Denver Smith Foundation

01/20/2024

Get ready to let the good times roll! Join us in your Mardi Gras attire for the Southern University Alumni Federation Bayou Tri-Parish Chapter annual scholarship brunch. Let’s make some unforgettable memories and support a great cause Please consider joining or donating. Tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mardi-gras-scholarship-brunch-tickets-777415961067 Date: January 27, 2024
Time: 11:00AM Cost:$50.00
Location: Southern University Smith-Brown Memorial Union Cotillion Ballroom

01/20/2024

Join us in your Festive Mardi Gras attire for our annual Scholarship Brunch! Tickets can be purchased from chapter members or with the link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mardi-gras-scholarship-brunch-tickets-777415961067?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

11/29/2022

50 Years Later, we honor Denver Smith by helping those to do something that he wasn't able to - fulfill his dream of a college education.

Today on we ask you for $50 to help support our scholarship fund and continue our mission of providing equitable resources to HBCU Students. Visit the .

11/11/2022

The Impact of the Loss of Denver Smith : A Community Conversation
November 14th – Noon
@ the West Baton Rouge Museum

Join us for a discussion led by Denver Terrance of the Denver Smith Foundation on the life and loss of his uncle and namesake, a bystander in a peaceful protest at Southern University's Baton Rouge Campus in 1972.

FREE.

11/09/2022

11/02/2022

Article 1 of 4. Please read and watch included video on YouTube. https://lailluminator.com/2022/11/02/what-led-to-the-1972-shooting-death-of-two-southern-university-students-during-a-protest/ #

11/02/2022

Article 1 of a 4 part series.
https://lailluminator.com/2022/10/30/50-years-later-justice-still-absent-for-two-deaths-during-campus-protest/

11/02/2022

https://lailluminator.com/2022/11/02/what-led-to-the-1972-shooting-death-of-two-southern-university-students-during-a-protest/

Students not involved in the protests also were drifting onto the scene, including two juniors who were more focused on their schoolwork.

11/02/2022

https://lailluminator.com/2022/10/30/50-years-later-justice-still-absent-for-two-deaths-during-campus-protest/

FBI documents that reveal how agents quickly narrowed their search to a handful of deputies but could not prove who fired the fatal shot.

10/12/2022

Lauren Dukes is a Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major at Southern University. Her curiosity of technology and mechanics inspired her at an early age. Throughout Middle School and High School, Lauren was enrolled in engineering, coding, and
robotics courses and competed in national competitions such as Future City, SeaPerch, and First Lego League. She aspires to own an engineering firm one day with the intentions to further the advancements of black women in STEM. Congrats Lauren! We're looking forward to watching your journey at SU and beyond.

10/09/2022

Ce’Asia Williams is a two-time recipient of the Denver Smith Foundation Memorial Scholarship. A Senior Nursing Major at Southern University, Ce’Asia aspires to pursue a career in travel nursing servicing minority & underserved communities around the world. A first generation college student hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, Lauren has noted Patient care, representation, financial security, and advocacy as driving factors for her career endeavors.

Ce’Asia plans to dedicate her practice as a healthcare worker solely to midwifery and assisting with safe, holistic women’s healthcare. She intends to amplify the representation of black women in her field and utilize her education to
provide much needed advocacy support and education to her patients and colleagues.

We’re so proud of Lauren and wish her nothing but continued success!