Photo Credit: Auraria Higher Education Center
Denver Anchor Network
CCWB engages Anchor Institutions that want to leverage their economic power to help close the racial
wealth gap through their procurement, hiring, and investment practices.
CCWB’s Denver Anchor Network (DAN) brings anchor institutions together to:
DAN participants have access to:
Expectations of DAN participants:
- Learn about anchor mission work
- Cultivate peer relationships across institutions, and
- Co-create a path forward to an economy that works for everyone
DAN participants have access to:
- A learning community of peers during monthly virtual Town Halls and in the Procurement Working Group
- Support connecting to local, BIPOC-owned businesses; workforce partners; and investment opportunities
- Individual coaching
- Project implementation support
- Repository of tools and resources
- Building an ethos of inclusive economic development in metro Denver
Expectations of DAN participants:
- Desire to leverage institutional business practices to create greater economic opportunities in low-income communities of color
- Willingness to share practices and learnings (mistakes, reflections, & processes) with peers
- Commitment to being an internal champion of the Anchor Mission approach
Denver Anchor Network participants:
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Higher Education Institutions:
Auraria Higher Education Center Colorado State University Spur Campus Community College of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver Regis University University of Colorado University of Denver |
Healthcare Institutions:
Centura Health Denver Health & Hospital Authority Kaiser Permanente Cultural & Religious Institutions: Denver Museum of Nature & Science Episcopal Church in Colorado Saint Joseph Hospital, SCL Health |
For more information, contact:
Michelle Sturm, Anchor Strategy Director
michelle@communitywealthbuilding.org
(303) 819-6985