Higher Education and Philanthropy Webinar Series: Nikole Hannah-Jones

As an extension of the annual Higher Education and Philanthropy workshop, most recently held in December 2023, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is hosting a series of webinars to share insights between the annual convenings. The series will address issues ranging from successes and challenges of philanthropy in higher education, the institutions and policy environment that support them, to alternative models and perspectives to consider in the shifting higher education landscape.

This webinar event will feature Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine who specializes in investigating racial inequality and injustice - earning a MacArthur Fellowship, a Peabody Award, George Polk Awards and National Magazine Awards.

Established by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in 2022, the Higher Education Philanthropy Initiative explores the ways philanthropy can advance the public purposes of higher education by building connections among scholars, practitioners, and funders.

About Nikole Hannah-Jones:

Hannah-Jones is the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University and founder of the Center for Journalism & Democracy, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and the 1619 Freedom School. She holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from UNC at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.