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Young entrepreneurs set sights on Flint as Mott Million Dollar Challenge enters final phase
Mott Foundation commits up to $100 million for new Flint Community Schools high school
K‑12 youth from across the country to pitch bold ideas in Flint at the Mott Million Dollar Challenge finals
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Civil Society
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court
Nelson Mandela's legacy and the journey to freedom in post-apartheid South Africa were among the topics explored by civil rights activist Albie Sachs during a visit to Mott's hometown of Flint, Michigan. Sachs is a founding justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court and co-author of that country's post-apartheid constitution.
Civil Society
South Africa’s Journey to Democracy: Reflections by Albie Sachs
Nelson Mandela: A Leader and a Friend - video transcript.
Flint Area, Youth Engagement
Long-time principal attributes success to community school concept
Dan Berezny, a Flint, Michigan, elementary school principal who has spent 23 years nurturing community within his building and the neighborhoods that surround it, reflects on the value of community schools in this era of educational challenges.
Flint Area
Spotlight: Neal Hegarty discusses Mott’s hometown grantmaking
While Mott’s grantmaking over the years has come to include both national and international strategies, the Foundation has remained committed to our hometown of Flint, Michigan. Neal Hegarty, vice president of programs at Mott, shared his thoughts about the importance and impacts of that local partnership in a recent guest article published by the European Foundation Centre.
Youth Engagement
Life Service Action: Finding the leader in every student
Nurtured through service to community, leadership is one of the After-School All-Stars’ (ASAS) four national programming priorities, which also include academic and homework support; visual and performing arts activities; and health, nutrition and physical fitness instruction.
Youth Engagement
Staff Notes: Afterschool Compendium
Mott Program Officer Jennifer Liversedge makes a reading recommendation for educators interested in increasing the quality and impact of afterschool programs. “Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success,” a compendium of studies, reports and commentaries on the value of afterschool and summer programs, is available online or in hard copy.
Youth Engagement
Carla Sanger: 24 years of afterschool and still going strong
LA’s BEST — a long-running afterschool program serving 28,000 students in grades K-6 at 186 sites in Los Angeles — depends upon a network of partnerships to keep its curriculum quality high and engaging for children and families living in neighborhoods most vulnerable to gangs, drugs and crime.
Environment
Rio+20: Development projects sustaining people and planet?
Staff from the CASA Socio-Environment Fund, a Mott grantee, attended the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil.
Flint Area
Programs nurture economic growth in Flint area
Economic development and sustainability are key goals of several Mott-funded initiatives coordinated by the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Flint Area
Kimberly Roberson: Mott’s approach to hometown grantmaking
Economic development, job training, and children and youth are among the key target issues of Mott’s grantmaking in its hometown of Flint, Michigan.