Campaign Strategy
Starting with the high school class of 2020, the campaign will work with 36 low performing school districts in 36 cities, in 28 states, to develop a 5-year collaborative plan based on the 100% Graduation Rate Program model to annually:
- Lower High School Drop-out rates by 2% or more
- Reduce the number of children involved in the juvenile justice system by 10%
- Expand the number of high school students employed by 10 %
- Improve High School Graduation Rates by 5% or more
- Increase College Enrollment for Males by 10%
- Reduce the number of teen pregnancies by 20%
- Increase the number of computers per school by 10%
- Reduce the number of out-of-school suspensions by 20% for 3rd to 12th graders
- Increase 4th to 8th Grade Students Reading proficiency scores by 10%
- Increase 4th to 8th Grade Students Math proficiency scores by 10%
- Increase 4th to 8th Grade Students Science proficiency scores by 10%
- Increase High School Students In Advance Math, Science and English Classes by 10%
How you can get involved
Below is a list of the 36 target cities. If you live in these cities, and would like to participate in the campaign, please fill out this form, and we will contact you within 24 hours with all the information you need.
Please, note the final dates and locations will be announced, after NJ MED’s Annual Board Meeting on January 20, 2020.
12 MILLION DRIVE FOR 2025 CAMPAIGN FORUM DATES
2020-2021
Date Location
September, 2020 New York, New York
October, 2020 Baltimore, Maryland
November, 2020 Washington, D.C
December, 2020 New Orleans, Louisiana
January, 2021 Atlanta, Georgia
February, 2021 Memphis, Tennessee
March, 2021 Detroit, Michigan
April, 2021 Cleveland, Ohio
May, 2021 Chicago, Illinois
June, 2021 Denver, Colorado
July, 2021 Albuquerque, New Mexico
August, 2021 Los Angles, California
2021-2022
Date
September, 2021 Long Beach, California
October, 2021 Oakland, California
November, 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada
December, 2021 Houston, Texas
January, 2022 Dallas, Texas
February, 2022 San Antonio, Texas
March, 2022 Miami, Florida
April, 2022 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May, 2022 St. Louis, Missouri
June, 2022 Hartford, Connecticut
July, 2022 Boston, Massachusetts
August, 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2022-2023
Date
September, 2022 San Francisco, California
October, 2022 Fresno, California
November, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona
December, 2022 Gary, Indiana
January, 2023 Warren County, Kentucky
February, 2023 Cincinnati, Ohio
March, 2023 Broward County, Florida
April, 2023 Richland, South Carolina
May, 2023 Charlotte, North Carolina
June, 2023 Richmond, Virginia
July, 2023 Newark, New Jersey
August, 2023 Camden, New Jersey