Mississippi leaders develop a new quality framework for early childhood education
Mississippi has developed its own unique Essential Practices learning model as part of a statewide effort to achieve best practices in quality early ...
Racial Equity
Two Mississippi Museums 5 year anniversary celebration
Five years ago, the Two Mississippi Museums – the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History – opened in Jackson, ...
Policy
Biloxi Public Schools has more student success to celebrate: Mississippi school district ranks 12th in state
Biloxi Public Schools continues to celebrate student academic achievement, boosting an A rating and ranking 12th in the state in the 2020-21 Mississippi ...
Racial Equity
Fighting for women’s economic security in Mississippi
The Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (MSBWR) equips, trains and mobilizes Black women with knowledge, tools and opportunity to access their own power.
Community Engagement
The healing power of expression
The Mississippi Museum of Art hosted a multi-generational experience to celebrate the National Day of Racial Healing that combined creativity, expression and the ...
What does it take to support local journalism in Mississippi?
The Community Foundation for Mississippi was approached to partner in a project to support local journalism statewide with traditional and new media partners, ...
Community Engagement
Rhea Williams-Bishop: Address Jackson water crisis, then all existing systems failing our children
In a recent op-ed published by the Mississippi Free Press, Rhea Williams-Bishop, our director of Mississippi and New Orleans programs, asks local, state ...
Health
Building spaces for play
W.K. Kellogg Foundation partnered with KABOOM!, We2gether Creating Change and the City of Drew to build the first playground in Drew, Mississippi.
Community Engagement
Celebrating Pride Month in WKKF’s priority places
Starting as a day to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, LGBTQ Pride Month is now observed in the United States and ...
Community Engagement
Family-Centered Coaching is a racial equity strategy
Recognizing that participants in human services programs are capable, resourceful and creative, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation introduced the Family-Centered Coaching Toolkit in 2017. ...
