campus partner(s)

Loyola University Chicago

state(s)

IL

amount

$300,000

initiative

Knowledge for Freedom

award date

11.2022

project director

Jon Schmidt; Meghan Condon; Yuna Blajer de la Garza

Grant Summary

$300,000 over 42 months to implement Speak Up Democracy, a Knowledge for Freedom program, which gives promising underserved high school seniors from Chicago an opportunity to participate in a two-week humanities seminar and a school-year college support and civic engagement program. Loyola University brings unique assets to the KFF model through its longstanding partnerships with local high schools.