Renisha O’Donnell
“ Joining Surge Academy for the 2023 Las Vegas Cohort would be an opportunity for me to connect to other leaders in the community, learn how to collectively make systemic…
“ Joining Surge Academy for the 2023 Las Vegas Cohort would be an opportunity for me to connect to other leaders in the community, learn how to collectively make systemic…
“As a Surge fellow, I hope to expand my leadership skills. Leadership is a learning process and I feel that I can learn something new every day. Although I have…
“Surge is providing me an opportunity to network with others so that I can achieve my goals for improving early literacy and working with justice impacted youth. I also want…
“By attending Surge, I hope to build a dependable tribe of people who will continue to do the work within the Vegas educational community and importantly, do the work within…
“Through the Surge fellowship, I hope to learn from other like-minded educators to help create equitable opportunities for the youth in the community that I serve. As a first- generation…
Surge Fellows leave this experience having enhanced their competency in both technical and adaptive leadership skills, including relationship management, problem-solving, negotiation, conflict resolution, communication, anti-racist design, and project planning, management…
The 2023 Alumni Convening in New Orleans from March 29th through 31st was a rousing success—and how could it not be? With such vibrant speakers, such committed attendees, and such…
(Las Vegas, NV – March 28, 2023) The Las Vegas Surge Academy launches its inaugural cohort for emerging educational leaders across Clark County. A powerful collective of 11 educational leaders…
(Chicago, IL- March 21, 2023) Four brand new members are joining the Chicago Advisory board to continue their work on expanding the impact of the Surge movement. Learn more about…
For years, Surge Founder and CEO Carmita Semaan heard from the supervisors of Surge Fellows and leaders of partner organizations that they needed their own Surge. The top can be…