February 2022

Sammy Moon

Note from the Executive Director

Sammy Moon Executive Director MS Alliance Greetings friends, The second week of February was initially chosen to celebrate Black History each year because it coincides with the birthdays of Frederick ...

Mississippi Urban League

Portia EspyPresident & CEOMS Urban League The year was 1966, and Mississippi was in the midst of great struggles and change. It was the year that civil rights activist and ...
Ellen Collins

Our Journey Continues

Ellen CollinsAssociate DirectorMS Alliance In the spring of 2020, after witnessing several polarizing racial and social injustice events, we were prompted to take a hard look at who we are ...

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging: An Alliance Experience

Tammy Dowley-BlackmanCEOTDB Group The Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy (The Alliance) was created in 2019 as a vehicle of statewide partnership and support.  To ensure its team's ability to ...

Teach Plus

Sanford JohnsonExecutive DirectorTeach Plus Mississippi Interview with Sanford Johnson What prompted you to participate in this work? A couple of years ago, members of the House and Senate Education Committees ...

Greenville Renaissance Scholars

Samesa HoskinExecutive DirectorGreenville Renaissance Scholars For more than 13 years, Greenville Renaissance Scholars has served students and families in the Greenville area with our educational programs during the summer and ...