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NEWS
Phelps Stokes Receives Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Support the National Homecomers Academy Initiative
March 16, 2010
Phelps Stokes is pleased to announce that it has been
awarded a grant totaling nearly $397,500 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of
Battle Creek, Michigan. The two-year
grant is provided to support the National Homecomers Academy Initiative.
The overarching aim for this initiative is to create connections between Homecomers, their children and families that are needed for all to thrive. This initiative will effectively support new cycles of transformational action and positive consequences that lead to better outcomes for vulnerable youth and families. The National Homecomers Academy will serve recently-released inmates by providing them with the resources necessary for their successful return to American society. The project promotes a holistic approach to respond to the needs of Homecomers, their children and families. Phelps Stokes is partnering with TimeBanks USA and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association to successfully implement this initiative.
Below you will find a brief interview with Curtis Watkins, the Chief Operating Officer for the National Homecomers Academy Initiative.
Second Annual Leadership Development Seminar for Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Fulbright Scholars
March 3, 2010
Fifteen Fulbright Scholars and five Martin Luther King Scholars participated in the Seminar, which was held from the 26th to the 29th of January, 2010, in Bogota. The Scholars ranged in age from 18 to 48 and came from various Afro-Colombian and indigenous regions of the country, including San Andres island, as well as major Colombian cities. Among the universities that were represented at the Seminar were the National University of Colombia, los Andes University, the University of Cartagena, the University of Chocó, and the University of Medellin. These Fulbright Scholars are currently in the process of applying to Master’s and Doctoral programs in the United States, and will begin their studies in the United States this fall.
The Seminar touched on various subjects relevant to the
leadership development and upcoming transition facing the Fulbright
Scholars. They were introduced to
subjects such as Afro-Colombian and Indigenous history, the basic elements of
leadership, conflict resolution and coalition building, and US-Colombia
relations. The different lectures and
discussions were led by 
The Seminar was a resounding success and received media coverage from El Tiempo, Colombia’s foremost newspaper; RCN TV, a major Colombian television news outlet; and NTN 24, a regional television news outlet that broadcasts throughout the hemisphere. The Third Annual Seminar will take place in Bogota in December of this year.
Fulbright Scholar Lincoln Bent was featured on eltiempo.com, the online edition of Colombia’s most important newspaper. He is a Raizal, which means that he is from Anglophone San Andres Island in the Caribbean Sea. You can also watch a brief interview with Lincoln here.
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