Posts in Education
Fostering Cultural Transformation in Healthcare, Education and Economic Empowerment

Download the Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation’s new White Paper, “Engineering Cultural Change to Community Health Improvement

An environment of economic uncertainty, technological advances and cultural diversity attests to the importance of shifting away from individualism toward a community-minded approach to solving complex issues. Communities increasingly recognize the need to pull together and develop new, impactful strategies, build a united front toward implementing meaningful change, pool resources and share ownership of the results.

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Search for Excellence Underway: For the First Annual Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation Awards

Recognizing excellence to improve or transform health, advance educational opportunities and support economic empowerment, the Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation (TLI) invites applicants for its inaugural national awards program.  

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HBCU Program Initiation and Donor Support Request

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIA SERVING BLACKS & MINORITIES:

Fostering Risk Management and Cybersecurity Training Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions

African-Americans make up only three percent of the information security analysts in the U.S in a field where jobs are expected to grow 18 percent through 2024.

 

As with any business or organization, colleges and universities face significant risk to operations when financial losses occur. Because Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) often have limited resources, the impact of unforeseen problems -- declining enrollment, rising operational costs, financial deficits, changes to state or federal funding -- can be crippling.

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Lyme Disease Awareness Month, May 2019

Know the Facts, Share Your Experiences

Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation (TLI) supports #LymeDisease awareness

TLI highlights the importance of increased education and awareness about Lyme disease and urges the public to use #LymeDisease for sharing information about this vector-borne disease.

Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod species, such as mosquitoes, ticks, triatomine bugs, sandflies, and blackflies.

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