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Student and teacher in Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood

Putting children on the education pathway to college and career success

This education partnership puts children in the Frogtown, Rondo, and Summit-University neighborhoods of Saint Paul on the pathway to college and career success. Housed at Wilder, Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN) takes a proactive and preventive approach to the education opportunity gap by focusing early in a child’s life.

African American Families: Apply for the People's Fellowship 

Guided by the Nguzo Saba principles, Self-Determination (Kujichagulia) and Cooperative Economics (Ujamaa), learn how to boost your income while on a pathway to building wealth and assets for the future as a fellow. The People's Fellowship is a collaboration of: Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN), Ramsey County, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD), Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, Model Cities and Aurora St. Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation (ASANDC).

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promiseneighborhood@wilder.org

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Who We Are

 

 

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood is a neighborhood-based initiative that encompasses 250 city blocks. SPPN serves families who have children in 16 early learning centers and 4 elementary schools in the Frogtown, Rondo, and Summit-University neighborhoods of Saint Paul. Using a collective ownership model, SPPN involves a coordinated effort of ten anchor partners and more than 80 other agencies, along with elders, parents and youth.

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood map

What We Do

The Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood addresses tough issues facing our community, including the education opportunity gap, public disinvestment, multi-generational poverty, and other factors that influence individual and community success. With our community partners, we focus on changing the odds for a whole neighborhood of children and their families using a culturally-responsive, two-generation approach. Download our 2017 Impact to see what we accomplished with parents and partners last year.

Students in HKYP, a literacy program in the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood
Students at Maxfield Elementary, a Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood school

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