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. ...
HOPE helps families and communities realize financial freedom
In a single year, HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation and Hope Credit Union) placed hundreds of Mississippi residents – mostly Black individuals and families ...
Health
Nonprofits quickly mobilize to support families facing the baby formula crisis
Organizations across the U.S. are mobilizing to support families impacted by the baby formula shortage by providing reliable information and resources.
Racial Equity
Mississippi incubator seeks to lift up small businesses
Our Village United launches ELEVATE Mississippi, an incubator program, to help small businesses with technical assistance and capital.
Food Systems
A digital solution for a Mississippi Delta food desert
Many impoverished communities in the Mississippi Delta Lack easy access to healthy food, particularly fruits and vegetables.
Education
Rhea Williams-Bishop: Farm to early care programs are wins for Mississippi. Let’s keep growing them.
Rhea Williams-Bishop, director of Mississippi and New Orleans programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, believes that the richness of Mississippi’s soil should be ...
