STU STUDENT NOMINATED AS A 2011 OPPORTUNITY NATION SCHOLAR

Steeve Simbert with Dr. Cornel West, our nation’s leading intellectual

Steeve Simbert, a sophomore at St. Thomas University (STU) double majoring in Political Science and Global Leadership & Philosophy has been chosen as a one of 100 national leaders from 44 states in the District of Columbia for Opportunity Nation. Opportunity Nation is a national campaign that will work to restore access to the American Dream by increasing economic opportunity and social mobility in America. Opportunity Nation includes over 200 non-profits, grassroots organizations, social entrepreneurs, celebrities, elected officials, and thought leaders who are working together to create a bipartisan agenda for reinvigorating the American dream on the national, state, and local community agendas. The campaign was launched on November 4th with a national Summit cosponsored by AARP, AARP Foundation, Ford Foundation, TIME Magazine, and United Way Worldwide

Steeve says: “More than ever, it is time for all of us across the country to join together to create a bipartisan campaign to guarantee our American Dream. We desperately need to promote opportunity especially in this crucial time in our nation’s history. None of us should die in the zip code that we were born. We must seize this moment to prepare future generations for success.”

Steeve will serve as part of the Opportunity Nation Leaders and Scholars Program, a national network of experts with personal experience facing barriers to opportunity and a track record of making meaningful change in their respective communities. Opportunity Leaders and Scholars will act as community mobilizers and lend their insight to campaign policy ideas. They will be essential voices in galvanizing support across the country and making a tangible difference in their communities in 2012.

Steeve says: “We have started working on new public policy with our bipartisan partners to create equal opportunity in our nation once again and to restore the belief that the American Dream can still be achieve. In the presidential election that is coming up, it is very important for us to ask our public officials “here’s our plan for opportunity. What’s yours?”