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Flint Area Foundation Centennial
Noting that public schools are the heart of a well-functioning community, the Mott Foundation commits $100 million for a new high school in Flint.
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More than one million people live or work within Wisconsin’s Root-Pike watershed, where 80% of their drinking water either comes from Lake Michigan or groundwater. Hence, protecting both water sources from contamination is critical – and the major focus of Root-Pike WIN, a Racine-based nonprofit organization.
Civil Society
On the eve of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, Christa Kuljian reminisced about the interview she conducted with him 13 years earlier, when she was the South Africa office director for the Mott Foundation. “He was quite warm and welcoming and open. He was very gracious,” she recalled.
Civil Society
As we mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, the Mott Foundation is remembering his life and legacy by recounting a recent visit to Flint by Albie Sachs, a fellow attorney and anti-apartheid activist whom Mandela appointed as a founding justice on the South African Constitutional Court.
Environment
While hydropower dams create energy for communities, they can also put aquatic ecosystems at risk. For two decades, Mott grantees helped nurture a collaborative approach to preventing and repairing the negative effects of these dams, and the impacts of that work offer insights for addressing the challenges facing the world’s freshwater resources.
Environment
For two decades, Mott funded efforts in the Great Lakes and Southeast regions of the U.S. to prevent and repair the negative effects of hydropower dams. Sam B. Passmore, director of Mott’s Environment Program, discusses the impacts of that grantmaking and its implications for the world’s “freshwater challenge.”
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.
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Nelson Mandela: A Leader and a Friend - video transcript.
