Meet & Greet Entrepreneur Mixer at the Hivve with Guests Kerry McDonald & VELA Education Fund - Invitation Only

ABOUT THE EVENT: This event is to honor and connect those who are leading the way in Grants Pass with non-traditional education.

What to expect:

6:30pm Doors Open

Hors D'oeuvres and Beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic options)

7-7:30

Guest speaker: Kerry McDonald

Guest speaker: VELA Education Fund

7:30-9

Mixer

Dress code: none/casual

ABOUT VELA: 

VELA Education Fund supports everyday entrepreneurs who are boldly reimagining education. VELA Homepage - VELA Education Fund (velaedfund.org)Several of us here in Southern Oregon have been blessed to be VELA recipients and we are so excited to gather as a group to say, "Thank you!" and learn more about their efforts.

ABOUT KERRY: 

Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education, the host of the weekly LiberatED podcast, a Forbes contributor, and the author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom. She has been visiting regions across the country that have a high density of education entrepreneurs and sharing her findings through her podcast and through articles on Forbes. Her work has helped to elevate a large number of VELA grant recipients and you can see some examples below:

• Forbes: How Microschool Networks Are Activating Education Entrepreneurs featuring Acton Academy Fort Lauderdale, KaiPod Learning, and Wildflower Montessori
• Forbes: Former Public School Teachers Are Earning More As Education Entrepreneurs featuring Micah’s Mission and Farmhouse Phonics
• LiberatED podcast: South Florida's Microschool Boom: How entrepreneur collaboration is fueling the surge featuring Colossal Academy
• LiberatEd podcast: Microschooling & Neurodiversity: Molly and Noah Stephenson on their "unschooling" microschool for neurodiverse learners featuring Wildflower Community School

Kerry also recently completed a case study for VELA about the collaboration and community building that is happening between VELA grant recipients in two regions: Wichita, Kansas and South Florida.