We need to be paying attention, at The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis and everywhere else that inequity is a threat and democracy is endangered. And I don’t think it hyperbole to...

I’m sharing with you one of the most valuable benefits of my job: reason to hope. I can’t go even a day being discouraged by the state of democracy and the entrenched...

Last night, eleven Policy Fellows marked the end of their nine-month fellowship with a showcase of their research and experiences. Throughout two hours of presentations and dialogue, the steady guidance of former...

Journalist Sylvester Brown, Jr. received the essay written by Scholarship Foundation Campus Policy Fellows and wanted to meet with them right away. Brown began the discussion with Anne Marie, Jessika, Kennedi, and...

The cycle is predictable and yet seems to surprise us each three years. A beloved board president steps down and a new and heretofore lesser-known individual takes the helm. Because this board...

I once thought I could keep separate the personal from the professional, and to work I would go with the right tone, attire, and boundaries. I can’t remember how and when that...

When Scholarship Foundation offices closed to the public 14 months ago, we expected a return to normal in a matter of months. After several regional and international waves of affliction and death...

Guest Blogger Beth Andrews joined the staff of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis in 2015. In summer, 2019 Beth first set foot on a college campus when she coordinated a student...

Names are important. Since I was a small child, people got my name wrong. Some called me Fay. I’ve been asked way too many times, “Are your sisters named Hope and Charity?”...

After you read what my Saturday has in store, you will no longer bemoan how hard I work or wonder when I’ll get a break to relax. No one else has a...

This week, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis lost two elders of our 100-year old movement to bolster democracy by providing educational opportunity. Today, I am grieving the loss of Carolyn A....

Unbeknownst to him at the time, Darion Williams solved my dilemma about how to write a centennial year-end post. I just couldn’t bring myself to write the words pandemic, unprecedented, pivoted, or...