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As part of its yearlong centennial celebration, the Mott Foundation will host Family Fun Days, a free, three-day community event on the Flint Cultural Center campus, from June 5-7.
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Youth Engagement
From 1964 through 1974, the “Mott Intern” program trained 1,000 masters- and doctoral- level educators in the principals and processes of community education and helped change how communities used their local schools.
Youth Engagement
The White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship at Furman University is helping replenish the pool of talented educators dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of afterschool programs throughout the United States.
Youth Engagement
A six-week summer learning and enrichment experience supported by the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative through Eastern Michigan University, Bright Futures keeps students from low-income neighborhoods safe, productive and less vulnerable to summer learning loss.
Civil Society
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
Nelson Mandela: A Leader and a Friend - video transcript.
Flint Area, Youth Engagement
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
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
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
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
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.
