Ms Ida Mae's College Bound Scholars Fund
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Ms Ida Mae's
Ms Ida Mae's
$2,800
Raised
1 scholarship funded
Contributions
4DT
Dr. Timmie Foster
$200
JF
Johnny Foster
$100
FK
Funmi Kemi Jimoh Blakemore Blakemore
$500
A
Anonymous
$2,000
Our story
Ms. Ida Mae was a beloved mother and grandmother who always placed a high value on the power of education.
Ms. Ida Mae’s children lived in a home filled with books and magazines, including a full set (or two) of encyclopedias and an exceptionally strong collection of books by African American writers. In 1956 during the Great Migration out of the Jim Crow segregated South, Ms. Ida Mae left a harvest in Michigan where her family was working and travelled to Seattle to join her older sister Gracie who had migrated there several years earlier. Ms. Ida Mae arrived in Seattle with a ninth-grade education and later in life attended Seattle Central Community College to study for her high school equivalency certificate while raising seven children. Ms. Ida Mae was a community activist in Seattle and participated in numerous political actions for change in Seattle, including the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), MiniTran (community transportation), National Welfare Rights Organization, Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC), Model Cities, the Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program, the Black Community Festival, to name just a few. All of her children completed high school or high school equivalency, including one child who had special needs.
Our goal
This fund is a memorial scholarship established for our mother who had limited educational opportunities yet worked hard to improve her life. She was an equal justice advocate and strong proponent of education. As children, we lived in a home filled with books. All seven children, including a child with special needs, completed high school or more.
Scholarships made possible by your generosity
Comments from contributors 1
Dr. Timmie Foster18 days ago
$200
My grandmother, affectionately known to me as “Ida Mae Whittaker Foster Smith-Trotter” was an amazing queen with an amazing heart. She was a connoisseur of the arts, literacy and traveling. My grandma, Ms. Ida really loved God, was hopefully of the future, and did all she could for her family. I def miss her, and honored the family heard my mother’s push to make this a reality. Welcome, Scholars & Families! And thank you, Family & Donors!
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