A Significant Influence
The following is an essay written by a graduating senior in the Johnson Scholars Program, a college readiness program that is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County, Take Stock in Children Palm Beach County and the Johnson Scholarship Foundation. We will feature other student authors in the coming weeks. Amit Ray once said, “Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with … Continue reading A Significant Influence
My Hardships Have Prepared Me
The following is an excerpt from an essay on leadership written by a student in the Johnson Scholars Program, a college readiness program that is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County, Take Stock in Children Palm Beach County and the Johnson Scholarship Foundation. Her essay offers insights into the struggles many high school students are facing today. We will feature other … Continue reading My Hardships Have Prepared Me
From Surviving to Thriving
The following is an excerpt from an essay on leadership written by a student in the Johnson Scholars Program, a college readiness program that is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County, Take Stock in Children Palm Beach County and the Johnson Scholarship Foundation. His essay offers insights into the struggles many high school students are facing today. We will feature other … Continue reading From Surviving to Thriving
More than Scholarships
Foundations don’t seek recognition for the work they do. They are uncomfortable in the spotlight, preferring instead to shine it upon their hard-working nonprofit partners. But sometimes an event designed to show gratitude to a funder can become much more that. Here at the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, we had a chance to experience this firsthand during the recent Johnson Scholarship Day celebration at Palm Beach … Continue reading More than Scholarships
Investing in Indigenous Business in Canada: Key Opportunities and Challenges
Aboriginal business opportunities are arising at a revolutionary rate but the capacity (knowledge and experience) to take advantage of these opportunities is generally acquired on an evolutionary and generational basis. How do we reconcile the two? Challenges Joint Venture Partnerships with domain-experienced companies can be one way to overcome capacity challenges allowing Aboriginal companies to take advantage of opportunities more immediately and the other joint … Continue reading Investing in Indigenous Business in Canada: Key Opportunities and Challenges
Health Events Among Highlights of African Heritage Month at Dalhousie
At Dalhousie University, the Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) program has been recognized for its dedication and contribution to the success of Black students in health, among other pioneering pathway programs. Continue reading Health Events Among Highlights of African Heritage Month at Dalhousie
Civil Rights Legacy Shapes Mission at Providence St. Mel
In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved into an apartment in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood — less than a mile from where Providence St. Mel stands — to protest housing inequality, segregation and poverty in this embattled community. A few short years later, Paul J. Adams III, the founder of Providence St. Mel School, moved from Alabama to that same neighborhood in Chicago to … Continue reading Civil Rights Legacy Shapes Mission at Providence St. Mel
Succeeding as a First-Generation Student
I understand. It seems too easy for some of us. At times, it also seems like too much for some of us. To all of the first-generation students, I want to say I am proud of you! This is something that some of us hear too often and the rest of us wish we could hear more. As a person who was once in your … Continue reading Succeeding as a First-Generation Student
January is National Mentoring Month
Check out http://www.mentoring.org, the website of MENTOR, a national non-profit organization devoted to increasing the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for America’s young people. It makes the case for mentoring as follows: Mentoring, at its core, guarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter. Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people … Continue reading January is National Mentoring Month
Walking the ‘Last Mile’ Through Graduate Support
Providing low-income, minority boys from Boston with the rigorous, affordable education that they deserve is part of our daily work at Nativity Preparatory School. However, we see — as do the Johnson Scholarship Foundation and many in the education world — the serious need to help bridge “the last mile” for disadvantaged students. Progress in this area continues, but it must have the end goal … Continue reading Walking the ‘Last Mile’ Through Graduate Support
