On Thursday, during her talk hosted by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Harris took questions from a room of about two dozen HBCU leaders who are in Washington, D.C., this week to advocate for greater support for their schools.
Addressing a packed out Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on Tuesday, Bennett College president Dr Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, said: “So, we’ve come to the moment that you’ve been waiting for.
HBCU groups in Washington had praised the executive order from President Trump, which called for those agencies to come up with written plans to work more closely with HBCUs.
For several months, TMCF has worked diligently with the sponsors and the members of the Trump Administration to find common-sense solutions to codify the important partnerships between the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and federal agencies.
The HBCU PARTNERS Act builds on the President’s 2017 executive order on HBCUs. It will require federal agencies with relevant grants and programs to undertake annual planning and coordinate their efforts to support and expand HBCU participation those programs.
To mark the re-launch, the Caucus announced the introduction of bipartisan and bicameral legislation entitled the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students (HBCU PARTNERS) Act.