Photo by Brooklyn Museum / CC BY, Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. By: Dr. Gislaine N. Ngounou, Vice President of Strategy and Programs, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Much of the philanthropic community is earning praise for its response to COVID-19. To date, funders across the country have provided over $10 billion in grants, prompting some to even…
Photo by Lorie Shaull, Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. By Colleen Quint: Board Member at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, and President & CEO of the Alfond Scholarship Fund in Maine I have a confession: I pretty much stopped watching the news a few weeks ago. The daily litany of lies and self-congratulations,…
Posted by Nick Donohue By Nick Donohue: President & CEO at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation At the time we’ve reached the unthinkable milestone of 100,000 deaths as a result of COVID-19, we’ve also witnessed the murders of too many Black Americans at the hands of violence and white supremacy: George Floyd, Ahmaud…