Purple America is a national initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation to re-focus the American conversation to a civil, productive and respectful dialogue around our American shared values.
Values-in-Action Foundation empowers students and adults to build communities of kindness, caring and respect through programs that teach, promote, and provide skills and tools to enable individuals to make positive values-based decisions every day. To learn more about Project Love, our school-based, character-development initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation, visit
Gordon is CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District which serves 44,000 students, having previously served as Chief Academic officer for the Cleveland schools. He was worked in executive roles in the New Orleans, Louisiana and Toledo, Ohio school systems.
Eric Gordon
Cleveland, Ohio
