Local Learning Community Foundation
Stimulating Growth Mindsets and Local Communities
About Us
MISSION
The Local Learning Community Foundation’s (L2CF) mission is to stimulate the design and development or expansion of learning innovations and initiatives to increase outcomes in the following areas: Access to quality early childhood education; school readiness; reading proficiency in third and eighth grades; state and national standardized test taking skills and scores; high school graduation rates; job/career readiness; financial literacy; entrepreneurship; and wealth accumulation. . The ultimate goal of the L2CF is to identify and design effective and user-friendly learning initiatives that can be easily replicated to increase hope, self-efficacy, resiliency, and economic security in local families and neighborhoods across the country, especially in small and rural areas.
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WE BRING LEARNING INNOVATIONS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Sponsorships
The L2CF is intentionally inclusive in its strategic planning activities. Care is given to ensure that all segments of the population are actively engaged to help set priorities. Collaborations involving parents/guardians, students, faith-based organizations, k-12, higher education, and community development organizations are actively pursued to achieve measureable outcomes.
Mini Grants and Opportunities
Reading Proficiency Mini Grants, ACT Awareness and Tutoring and Summer Learning Enhancement Institute
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Building Competitive External Funding Portfolios, My Brother’s Keeper Challenge (MBKC), After-School Youth Development, and Father-Daughter Night Out
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Our Impact
In 2018, the L2CF supported six students with partial scholarships to attend Ms. Smith's Education Services to improve their reading scores and academic success…
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The L2CF collaborated with Ms. Smith Educational Services and co-sponsored an onine Speech and Math competition.
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Through a rigorous application and screening process, ten area future scholars were awarded travel scholarships which included tours of multiple colleges and universities.
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The L2CF partnered with the Starkville-Oktibbeha My Brother’s Keeper Challenge (MBKC), and the MSU-Council on Minority Affairs (COMA) to help coordinate and sponsor an eight-week seminar to help student retain academic standings over the summer break.
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In collaboration with the MSU-Council on Minority Affairs, and Empathic Solutions Group, LLC, the L2CF coordinated the 2018 BullyStoppers Training Workshop designed to empower students with the knowledge and skills to combat bullying.
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The L2CF collaborated with Sisters Arm in Arm to sponsor a learning expedition that included tours of both the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Jackson State University, on February 16, 2019.
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The Local Learning Community Foundation helped to stimulate awareness and interest in the Smithsonian Institution History of Waterways interactive learning exhibit that was housed at the Tennessee Tombigbee Transportation Waterway Museum in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Read MoreThe L2CF partnered with Ms. Smith Education Services to provide after-school homework assistance, tutoring, and character development programs.
Read MoreThe Local Learning Community Foundation (L2CF) seeks to increase awareness regarding environmental justice and those who help keep our neighborhoods clean.
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Board of Directors
The LLCF is a lean and efficient organization managed by a critical mass of concerned professionals recruited from different sectors including law, medicine, business, communications, mental health, economic development, student development, and education. Board members donate time and resources to achieve the goals of the organization.
Hall Baggett
Placid Eze, M.D., Pharm.D
LaRhonda Jefferson, Pharm D
Kenneth Randle
Valerie Ray
Marjada Faith Tucker
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OPERATING FRAMEWORK
The L2CF engages stakeholders to obtain ideas and recommendations regarding gaps in learning and promising educational initiatives. Existing learning initiatives are evaluated and support is provided to help increase impacts and accessibility. Pilot or experimental learning initiatives are supported to assess their effectiveness in promoting, encouraging, and rewarding academic achievement and attainment at all levels. In most cases, interested parties are required to compete for foundation support by responding to a Request for Proposals (RFP) or Request for Support (RFS). Applications are screened, evaluated, ranked, and funded contingent upon availability of funds. To date, one hundred percent of gifts/donations have gone to support a wide array of learning initiatives. Follow-up contacts are used to collect related information to assess and measure related outcomes.
Contact
- P. O. Box 151, Starkville, MS 39760
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