We are thrilled to be able to fund $785,000 in grants to help women in Mississippi thrive. In our first year of operating as an independent Foundation nine years ago, we awarded $68,000 in grants. Through expanded support of national foundations, corporate sponsors, and our generous individual donors, we are now able to help even […]
Kimberly Hilliard, Ph.D., serves as the the founding Executive Director for the Office of Community Engagement at Jackson State University. Dr. Hilliard, native of Washington, DC, holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee University, a M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New Orleans, and obtained her Ph.D. in Urban and […]
Over the span of 30 years, Melissa started and stopped college numerous times. Derailed by major life events such as complications of pregnancy, death of her husband and being a single parent of two small children, and diagnosis and treatment of cancer, she was hesitant to try again. So Melissa stayed out of college. Instead […]
