Thurgood Marshall College Fund
ISSUE:
Loan repayment
TOTAL AWARDED:
$180,000
PROJECT PERIOD:
May – November 2016
ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Yes-10 / No-0 / Maybe-0 / 2 absent
ISSUE:
Loan repayment
TOTAL AWARDED:
$180,000
PROJECT PERIOD:
May – November 2016
ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Yes-10 / No-0 / Maybe-0 / 2 absent
Founded in 1987, Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the only organization that supports the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). TMCF partners with member schools to: increase student access, retention and graduation rates; identify and prepare students with significant leadership potential; and create a pipeline for employers to highly qualified students and alumni. Through the TMCF #INTHEBLACK Student Loan Repayment Advocacy Campaign, TMCF will raise awareness of strategies for responsibly managing student loan repayment, and educate, activate and train a new set of voices: the HBCU community, including more than 300,000 public and private HBCU students, staff and professors, targeted members of Congress, and TMCF corporate partners.
Coalition-building
Research
#INTHEBLACK content development
Website and content development
HBCU conference calls
TMCF corporate partner engagement
#INTHEBLACK campaign rollout (website, press release, etc.)
Begin engagement with TMCF member-schools
Congressional meetings
Social media campaign posting and digital advertising outreach continues for length of grant
HBCU campus visits
Congressional Meetings
Civic Engagement Federal Financial Aid Advocacy Conference with Hill Day, presidential campaign engagement, and op-ed
Stakeholder outreach and HBCU campus engagement
Follow-up with conference attendees
HBCU student engagement at 2016 TMCF Leadership Institute
Follow-up Bipartisan Congressional engagement