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Michael Brown Scholarship Fund Will Honor Late Teen's Legacy, Help Siblings Attend College
The Huffington Post ^ | August 21, 2014 | Kimberly Yam

Posted on 08/25/2014 7:24:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

One organization is working to not only honor the achievements and legacy of the late Michael Brown, but to also help his younger siblings achieve what he didn't have the chance to.

Brown, the unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, earlier this month, was a recent high school graduate. He was scheduled to start classes at Vatterott College on Aug. 11, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but was killed two days prior. The Wisconsin Hope Lab -- a program that researches ways to minimize barriers for students of all backgrounds to attain a post-secondary education -- is working in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County to create the "Mike Brown College Scholarship," which will help Brown's three siblings attend college.

"Mike's mom deserves to see her other children cross the finish line and receive their diplomas -- I want to support her doing that," Sara Goldrick-Rab, Wisconsin Hope Lab director, told WISC-TV....

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: blacks; college; crime; darrenwilson; ferguson; hvac; scholarship; vatterott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Achievements and legacy?

LOL


21 posted on 08/25/2014 7:39:02 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: dowcaet

Reporter: Mike Brown Allegedly Had Juvenile Arrest Record Involving 2nd Degree Murder UPDATES: FOIA Request Filed,Denied,Challenged, Racist Precedent (?), Court 8/26
http://www.ironicsurrealism.com/2014/08/19/report-mike-brown-had-juvenile-arrest-record-involving-2nd-degree-murder/


22 posted on 08/25/2014 7:40:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Signalman

You’re right. Even the lefties at HuffingtonPuffington get how ridiculous this “St Big Scholarship Fund” is.


23 posted on 08/25/2014 7:42:43 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: dowcaet

So what kind of students are his siblings that they deserve scholarships? This is getting beyond silly. What kind of parenting did this boy have that he so late in the game valued education? How much parent involvement? It takes a village didn’t work. Have we had a Bill Cosby moment on this madness?


24 posted on 08/25/2014 7:43:34 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: Signalman

Wow! You’d almost think it’s here, Brietbart or Hot Air. Maybe people are finally waking up!


25 posted on 08/25/2014 7:44:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lovely /s


26 posted on 08/25/2014 7:46:35 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And how does one qualify for this prestigious scholarship?


27 posted on 08/25/2014 7:48:32 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do they have to pay taxes on this fund? What if they don’t finish? What if they end up not going in the first place? Where do the funds go? I’m all for helping deserving individuals but just being a sibling shouldn’t be the only criteria. How many others in this country have lost brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and no big monied scholarship for them. This has gotten out of control. I am sorry for the family’s loss but this has turned into a three ring circus.


28 posted on 08/25/2014 7:48:46 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: Maudeen

Every time I see something like this I reflexively send Darren Wilson a few bucks.


29 posted on 08/25/2014 7:51:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Maudeen

Hell naw, Eric Holder and Lois Lerner gots their back, yo!


30 posted on 08/25/2014 7:52:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: whistleduck

LOL.


31 posted on 08/25/2014 7:57:21 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

uhhhh... “legacy”? Yeah, he’s leaving a legacy alright....


32 posted on 08/25/2014 8:02:14 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Horst Wessel


33 posted on 08/25/2014 8:03:29 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Looks like Johnson goes to court again tomorrow about Brown’s juvenile record.


34 posted on 08/25/2014 8:03:47 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Signalman

Wow. Its actually encouraging. Maybe some sanity is returning.


35 posted on 08/25/2014 8:07:01 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Jane Long

Not only the scholarship fund, about 20-1 are siding with Wilsons side of the story.

What’s unbelievable is the few that claim the robbery was a “prank” or that it wansn’t really Brown in the CCTV video.

As if there was numerous 6’4” 300 pound black guys wearing the exact same clothes, the exact same cap, and the exact same clown shoes walking in the vicinity of the robbery at 12 noon that day.


36 posted on 08/25/2014 8:11:41 PM PDT by digger48
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is going to be a huge backlash this November against the Democratic Party and I think they know it. Did you notice that none of the big time Dems like Queen Hillary, San Fran Nan, or Dingy Harry bothered to show up at the Brown funeral? Usually white libs crash these big time events to get some cheap political points but even they know their party has overplayed their hand on the whole Ferguson fiasco and want to stay as far away from Missouri as they can.


37 posted on 08/25/2014 8:13:35 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: digger48

I’ve seen those posts, too.

Several claim that St Big Mike actually paid for the cigars. I guess he was just giving the store clerk a Big Mike hug, for the smooth transaction. I guess, too, that that mean store clerk was just lying about the being robbed thing.


38 posted on 08/25/2014 8:17:30 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: tennmountainman
One organization is working to not only honor the achievements and legacy of the late Michael Brown, but to also help his younger siblings achieve what he didn't have the chance to.

And this is just the opening sentence!

WHAT "achievements"? Much less legacy! Legacy? AYSM? What other 18 yr old have you heard has a legacy? And sorry, but could someone tell me what Brown didn't "have the chance" to achieve? Did he not have the chance to pay attention in school? To shun violence and drugs? To leave scrawny convenience store clerks alone?

39 posted on 08/25/2014 8:17:47 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: dowcaet

There is going to be a huge backlash this November against the Democratic Party and I think they know it.


Guess that’s why they want EO amnesty.....they need the 20M+ illegal votes.


40 posted on 08/25/2014 8:19:16 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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