How Shared Space Creates Powerful Partnerships at the Foundry

What started as neighbor organizations sharing the Foundry’s coworking space grew into an international fellowship opportunity, proof that community grows beyond the walls of any single office at the Foundry!

Linked2Literacy and Global Ties Nebraska have both called the Foundry Community home, and over time, that shared address laid the groundwork for an opportunity neither organization could have anticipated.

Global Ties Nebraska was given the opportunity to host a Fellow through the Cultural Exchange and Education (CEE) program. Unable to supply the necessary hours and knowing Linked2Literacy’s impact firsthand, Global Ties Nebraska reached out and graciously suggested Linked2Literacy as a potential host. Linked2Literacy submitted an application and was accepted!

Click to learn more about Akwele's work as the founder of The Pollination Project. Photo credit to thepollinationproject.org.

Linked2Literacy is honored to be paired with Fellow Eboude Assoue Akwele, a community engagement leader and education advocate from Cameroon. As the founder of a community learning initiative and a project coordinator for global youth programs, Eboude has built her career around education access, storytelling, and amplifying community voice, which are values that mirror Linked2Literacy's mission to connect books, identity, and belonging. This partnership is the result of two community-centered organizations finding each other at exactly the right time.

This is just one of the many stories of partnership and collaboration that happens within the Foundry’s walls and a reminder that the Foundry is about more than shared Wi-Fi and conference rooms. It’s really an incubator for the kinds of relationships that lead to amazing opportunities, for organizations, yes, but also for the communities they serve.

To learn more about the Foundry Community’s coworking model and space, visit thefoundry.co or email hello@thefoundry.co.