Michelle Obama, April 2021.
Michelle Obama, April 2021.

News & Events

Spring 2021

Announcing Posse Arts: Michelle Obama Celebrates New Posse Collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Posse Foundation has launched a new arts initiative in partnership with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund, with CalArts as the first institutional partner. Former First Lady Michelle Obama announced the program.


Scholar

Fall 2023

Cornell Alum Builds Advocacy Career

Cornell University alumna Jocelyn Vega recently accepted a position as the community impact director for the American Heart Association. Her track record of advocacy in the United States and abroad spans immigrant rights and trauma-informed care services.

School

Fall 2023

Posse Expands College, University Partnerships

Since 2022, Posse has established seven new college and university partnerships, adding Whitman College, Santa Clara University and Providence College and expanding with William & Mary, Oberlin College and Vanderbilt University.

Supreme Court

Summer 2023

Letter from President + Founder Deborah Bial on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Rulings

For more than 30 years, Posse has connected dynamic young people to highly selective colleges across the United States—without screening for race. Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court greatly expands our collective responsibility. Posse’s commitment to opening the gates of opportunity and also ensuring young people’s ability to walk through them, as leaders, has never been stronger.

man speaking

Summer 2023

30 Years of PossePlus Retreats

By creating a safe space for dialogue among students who may not ordinarily interact, the PPR has become an important tool for building community on campuses across the country.

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