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We are extremely excited to announce that we will host our Speak Out to Reach Out program in Ghana for a second year!  We’ll be traveling throughout the country visiting schools and doing rallies for students, information sessions for teachers and providing supplies for adopted schools. Set for March 18-28, 2019.  Upwards of 35 schools ...

Fulbright supports graduate research on social networks of youth in Ghana

Anthropology graduate student Brittni Howard with a group of young people in Ghana (Photo: Brittni Howard) December 12, 2018

Brittni Howard, an anthropology doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently returned from a Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship to Ghana ...

Michael Walton Foundation will be heading back to West Africa in 2019 to conduct our Speak Out to Reach Out program! The program is set to begin on January 28th. This years’ program will feature professional athletes, local NGO’s, and distinguished professionals to give students and teachers career guidance and speak to a variety of skills needed for ...

Matthew Dickerman, a junior at Chariho High School, has created a website called Helpademic.org

Michael Walton, CEO and Founder of the Michael Walton Foundation recently spent time in West Africa, bringing the foundation’s signature program ‘Speak Out to Reach Out’ to the youth of Ghana. The following are interview questions posed to Michael regarding the ‘Speak Out to Reach Out’ Ghana West Africa Tour.

• Can you tell us how the ‘Speak Out to Reach Out’ ...

GHANA WEST AFRICA

SPEAK OUT TO REACH OUT YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN GHANA

Michael Walton has partnered with the Cheerful Hearts Foundation (Ghana) and Star Service and Study Abroad (facilitated ...

The Michael Walton Foundation has begun 2018 on the move, continuing to make a positive impact in the lives of our youth. On January 18th,  Miss America 2018 Cara Mund, Former New England Patriot Patrick Pass, USA Sprinter Michael Walton, Stephanie Potts-Founder of the Maddie Potts Foundation and community organizations came together to equip 600 Providence High School Students with tools to persevere.

The Michael Walton Foundation and Juanita Sanchez High School launched a collaborative partnership for a one-day youth empowerment forum. ...

Please consider Michael Walton Foundation for your END OF YEAR DONATION. We have a full slate of programs for 2018 beginning with a youth empowerment forum on January 18th 2018! Your donations are tax deductible and your support will help thousands of youth this upcoming year! Donate right here or click the donation link on the home page. Thank you for your investment into the future of our youth!

The Michael Walton Foundation and Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex (JSEC) will present The Male-Female Forum on January 18, 2018. Our Theme “Perseverance” (Knowledge + Power + Perseverance = SUCCESS!)

The overall objective of the Male-Female Forum is to facilitate a professional environment that reflects the core values of JSEC’s  mission: to provide students with a rigorous college preparatory education and to create an environment that encourages and supports students in the development of an ethic of responsibility toward not only the local community, but internationally. ...

Students from Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex came together and, on the other side of Rhode Island, Dunns Corner Community Church Presbyterian hosted more students.  All coming together to increase understanding of themselves and others, to make positive changes in the RI community, and to build leadership and life skills.

Prior to students’ arrival Michael set the challenge. “What are we hoping to accomplish? We hope to show how people from different communities can work together cooperatively.”

Nkoli Onye, Principal of Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex, said of the ...