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There are a number of complexities surrounding our national conversation on immigration, and one of the most visible examples involves the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. TMCF President & CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams unpacks the complexities in the context of HBCUs.

Texas Southern University nabs $2.7 million grant from Koch Foundation-backed, DC-based Center for Advancing Opportunity for criminal justice research.

Texas Southern University in Houston received $2.7 million from the Center for Advancing Opportunity to start the school’s new Center for Justice Research.

Texas Southern University announced plans to established Center for Justice Research through a $2.7 million grant from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Center for Advancing Opportunity, a $26 million initiative established by TMCF, the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and The Coca-Cola Foundation partnered to donate $50,000 to Fayetteville State University (FSU) that will be used for scholarships for first-generation college students.

Texas Southern University and its leadership announced establishment of the Center for Justice Research, which is an initiative supported by funding from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Many of the leaders we honor and recognize are products of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). As the President & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), it is important to me that our HBCUs are also honored not just for the role they played in the past, but the role, impact and influence they have today.

This year, Dr. Harry L. Williams began his tenure as the new President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). On January 16th, Dr. Williams and his team visited my D.C. office to discuss their plans to continue to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority serving institutions.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is appreciative of the Trump Administration making our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) a point of emphasis by preserving level funding in the President’s FY 2019 budget. Despite these positive developments, TMCF is concerned about those proposed cuts which could have a detrimental impact on our students’ ability to persist and graduate from HBCUs.

…leaders at advocacy organizations like the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which represents the nation’s public HBCUs, said changes to the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and Work Study programs raise concerns about the impact on students at those institutions and their ability to graduate.

For the first time, the Pepsi-owned Ruffles brand takes presenting sponsorship of the NBA Celebrity Game on Friday. The game for the first time will feature a branded four-point “Ridge” line incorporated into the second half of the game, with each shot made earning $4,000 for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

I think that one thing people can do is support HBCUs. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, United Negro College Fund between the two represent financially 99 percent of black colleges and universities. People can can give and think about supporting these institutions, which I think the film shows very clearly have been instrumental in the making of America.