With our first official event, we hope to bring our local community together to introduce Forward Inc. and our mission, address challenges students in the public school system face, and most importantly, share information on how we can help. The goals for this panel are to provide insight into the non-profit and its endeavors to become a community resource, as well as encourage membership enrollment. Additionally, our objective is to bring awareness to the disparity issues within public schools, learn of possible solutions to these hardships, and fundraise for needed school supplies in preparation for the coming school year.