https://www.project-ascend.org/home daily 1.0 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1588013242372-DIHF9ALE3BW88C4AYNVS/Giveback+Nigeria.jpg Home - Grants for Social Justice Initiatives Project ASCEND grant recipient, Giveback Nigeria, established a library at Cole Orphanage, Benin City, in the South Western Edo State of Nigeria. This initiative supports youth between the ages of 5 – 18 years with books and training materials to become transformational leaders in their communities and society at large. Additionally, this library will also be used a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1588012778725-0GWGWU4ZHI1VFPFTR9PQ/abriendo-oportunidades-1.jpg Home - Our Global Impact Project ASCEND awarded a grant to the Population Council’s Abriendo Oportunidades program in Guatemala. Our funding supports increases in Mayan girls’ social support networks, connect them with role models and mentors, build a base of critical life and leadership skills, provide hands-on professional training and experience, critical investments in girls aged 8–19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1602947646679-QX34IR7U9AR5UZMXARFO/13316785_2025834994307471_7535466975565238834_o.jpg Home - College Scholarships for Disabled Students We provide college scholarships to low-income and disabled youth, funding for women’s education programs, support for mentorship groups and literacy programs. https://www.project-ascend.org/donate daily 0.75 2020-12-11 https://www.project-ascend.org/mentorshipspeakerseries daily 0.75 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598215748099-3SHECI9JVH2Z5ZHJITW8/1546276_1508547312702911_302078370_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series - Mentorship Speaker Series Project ASCEND partnered with youth organization, Youth with A Purpose, to sponsor a mentorship speaker series at High Point High School. This event featured three black men who worked in the Obama White House as speakers. They spoke with over 400 at risk youth about the importance of finishing high school, attending college, and keeping their grades high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598215792988-WKIBRATJS7QEAQG41YGA/1974369_1559754094248899_1764056168_o.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598216074323-KV0R8C0RNA0EAUEHJSR1/1486722_1508548059369503_1703608956_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598215792470-OUVHIT9B5EVEV9NNITH1/1536649_1508547682702874_1220586536_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598215792681-T5LGMFHV7GL3WO4PP9KA/1545695_1508548182702824_836200073_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598216074360-UT80Z84XESD3WGA0HJEM/1512732_1508547632702879_806468742_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598215792993-3E0G6S9EB8XP0DV3EOSQ/1521921_1508547306036245_1907881611_n.jpg Mentorship Speaker Series https://www.project-ascend.org/founder daily 0.75 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1603832888487-Y1QL35AM69ATGCOSMOCS/Dear+World.jpg Our Founder - Education is key. The beauty of public service is that it enables one to change the world through community involvement. The greater essence of civic engagement is that it allows people to begin taking a vested interest in advancing their communities. That's why I founded Project ASCEND in 2011. I wanted to empower students to attend college with a scholarship because education is the key to success in life. Project ASCEND is more than just a college scholarship program. We are a grant program that awards volunteer-led service projects financial support to lead their programs. Project ASCEND is a manifestation of my dreams of supporting emerging leaders to participate in community organizing. During my teenage years, I discovered my love for giving back to my community. As I entered my high school each day, it was often like entering a battlefield. As products of a crumbling public school system, my peers and I received a less than stellar education coupled with little hope for a positive future. So, I became involved in student government and community service initiatives to begin changing things. The volunteering action changed my life by showing me how to create social change—all while under the leadership of other young people. Project ASCEND was designed to support the next generation of leaders. Whether through a scholarship or service grant, we intend to be the barrier between a student entering jail or walking down the aisle at college graduation. We will no longer allow students to slip through the cracks on our watch. Thank you for your support. — Ola Ojewumi Executive Director and Founder https://www.project-ascend.org/sacredhearts daily 0.75 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598213110919-OND7FONUN7WKQMWZTPK7/29685_125230467496604_6856542_n.jpg Sacred Hearts Children's Transplant Foundation - Sacred Hearts Children’s Transplant Foundation has provided hundreds of stuffed animals, teddy bears, and gifts to children awaiting organ transplants. They’ve worked with children’s hospitals in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. 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Finances have always been difficulty because I come from a single parent home. This scholarship is helping me go to college with no little to no debt!”. Heather Alba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598748537099-PIIJF29GQHW3DT7HAH9E/25299898_2415061042051529_7883427304833948163_o.jpg Scholarship Awardees - “[I’m] is thrilled to receive the Project ASCEND Scholarship and will use it in his future career as a screenwriter to help create an electronic archive for people of color with disabilities to tell their stories through art, poetry, narratives, and interviews to highlight visibility in underrepresented communities.” D’Arcee Chargington Neal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea622d3d0582b1cc0a194a0/1598749119892-R5LGO3QT8JAVS5UDLEVD/25352112_2415062375384729_1689618051804484352_o.jpg Scholarship Awardees - “Receiving this scholarship will ease some of their burden, making it easier for them to manage my physical needs. 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