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High School Siblings Tackling Environmental Justice One Tree at a Time

Savannah and Sultan Smalley noticed a need in their Philadelphia community. Thanks to support from the Civic Spring Fellowship, they were able to take steps to address it...

From the Beginning: An Imprint on Women’s Studies

It was the mid-1970s. America was still grappling with the civil rights movements of the 1960s. For the field of women’s studies, this was the beginning.

The Architecture of Citizenship

After a stint in the Army during the Vietnam War, Dr. James Chaffers attended the University of Michigan on an MLK Fellowship from Citizens & Scholars in 1969. He became ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Provide 55 Years of Leadership

Established in 1968, the Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowships offered Black veterans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam Era the opportunity to pursue gr...

Fellowship a “Cornerstone” of Career Engaging Others

Crawford Carpenter was awarded an MLK Fellowship from Citizens & Scholars in 1969. He attended the University of Wisconsin to pursue a master’s degree in business admin...

Newcombe Fellowship Celebrates More Than 40 Years of Impact

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship has been supporting emerging scholars in the humanities and social sciences for more than 40 years.