strengthen the progressive political and social platforms of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the US through the leadership of self-identified AAPI women and girls. Our goal is to challenge and help end the intersections of violence against and within our communities. We do this work in solidarity with other communities of color. The #ImReady Movement raises visibility around self-identified AAPI women and our experiences with #MeToo, racial discrimination, war, immigration, and more. It also celebrates the leadership and power of AAPI women in Education, Business, Technology, and Politics. At the conferences, we bring together AAPI women leaders and our supporters to learn from one another, tell our stories, and to highlight our diverse leadership stories. The #ImReady2020 conference was held virtually from November 7-8. Mer was a proud breakout facilitator and attendee! Check out the Community Care Series, An online series of workshops, interviews, exercises that are led by our community leaders to help us understand what is going on with the pandemic and what we can do (including health and wellness lessons), specifically as Asian and Pacific Islander communities. |
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Meredith is an alum of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute's Civic Leadership Program, Class of 2019.
For over 20 years, APALI has been growing a community of civic leaders in government, nonprofit, education, and business sectors.
APALI facilitates a Civic Leadership Program, Youth Leadership Academy, and Summer Internship Program. APALI is proud to have over 500 active alumni in its civic network community!
Check out what APALI is up to!
For over 20 years, APALI has been growing a community of civic leaders in government, nonprofit, education, and business sectors.
APALI facilitates a Civic Leadership Program, Youth Leadership Academy, and Summer Internship Program. APALI is proud to have over 500 active alumni in its civic network community!
Check out what APALI is up to!
Meredith is a proud supporter of College Day, stay tuned for College Day 2020: Superheroes Fight for Education!
This academic year College Day was on October 23, 2020. College Day is a community-driven, county-wide celebration that shows students from diverse backgrounds that going to college is possible. Now in its ninth year, under Silicon Valley Education Foundation's (SVEF) leadership, College Day organizes activities and supplies targeted resources to promote college readiness for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Over 160 schools across Santa Clara County participate, of which many of their students will be the first in their families to go to college. College Day motivates over 100,000 students to feel excited about their future and confident that they can go to college. School sites design their own week, drawing upon resources and workshops organized by College Day.
Watch all of the recordings today!
This academic year College Day was on October 23, 2020. College Day is a community-driven, county-wide celebration that shows students from diverse backgrounds that going to college is possible. Now in its ninth year, under Silicon Valley Education Foundation's (SVEF) leadership, College Day organizes activities and supplies targeted resources to promote college readiness for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Over 160 schools across Santa Clara County participate, of which many of their students will be the first in their families to go to college. College Day motivates over 100,000 students to feel excited about their future and confident that they can go to college. School sites design their own week, drawing upon resources and workshops organized by College Day.
Watch all of the recordings today!
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Meredith spoke at the Women's Networking Alliance 12th Annual Fall Mixer and Small Business Summit in San Jose in September, 2019!
Thanks to Carla Bohnett and Tracey Lee Davis for a spectacular event from prep to finish, and presenters Abby M. Herman - Write Solutions, Kanesha Baynard Coaching, and Jill Lublin - Publicity Strategist, Media Insider & International Speaker for fantastic presentations and lessons shared throughout the Summit. It was an inspiring, educational, and joyful day and I can't wait to go to the next WNA event! I enjoyed the opportunity to facilitate mindfulness exercises, discuss intersectionalities, explore what it means to transition from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, and engage in goal-setting in my presentation. Want to learn more? Check out my blog articles on Breaking Down Barriers. |
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Meredith is a member of the Filipina Women's Network (FWN).
The Filipina Women's Network (FWN) is a San Francisco based 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power and influence of Filipina women as leaders and policy makers at all levels in corporate, government, institutions and community organizations to achieve economic and social justice and women’s rights. FWN provides the content, credibility and a worldwide network of Filipina women professionals to support the success of Filipina women in their businesses and careers. Currently in 28 countries. |
Meredith is a Salesforce Certified Administrator.
Contact Meredith for specific questions about Salesforce. See if it's the right data management and tracking solution for your organization! Click on Client Testimonials to read what her clients are saying!
Contact Meredith for specific questions about Salesforce. See if it's the right data management and tracking solution for your organization! Click on Client Testimonials to read what her clients are saying!
CaliforniaColleges.edu is California's free online college and career planning resource for students, parents, and educators.
Meredith was the founding Operations Director of the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) who manages www.CaliforniaColleges.edu.
Meredith was highlighted as a First Gen professional, click here to check out the article!
Meredith, winner of the LASVP Best Pitch in 2010, encourages LA-based nonprofits to take advantage of this amazing resource.
Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (LASVP) is a diverse network of professionals who are pioneering a new model of giving — Venture Philanthropy. LASVP brings their collective expertise and resources to innovative nonprofits in Los Angeles, collaborating with them to strengthen their organizations and expand their capacity to transform local communities.
Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (LASVP) is a diverse network of professionals who are pioneering a new model of giving — Venture Philanthropy. LASVP brings their collective expertise and resources to innovative nonprofits in Los Angeles, collaborating with them to strengthen their organizations and expand their capacity to transform local communities.
