We believe in the power of education to transform lives and entire cities. We strive to create awareness about the growing achievement and opportunity gap in Milwaukee, raise money to help support the expansion of high-performing schools, and build mentoring relationships between suburban and urban students. By creating partnerships that tie our two communities together, we strengthen our city and mend preconceived notions of division. With education as a priority, we will rebuild Milwaukee from the ground up. To ensure fewer adults experience incarceration, hunger, or homelessness, we motivate children to complete high school and strive for college. All children deserve a future – our mission is to guide them to success.

My name is Chandlar Strauss and I graduated from Homestead High School in 2016. I am currently studying Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University with a focus in community leadership and development. My best friend Danielle and I founded Kids4Kids 2013. Together we created a plan to benefit students in our Milwaukee community.  After working with central-city students, I have become deeply invested in their future and success. My sophomore year we hosted an event raising 30,000 dollars for Milwaukee College Prep and Schools That Can Milwaukee. Additionally, we gained much needed noise in the media. My senior year (2015-2016), we focused our efforts towards building mentoring relationships. We have recruited over 120 volunteers from six different schools to tutor at Milwaukee College Prep with us weekly. Through hard work and determination to make a difference, our vision has become a reality.  Frederic Douglas, activist and advocate for equal rights, one said: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Although it will take great effort, progress is possible. I am optimistic that we can repair Milwaukee's segregated disposition.