Our History
Throughout the years UP Partnership has had one goal: to create alignment in policies, practices, and strategies that affect young people in the community. Here’s a look at where we’ve been and what we’ve accomplished.
2009
The City of San Antonio announces the creation of P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar
County, an initiative to improve the educational success of children.
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2012
Separate from P16 Plus, Diplomás launches as a collective for Latinx success through funding by the Lumina Foundation.
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2012
Separate from P16 Plus, Excel Beyond the Bell SA, a network focused on out-of-school
time youth development programs, launches under the umbrella of the San Antonio Area Foundation.
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2014
The City of San Antonio accepts a call to action from the Obama Administration to create
a network focusing on boys and young men of color.
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October 2015
UP Partnership becomes the backbone organization to Diplomás.
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2016
In partnership with P16 Plus, the City of San Antonio launches an action plan to launch My Brother’s Keeper San Antonio.
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January 2018
Board adopts new mission statement, values, and guidelines. It expands its focus to include all youth serving institutions, not just educational ones.
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2018
Excel Beyond the Bell merges with P16 Plus.
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March 2019
P16 Plus rebrands as UP Partnership, an abbreviation for “unlocking potential.”
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April 2019
Our Tomorrow, a network building leadership and working groups around issues young people care about, launches at the annual Youth Voice Summit.
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