SALT LAKE CITY-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revealed how it and the NAACP are blessing the world in a June 2022 report.
In June 2021, Church president Russell M. Nelson pledged $1 million US annually over the course of three years to fund scholarships for black students.
Each scholarship is a $5,000 award for collegiate sophomores that is renewable for three years ($15,000 per student).
Applications are now open https://scholarships.uncf.org/Program/Details/3c3ac9e3-04b3-41b4-b9d8-caa4d1adfc49 for the second year of scholarships for incoming sophomores through July 12.
Concerning the Dr. Amos C. Brown (a pastor and civil rights activist) Fellowship to Ghana, 45 students (15 Latter-day Saints, 15 chosen by the NAACP and 17 from Dr. Brown’s congregation at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco) will travel to Ghana to learn about the origins of the transatlantic slave trade and become ambassadors of racial harmony.
Pres. Nelson also promised $2 million annually for three years to fund joint humanitarian projects in the United States.
In 2022, these projects will be conducted in Houston, Memphis, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Washington D.C.
The Church of Jesus Christ and the NAACP commenced in their amicable relationship in May 2018 with a greater call for civility and racial harmony in society.
