UNCF Fort Lauderdale

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in.”^® Why not invest your time or money in better futures for young people in South Florida and around the country?

UNCF Fort Lauderdale is here to help you send a student to college and turn his or her life around.

Did you know?

There are three UNCF-member institutions in Florida—among the state’s oldest higher education institutions:

• Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, the oldest historically black college in Florida
• Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens
• Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach

Ft. Lauderdale-Supported HBCUs Punch Above their Weight

The UNCF research report HBCUs Punching Above Their Weight makes a strong case for a powerful proposition: Given their small average size and a history of being under-resourced, the enrollment, degree and economic impacts of HBCUs on African Americans in their respective states are significantly greater than one would expect. >> Read More at UNCF.org/PATW.

• Florida HBCUs’ Performance

News

South Florida/Fort Lauderdale Leadership Council

• Thaddeus “Thad” Hamilton (Chair)
• Shirley D. Baker
• Mitchell Ceasar
• Dr. Hervé Damas
• Daphne A. Dilbert
• Sandy Dorsainvil
• Troy Drayton
• Ken Frazier
• George Gadson
• David Greenberg
• Marc T. Henderson
• Mireille Louis Charles
• Mignon Terése Marshall
• Gregory L. Murphy, Jr.
• Dr. Stacey J. Oddman
• Wendell H. Paris, Jr.
• Mike D. Payne
• Shelia Powell-Cohen
• T. Carlton Williams
• Dr. Rozalia Williams
• Cory Witherspoon

“A Mind Is…”^® Annual Giving Society 

UNCF Fort Lauderdale Staff