Merry Watson: Starting a School for Café Momentum

STORY BY MARY MARTIN. PHOTOS BY KATIE KELTON. Link to original story here.  For 30 years Merry Watson served as a guidance counselor in Chicago’s suburbs and inner-city school districts. Her role blurred the lines between parent, teacher, and college admissions representative—and she loved it. Raised in a family with nine brothers and sisters, her […]

A note from Ms. Merry about the Cafe Momentum Homeschool

Cafe Momentum is an amazing organization that helps post-release teenagers learn culinary skills and so much more! We’ve been in existence for four and a half years and this year a new educational component was added. As the Education Coordinator, I am charged with ensuring all interns are enrolled in school or a GED program. […]

Café Momentum’s Margaret Windham Gives Wayward Teens a Chance

Margaret Windham had nearly eight years’ experience working in the George W. Bush White House, three years’ experience as the vice president and director of marketing at Northern Trust in Dallas and four years’ experience as the senior director of individual giving at United Way. But when she joined the Café Momentum team in 2016, the veteran […]

Meet Two Nonprofits Helping Today’s Juvenile Offenders Become the Leaders of Tomorrow

More than 40 million people in the U.S.—including one in five Texas children—live below the poverty line. Eighteen million of those people are living in persistent poverty, meaning the position someone is born into is unlikely to change throughout their life. “The War on Poverty hasn’t worked,” says Evan Feinberg, executive director of Stand Together Foundation. “We […]

Comcast NBCU Foundation Announces 2019 Project Innovation Winners

May 10, 2019 The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Announces 2019 Project Innovation Winners Comcast NBCUniversal is dedicated to supporting organizations that are creating positive change in our local communities. Through Project Innovation, the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal (NBC and Telemundo stations) and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation recognize non-profits that are pioneering programs to […]