This is the final month of our Statewide Listening Strategy. The strategic direction process centers on listening as a healing-centered engagement practice that is coordinated, intentional, and relational. It is designed to uplift the voices of those most impacted by decisions in youth-serving systems.

If you have not had a chance to share your input on the Ecosystem Plan’s emerging strategic priorities, please take a moment to complete July’s Soundwave online survey. This month, we are focusing on the priority Policy, Funding + Systems Alignment. Your lived experience and wisdom will help generate strategies that the Ecosystem Plan can prioritize to strengthen alignment across policy, funding, and systems. ExL Data Snacks remind us that some of the most powerful stories come from summer. 

We encourage you to share July’s Soundwave survey with your colleagues, partners, and communities — the more voices we gather, the stronger the Ecosystem Plan will be!

Your ideas, questions, and concerns are welcome and needed in this participatory design process. This is your opportunity to directly influence the Strategic Direction plan for California’s Expanded Learning Ecosystem. Please tell us what you think; every response matters!