American Baptist College

 

Mission

The mission of ABC, a Historically Black College, is to educate, graduate and prepare diverse students with a liberal arts emphasis for Christian leadership, service and social justice in the world.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $25,000 education Learn more

ABC’s Social justice, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership Initiative (ABC-SEAL) is a new, unique program designed to attract, educate, and develop the next generation of indigenous, community-based, equity-informed community leaders using a curriculum continuum linking undergraduate coursework, secondary school enrichments and civic education for youth in and/or from proximate low-income neighborhoods.

2020 $18,500 education Learn more

This proposal extends the reach and sustainability of the SEAL Initiative currently funded by the Maddox Fund. Attracting, educating and developing the next generation of indigenous, community-based, equity-informed leaders from low-income backgrounds by countering systemic economic disadvantage with one year of full scholarship funding for two SEAL students at ABC.

2019 $25,000 education Learn more

ABC’s Social justice, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership Initiative (ABC-SEAL) is a new, unique program designed to attract, educate, and develop the next generation of indigenous, community-based, equity-informed community leaders using a curriculum continuum linking undergraduate coursework, secondary school enrichments and civic education for youth in and/or from proximate low-income neighborhoods.

Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

email Jen: [email protected]