WASHINGTON, DC - The Woodson Center today announced that the John and Daria Barry Foundation, established by John Barry, CEO and Chairman of Prospect Capital, is continuing its generous support of the center’s mission by contributing a $2.1 million grant to its...
Woodson Center Awards More than $500,000 in Mini-grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2022 WoodsonCenter@Pinkston.co Woodson Center Awards More than $500,000 in Grants to More than 90 Groups Nationwide Woodson Center Community Affiliates Network will provide grants to local grassroots leaders solving America’s most...
The Woodson Center Receives Major Gift from Barry Family Foundation to Support Upward Mobility Efforts in Poor Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2021 WoodsonCenter@Pinkston.co The Woodson Center Receives Major Gift from Barry Family Foundation to Support Upward Mobility Efforts in Poor Communities Woodson Center Community Affiliate Network will provide grants to local...
Bob Woodson Announces Retirement & Succession Plan at Woodson Center’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 29, 2021 WoodsonCenter@Pinkston.co Bob Woodson Announces Retirement and Succession Plan at Woodson Center’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Board of Directors to Initiate One-Year Executive Search For Next President WASHINGTON, DC –...
Nation’s Largest Historically Black Boarding School Adding Students
For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Brazda Phone: 703-475-1500 Email: maria@leopardmediagroup.com Web: pineywoods.org Woodson Center – and partners will Host a Virtual Fundraiser for Piney Woods School WASHINGTON, DC-The Piney Woods School, one of...
“When Whites Were at Their Worst, Blacks Were at Their Best” The 1619 Project Has the NY Times; 1776 Has the Facts
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maria Brazda, Maria@leopardmediagroup.com, 703.475.1500 WHO: Bob Woodson, Woodson Center Clarence Page, Syndicated Columnist Shelby Steele, Hoover Institution Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, Brown...
Paul Ryan Praises Hope for Prisoners Program
Paul Ryan praises Nevada program in event with Cresent Hardy By Ramona Giwargis August 2018 Las Vegas Review-Journal House Speaker Paul Ryan joined former U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy in Las Vegas for a panel discussion on criminal justice reform with participants in a...
Violence Free Zone Improve Behavior and Performance in Middle and High School Students, Baylor University Study Finds
WACO, Texas (March 23, 2015) — A youth violence-reduction mentoring program for trouble-plagued schools in urban centers has contributed to improved student behavior and performance at high-risk middle and high schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Richmond, Virginia,...
MPS Safety Officers To Be Honored in Special Ceremony
When: May 5, 4:30 p.m. Where: Milwaukee French Immersion School, 2360 North 52nd Street Milwaukee Violence Free Zone program leaders and staff will hold an Appreciation ceremony May 5, 2009 at Milwaukee French Immersion school (2360 North 52nd Street) to honor School...