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Philanthropist Establishes Scholarship in Honor of Spelman Alumna Marian Wright Edelman
A special gift from philanthropist Amy Falls, will provide extra support to Spelman students who have a commitment to community engagement.
The gift,
in honor of her husband’s 60th birthday, establishes the Marian Wright Edelman, C’60, Endowed Scholarship in Community Service in honor of Mr. Hartley R. Rogers.
The scholarship, named for the civil rights activist, will provide financial support for students with a strong background in community service. The announcement comes on the occasion of Edelman's retirement from the Children’s Defense Fund, the groundbreaking organization she founded and served as president for 47 years.
“This scholarship comes at a critical time for future leaders,” said Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president of Spelman. “It is our hope that the gift from Falls, in honor of her husband, and named for one of Spelman “sheroes,” will inspire students to continue Edelman’s legacy of advocating for human rights and meaningful change.”
Recently, the CDF announced that Edelman will step down and
hand over the reins to the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, an activist known for his work in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Edelman will remain as president emerita but will not be involved in day-to-day operations.
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The voices and the scholarly research of Spelman College faculty, past and present, are reflected in the special edition of the Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies: Frontiers and Frameworks in African Diaspora Teaching and Scholarship.
The publication serves as the first formal collection of scholarly and pedagogical articles on African Diaspora and the World courses at Spelman.
"...The issue marks both a trajectory in a specific Historically Black College, as
well as the intentional move towards internationalizing the educational enterprise in the United States," said Pushpa Parekh, Ph.D., professor of English, director of ADW and guest editor of the journal.
Dr. Parekh has been teaching ADW courses since 1993 and directing the ADW Program since
fall 2016.
"I believe this issue is a timely intervention, especially when we read headlines like ‘Americans Need to Learn More About the World Outside of America’ and ‘Why Many Americans Are Simply Clueless About Global Events,’
” said Dr. Parekh. “Eschewing neoliberal trends, the ADW story is a deliberative journey that dismantles false narratives of frontiers by embracing critical and analytical pedagogical frame-works and scholarship.”
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Spelman Senior Selected for the Inaugural Beats by Dre Creator Program
During her senior year of high school, Cassidy Myers, C'2021, discovered her passion for photography.
“I took a photography course as an elective, not knowing how much it was going to impact me from that moment forward,” she remembers.
Now, the Los Angeles native, has earned a
coveted spot in the Beats by Dr. Dre inaugural Black Future Creator Program, a campaign focused on a group of creatives from Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation.
Along with her cohort, the photography major will flood Beats platforms with gripping content about themselves, their communities, and the state of Black America.
Meyers has a love of the arts, particularly photography, which she uses to explore intimate and personal portraits of people that exemplify their inner light. As an IRL (In Real Life) Creator, her designation in the program, Meyers will explore how photography has inspired confidence in her journey.
“I want to explore who I am, and to, frankly, speak to how my struggle with self-esteem led to
me using art as an outlet for expression and release," said Myers in her Black Future Creator bio.
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During spring break of her senior year at Spelman, Nia Grant, C’2007, struggled with fatigue and vomiting.
The symptoms weren't new. The previous week, she struggled with the same issues but shrugged it off as stress. Unable to manage any longer, her aunt took her to the hospital.
“After they ran tests, the doctor came back and said, ‘So how long have you had diabetes?’ I thought there was no way,” she said.
Grant shared her story with diaTribe, a patient-focused online publication which is part of The diaTribe Foundation’s mission to improve the lives of people with diabetes. The profile was part of the publication’s effort to celebrate those in the LGBTQ+ community who are also living with diabetes.
“It took a good three years for me to be comfortable with the fact that I had diabetes,” she said. “For a while I was floundering around.”
Since accepting her diagnosis and gaining confidence that she can manage her diabetes, Grant said her life has changed for the better.
“As I learned what diabetes was and how it would impact my life, I realized that I was going to live my life so that my diabetes conformed to my will,” she said. “I am not diabetes.”
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Spelman College is known for educating global change agents, who are leaders in the classroom, in the community and in their careers. If you have an idea for a news story about Spelman faculty, staff, students or alumnae, we would love to hear about it. Submit your story ideas
to spelmanconnection@spelman.edu. Check out the submission guidelines for the weekly e-newsletter.
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