Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation

Tight knit is a content series about The many ways people are working to build stronger relationships and communities. Season one explored The complexity and joy inherent in providing care for an older family member. Season two follows teens and adults as they navigate The various pathways that can lead to good jobs and careers, and The systems that can support or impede their success. Centered in southeast Michigan and western new york, tight knit shares multifaceted stories of our workforce system, from reviving high school career tech education to growing industries, career paths to policies, personal goals to employer needs and beyond. This is a series about our access to work and its influence on our world.

Generator z is an ideas lab that launched in 2020 for teens and afterschool providers to reimagine The future of afterschool programs in southeast Michigan and western new york. Teens are The experts of their own lives and afterschool providers are The source of afterschool opportunities. Together, they drive The brightest possible future.one thousand teens across both regions became generators and shared their stories and insights. Over 200 afterschool providers learned from generators, turning insight into ideas. Nearly 100 nonprofit organizations will receive grants in 2022 to bring these ideas to life.