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Minnesota has one of the worst racial education gaps in our Nation. Recognizing that disparities in academic opportunity deny children of color both choice and liberty, Diane and Alan Page started the Page Education Foundation in 1988.
The Foundation's goal is to encourage, motivate, and assist Minnesota's students of color in the pursuit of post-secondary education, and, in the process, change the future. The Foundation achieves that goal by doing two things. First, by providing financial assistance to students pursuing post-secondary education. Second, by requiring Page Scholars to mentor with young children, specifically in the area of education.
Our Scholars send the clear, strong message to those young children by word and by deed that education is a tool that can be used to achieve one's dreams. And the children see someone who maybe looks like them, who may have some shared experiences, who is reliable, who works hard, and who takes an interest in their well-being, using education as a tool for success.
The first year the Foundation had 10 Page Scholars; now we have more than 500 annually. Since then, the Foundation has awarded over $16 million in grants to more than 8,000 Page Scholars. Those Page Scholars have volunteered nearly 500,000 hours, working with 50,000 children across Minnesota. In the end, our Scholars are bending the moral arc of the universe towards justice.