Surge Institute

Carmita Semaan, Founder and CEO

Education

Surge Institute Convening

Surge Institute educates and develops leaders of color who create transformative change for young people, their families, and our broader communities.

Year Founded: 2014

Surge Institute’s programming identifies and elevates Black and Brown talent across the educational sphere and equips them to transform the educational landscape through a unique leadership acceleration experience. This experience is curated to generate individual and collective transformation through exploring leadership narratives centered on the power and strength of one’s racial and ethnic identities. Leaders participating in Surge Institute’s programming gain executive skills like finance, strategic planning, and change management while having deep and unflinching dialogue about personal growth, trauma, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in America.

Surge Institute adds value to its program participants, with 99% reporting the Surge Fellowship met or exceeded their expectations. The organization has also excelled in its mission to advance the leaders within its network as 84% report that, because of Surge Institute, they have received additional leadership responsibilities, and 62% report they have begun making systems-level change that impacts large numbers of students, teachers, and schools.

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Carmita Semaan

Founder and CEO

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