campus partner(s)

Washington College

state(s)

MD

amount

$126,000

initiative

Knowledge for Freedom

award date

02.2023

project director

Joseph Prud’homme; Rev. Dr. Charles Pinkett

Grant Summary

$126,000 over 41 months to give promising underserved high school seniors from the surrounding area of Dorchester, Maryland an opportunity to participate in a three-week humanities seminar and a school-year college support and civic engagement program. The program is based on the theme of freedom in America and features transformational texts and visits to local and regional sites such as Independence Hall, Mother Bethel Church, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Park.