Greetings!!
In support and recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and kicking off the New Year to encourage more blacks acquire higher education, the SecOps Angels hosted a charity drive for the UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND for the month of January!! Founded on April 25, 1944, the UNCF awards more than 10,000 scholarships through more than 400 scholarship, internship, fellowship and institutional grants that support students at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Those programs include the:
-Gates Millennium Scholars Program, which supports students from undergraduate through to doctoral studies and whose students have graduation rates of 80-90 percent
-UNCF/Merck Science Initiative, which offers students bioscience and biotechnology research fellowships, cultivating their potential with financial support, hands-on training, close mentoring relationships and institutional support
-Corporate Scholars Program supports hundreds of students with scholarships and internships at major Fortune 500 corporations
Amongst prominent UNCF alumni are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. David Satcher (U.S. Surgeon General, CDC), Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and General Chappie James (USAF first black 4-star General). For the entire month of January, S.O.A. will be hosted a donation drive for the UNCF and raised $445.00!!!!
Please visit their site listed below and find out how YOU can aid in helping young Black men and women in their educational needs!! GOD BLESS!!!!
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