Mark Edwards is the co-founder of Upstream USA, a nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of poverty by helping women achieve their own goals and reducing the incidence of unplanned pregnancy. The resulting plan has Upstream reaching more than one million women in five states in the next seven and a half years, as well as launching work in a second set of states. Motherhood Matters. Mark Edwards, Co-Founder, Upstream. MARK EDWARDS | UPSTREAM USA. Mark Edwards (right) and his father.

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Denver: An unplanned pregnancy can really disrupt a young woman’s life. In Upstream, Blue Meridian found an organization and leaders who had vision, who could take ownership of their destiny by building a plan, and who were prepared to … Over half of all pregnancies in the US are accidental and unplanned, most occur to women who are using a contraceptive method that doesn't work well for them, and the downstream impact on … The following is a conversation between Mark Edwards, co-founder and CEO of Upstream USA, and Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer in New York City. When Upstream received public criticism by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance last year, it was a pivotal moment for us as an organization, and for me.

Prior to co-founding Upstream, Mark was the founder and executive director of Opportunity Nation, a national, bipartisan movement of 250 organizations with a shared plan to rebuild the American Dream.
This description of Mark Edwards's work was prepared when Mark Edwards was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 2015 . Mark has 3 jobs listed on their profile. View Mark Edwards’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Mark Edwards: Upstream USA. Mark Edwards is a co-founder of Upstream USA. He has long been passionate about intergenerational poverty and lack of economic mobility in the US.