When we work together, we create lasting change.
The Montgomery Bold Goals Coalition is an initiative of the Montgomery Education Foundation. We strive to help service providers and community partners throughout Montgomery County increase Kindergarten Readiness and remove barriers to Early Grade Reading by making their work more visible, better supported, and more present in shaping the systems that support children and families.
We believe the people closest to those in need often hold the clearest understanding of what’s already working and what needs to change. Our role is to listen, support, and foster collaboration. We help existing efforts build stronger relationships and momentum, ensuring the community’s best practices reach more people and achieve greater impact.
Our unique approach opens the door to:
Fostering more collective action.
Attracting deeper, more strategic investment.
Building long-term, sustainable solutions.
And this is precisely how individual efforts grow into collective impact, building a stronger cradle-to-career pathway for our community.
What happens next depends on what we choose to do—together.
Meet the Bold Goals Team
Dawn Owens, Director
Dawn Owens is from Mobile, AL, and is an accomplished early childhood educator, instructional coach, policy advocate, and thought leader. As a career Early Childhood Educator, she understands the need to start on day one working to ensure all children are ready for kindergarten and ultimately reading proficiently by third grade. As the Director of the Montgomery Education Foundation’s Bold Goals initiative, Dawn spearheads community engagement, coalition building, and advocacy.