Join your fellow Rotarians at The Rotary Club of Rochester's Thursday, April 8 meeting at noon via Zoom where Sarah Clarke present on the work of the Education Partnerships Coalition (EPC). The Coalition engages more than 120,000 youth and their families across Minnesota. Area EPC members include Austin Aspires, Cradle 2 Career (Rochester), Every Hand Joined (Red Wing), Generation Next (Twin Cities), Northfield Promise, Northside Achievement Zone (Minneapolis), United Way of Central Minnesota (St. Cloud area), and Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood. Coalition members take a birth-to-career approach to eliminating Minnesota’s worst-in-the-nation opportunity gaps. All Coalition members are locally-controlled, data-driven public-private partnerships. This collective impact focus brings communities together to enact solutions that improve outcomes for children and families. Additionally, all EPC members are affiliated with either the Promise Neighborhood Institute or StriveTogether, national collective impact networks.
Sarah is an attorney with over a decade of experience in Minnesota politics. She has worked on campaigns at the local, state, and federal level. Her successes on the campaign trail lead her to seek opportunities to advance good public policy. During her work with the Minnesota State College Student Association, she was successful in increasing financial aid for over 8,000 high-need students. Her work with Clean Energy Economy Minnesota allowed her to further hone her grassroots and policy skills by connecting businesses with elected officials to support favorable outcomes for the burgeoning clean energy industry. Sarah is a native of Savage, Minnesota. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Minnesota and a law degree from Mitchell Hamline. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and daughter.