Urban League of Middle Tennessee

 

Mission

The mission of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee is to enable African Americans, other minorities and disenfranchised groups to secure economic self-reliance, power, parity, and civil rights.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2016 $15,000 NULITES Project Ready education Learn more

Project Ready is a signature program of the National Urban League (NUL). The program is designed to provide enhanced academic and social support to 9-12th grade high school students as they prepare for post-secondary success. There are three (3) key components: Academic Development, Social Development, and Cultural & Global Awareness.

2015 $15,000 education Learn more

Project Ready is a signature program of the National Urban League (NUL). The program is designed to provide enhanced academic and social support to 9-12th grade high school students as they prepare for post-secondary success. There are three (3) key components: Academic Development, Social Development, and Cultural & Global Awareness.

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]