The Network for Southern Economic Mobility (NSEM), created by MDC, brings together leaders from Southern cities to align systems and strategies that expand opportunities for low-income youth. By fostering cross-city collaboration, NSEM helps communities analyze barriers, share solutions, and implement structural reforms aimed at advancing equity and upward mobility. Leaders describe how the network deepens local engagement, challenges entrenched inequities, and builds collective power to change systems that shape economic outcomes. This aligns with Aspen CSG because it underscores the importance of systemic, place-based approaches to economic mobility—centering community voice, dismantling structural barriers, and creating pathways for young people in under-resourced regions to thrive.
NETWORK FOR SOUTHERN ECONOMIC MOBILITY HELPS COMMUNITY LEADERS ALIGN SYSTEMS TO POSITION LOW-INCOME YOUNG PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS
