On Tuesday, November 27th, the Jackie Robinson Foundation hosted a webinar for National Urban League (NUL) staffers and its affiliates to provide members of the historic civil rights organization with insight into JRF’s highly successful mentoring and leadership program and application process. The NUL is the nation’s oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind dedicated to economic empowerment.
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The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) is a proud recipient of funds raised during BMO Capital Markets Equity Through Education Trading Day initiative held on October 3rd. Since its launch in 2005, the program has raised over 12 million dollars for North American charities.
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High school seniors who embrace the vision and values embodied in the life of baseball and civil rights great Jackie Robinson are encouraged to apply for the Jackie Robinson Foundation College Scholarship. The application is now available online by Clicking here.
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JRF Alumna Brittany Williams has received the prestigious City Fellowship from Goldman Sachs. Williams, a JRF/Con Edison Scholar, graduated from the University of Virginia in 2010 with a degree in Systems Engineering.
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The Jackie Robinson Foundation will once again benefit from BMO Capital Markets "Equity Through Education" charitable initiative. The donation to JRF and seven other North American organizations represents commissions earned on all institutional equity trades executed by BMO Capital Markets in Canada and the U.S. on October 4, 2011.
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The Jackie Robinson Foundation is happy to announce that BMO Capital Markets, Major League Baseball, Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a significant philanthropic milestone with JRF having each supported our scholarship and leadership development initiative with $1 million or more during the course of the last six years, making them the newest members of JRF’s Donor Hall of Fame.
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Click here for a thrilling peek at feature film “42,” starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman , depicting Jackie Robinson’s historic entry into Major League Baseball that changed America’s greatest pastime and laid the foundation for the modern civil rights movement. The Legendary Pictures film is scheduled for release by Warner Brothers on April 12, 2013.
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In the last Citi Field Kids event of the 2012 season, Olympic Gold Medal winner Gabrielle Douglas shared her inspiring story with over 200 youngsters from New York City area schools. The 16 year old Douglas, who won the all-around individual women's gold medal in gymnastics at the London Games was also part of the gold medal-winning U.S. squad that won the team competition. In her remarks, she passed along her gratitude to the Mets and to the Jackie Robinson Foundation noting that pioneering athletes like Jackie Robinson paved the way for her. She told the Citi Field Kids that they could achieve their goals with hard work and determination.
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With the Class of 2016 well on their way to start their freshman year, the Scholar Advisory Committee met in New York in early August to begin planning for the Class of 2017 application process.
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Over 100 Citi Kids from the United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) arrived on August 8th at the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House in Long Island City for the fourth season of the annual Citi Field Kids program. They were joined by Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar Angela Frost and staff member Dana Tignor, community leaders, Citi Field representatives, Mets staff members, Stony Brook Seawolves team members and New York Mets All-Star renowned knuckleballer pitcher R.A. Dickey.
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