Diverse Education News June 25, 2020 McDonald’s Starts $500,000 Fund to Help HBCU Students Return to College Amid COVID-19 McDonald’s USA has started a $500,000 fund to help students attending historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue their education this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Fund will be facilitated by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and scholarships will be distributed for the 2020-2021 academic year. “This year, donations to HBCUs are even more critical, as students continue dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 and, now, civil unrest and demands for Black equality,” said Harry L. Williams, Thurgood Marshall College Fund president & CEO, in a statement<https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcdonalds-usa-launches-500-000-scholarship-fund-to-help-hbcu-students-return-to-school-amidst-covid-19-crisis-301083429.html>. “Black students, with allies from across the globe, are calling for companies to do more than issue statements and run ads. That’s why TMCF is excited to further our commitment with McDonald’s to help keep more Black students in college.” HBCU students can apply<https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2841179-1&h=1233398072&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmcf.org%2Fstudents-alumni%2Fscholarship%2Ftmcf-mcdonalds-black-and-positively-golden-scholarships%2F&a=here> for a Black & Positively Golden scholarship from June 25 through Aug. 3. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/