Author: HGB Foundation
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Birthdays, Documentary Screenings, and Program of the Year Award: February 2025 Updates!
In February, we celebrated what would’ve been Helen’s 103rd birthday. From a secretary’s desk, to the helm of Cosmopolitan, Helen’s journey reminds us that the status quo doesn’t make history, trailblazers do. Her belief in equal access to education, opportunity, and financial independence fuels every grant, scholarship, and program that the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation…
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Data Science Projects, New BOLD Directors, and Fellowship Winners: January 2025 Updates!
2025 is off to a fruitful start! All of our programs are feeling invigorated and ready to tackle the new year. In Atlanta, our BridgeUP STEM participants concluded their final data science projects and presented them to their peers. The projects were sophisticated analyses where students posed their own research questions, obtained their own data,…
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Holiday Decorating, College Visitors, and Co-Productions!: December 2024 Updates
December closed 2024 out on a high note at the Foundation! Down at Southern Blues Equestrian Center, the BridgeUP GiddyUP Team celebrated the holiday season by decorating their stable Christmas tree in true HGB fashion. They named the tree Helen in honor of none other than Helen Gurley Brown. “She is named after our most…
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Spectaculars, Coding Curriculums, and New Workshops!: November 2024 Updates
As we are nearing the end of 2024, the HGB Foundation continues to stay busy! In the South Bronx, BridgeUP + Out hosted their first career panel for this academic year! The purpose of the panel was to educate and empower Scholars with real life examples of successful members within their community, learn about their…
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BOLD Theater Circle, DFCI Presentations, and Annual Retreats: October 2024 Updates
Fall is in full swing and our programs are moving along better than ever. Our BridgeUP GiddyUP riders have spent the month hard at work, gearing up for their annual Spectacular taking place in early November. The HGB team will be joining to watch and cheer them along. Stay tuned for updates on that in…
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Site Visits, Journal Publications, and Science Fairs: September 2024 Updates
BU + OUT Scholars are back at school and enjoying the first quarter! With a pep rally at Cardinal Hayes and new Program Coaches for our Scholars to meet, there are many exciting things to look forward to. The seniors are focused on college fairs at their respective schools and are beginning to decide which…
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Pitch Presentations, Park Restoration, and Summer Internships: August Updates 2024
As the summer wound down, our programs and participants were still busy with their various summer excursions and activities! Thirty of our BridgeUP+OUT Scholars were able to head out into the field for an amazing summer of protecting and restoring public green spaces around New York City. One crew created a series of check steps…
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Summer Retreats, Coding Bootcamp, and Equestrian Entrepreneurship: July 2024 Updates
The Foundation has many exciting updates from July of 2024! July started with a beautiful executive retreat in New London, NH, where the HGB team gathered to discuss accomplishments from the past year, as well as what is to come in the future. We enjoyed outstanding performances from some of our participants from BridgeUP: Theater…
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Be Like Beyoncé, Catch Hold like Caitlin, Dance in the Spotlight like Dawn
Since its inauguration in November of 2021, McKrell Baier, “Coach Mac”, has successfully directed the BridgeUP Giddy Up Program staff and students through activities designed to develop elite level equestrians as well as serving participants’ holistic personal development. Mckrell is a native Memphian and received a BS from the University of Miami Honors Program in…
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Theater Workshops, A Fashion Refresh, and New Ventures: April 2024
Down in Atlanta, towards the middle of the month, BridgeUP STEM hosted its end of year celebration for Scholars and Fellows who were graduating from the year long program in computational education. We are constantly in awe of the young women who have deciding, at their young age, that they want to make a difference…