In this episode, we’re joined by Laverne McCartney Knighton, Area Director for UNCF (United Negro College Fund Inc.), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization offering scholarships and opportunities to more than a half million Black students across the US. She shares her experience of how UNCF has worked to help Black students in their journey towards academic success and how individuals can get involved and make a difference. Laverne gives us insight into how disadvantaged communities feel the need for support from all angles—from family to friends, as well as from organizations like UNCF. She emphasizes that being present within our own circle of loved ones is key in working towards building a better world for everyone.
In this episode, Laverne shares how she was able to use her faith to walk away from her traumatic situation but found out years later that she had been a victim without even realizing it at the time. Next up, we'll hear about Laverne's inspiring work and the importance of authenticity and relationships, and what it means to be present for other people.
Laverne shares her story of survival from an abusive relationship and how she was able to eventually walk away from the situation due to faith. She explains the power of having the language or the words to explain what it is that one is going through when experiencing abuse or trauma. Lastly, Laverne emphasizes how people often overlook the importance of building relationships and how that makes a difference in work dealing with difficult situations.
Tune in as we dive into an insightful conversation with Laverne McCartney Knighton on Pancakes From Scratch. We hope you enjoy this episode of Pancakes from Scratch as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you!
Laverne McCartney Knighton is Area Director for UNCF (United Negro College Fund Inc.), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization offering scholarships and opportunities to over a half million Black students in our country. She oversees fundraising, scholarship program development, and external relations to benefit UNCF’s 37 member private, historically black colleges and universities and area students in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.
She oversees fundraising, scholarship program development, and external relations to benefit UNCF’s 37 member private, historically black colleges and universities and area students in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.
She is a native Texan, “a child of the 60s and a child of segregation”, raised in the small rural town of Doucette, Texas. 1n 1968 of her eighth-grade year, she was one of the first Black students bussed from an all-black school to an all-white school across town to test desegregation. After integration was mandated in 1969 by Texas law and the school was fully integrated, Laverne went on to become the first African American valedictorian to graduate in 1973.
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In this episode, we’re joined by Laverne McCartney Knighton, Area Director for UNCF (United Negro College Fund Inc.), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization offering scholarships and opportunities to more than a half million Black students across the US. She shares her experience of how UNCF has worked to help Black students in their journey towards academic success and how individuals can get involved and make a difference. Laverne gives us insight into how disadvantaged communities feel the need for support from all angles—from family to friends, as well as from organizations like UNCF. She emphasizes that being present within our own circle of loved ones is key in working towards building a better world for everyone.
In this episode, Laverne shares how she was able to use her faith to walk away from her traumatic situation but found out years later that she had been a victim without even realizing it at the time. Next up, we'll hear about Laverne's inspiring work and the importance of authenticity and relationships, and what it means to be present for other people.
Laverne shares her story of survival from an abusive relationship and how she was able to eventually walk away from the situation due to faith. She explains the power of having the language or the words to explain what it is that one is going through when experiencing abuse or trauma. Lastly, Laverne emphasizes how people often overlook the importance of building relationships and how that makes a difference in work dealing with difficult situations.
Tune in as we dive into an insightful conversation with Laverne McCartney Knighton on Pancakes From Scratch. We hope you enjoy this episode of Pancakes from Scratch as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you!
Laverne McCartney Knighton is Area Director for UNCF (United Negro College Fund Inc.), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization offering scholarships and opportunities to over a half million Black students in our country. She oversees fundraising, scholarship program development, and external relations to benefit UNCF’s 37 member private, historically black colleges and universities and area students in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.
She oversees fundraising, scholarship program development, and external relations to benefit UNCF’s 37 member private, historically black colleges and universities and area students in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.
She is a native Texan, “a child of the 60s and a child of segregation”, raised in the small rural town of Doucette, Texas. 1n 1968 of her eighth-grade year, she was one of the first Black students bussed from an all-black school to an all-white school across town to test desegregation. After integration was mandated in 1969 by Texas law and the school was fully integrated, Laverne went on to become the first African American valedictorian to graduate in 1973.
If you want to support and be part of the Pancake Lovers VIP, subscribe to the podcast and get access to our weekly podcast conversations.
Connect With Ernest Comer