UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS
Read about the Riley Institute's 20th Anniversary Celebration!
February 5, 2021: Law & Society: Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking: Protecting Children, Supporting Victims, and Seeking Justice. Event will be broadcast virtually to attendees.
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RILEY FELLOW AND COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT UPDATES
Catch up on DLI alums’ professional achievements and honors, and get community action project updates! Click on the image.
RECENT EVENTS
November 17: Sixteenth Annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards
October 6: Tenth Annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award
September 1, 8 and 15: StraightTalk
Check our calendar for all events at the Riley Institute including the Diversity Leaders Initiative and the Center for Education Policy and Leadership
SPOTLIGHT
Sixteenth Annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards
Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 12 pm
Greenville Chamber’s Facebook page
Hosted by the Greenville Chamber and the Riley Institute at Furman in partnership with Upstate Chambers, this annual event honors individuals, schools, and organizations who exhibit leadership in promoting diversity in the Upstate.
Congratulations to the the 2020 Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards winners! Click here to view the video from this event.
The 2020 Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards winners are:
Calder D. Ehrmann Outstanding Individual: Sean Dogan, Long Branch Baptist Church
K-12 School: William “Bill” T. Wylie Valued Lives Award for School Excellence: Tanglewood Middle School
Outstanding High School Student: Parker Egbert, Emerald High School
Outstanding College Student: Alyssa “Adare” Smith, Furman University
Outstanding Nonprofit Organization: Institute for Child Success
Outstanding Business: Milliken
How the Center for Community Services is Adapting to Meet Community Need in the Era of COVID-19
The Riley Institute’s Planning and Evaluation Capacity Building Initiative (PECBI) empowers nonprofit organizations to foster a culture of organizational learning around data and evaluation. As community needs grow due to the pandemic, we’re asking our PECBI partners what they’ve learned as they’ve adapted their services in this challenging time.
In the fourth installment of our Q&A series, Impact in the Era of COVID-19, we speak with Andrew Ross, Executive Director of the Center for Community Services (CCS).
The Center for Community Services is a collection of nonprofits working together to ensure that people have the tools needed to reach self-sufficiency. We recognize the barriers people in poverty face are numerous and layered, so we offer a variety of programming to meet people wherever they are on their journey. Read More
