Educating Children of Color (ECOC)
By: Savana Cook
Many children don’t have the opportunities other children do. Children of color have struggled to have enough money to go to college or pay for rent. ECOC (Educating Children of Color) helps pay for tuition, rent, and books with their scholarships. One of the opportunities ECOC has is $88,500 in scholarship money available. All scholarship applications need to be submitted by December 31st. A drawing will be held at the ECOC Summit at the Fountain Fort Carson High School on January 25th, 2025 to distribute scholarships.
Regina Walter, the founder of Diversity University, believes awareness and opportunity can give advantages to marginalized ethnicities to engage with their future. She stated, “We move other ethnicities by our chances of scholarships and opportunities.” Ms. Walter works to change high school junior’s and senior’s minds about college because they don’t have the money or the opportunity to go. She engages the community to help students of color.
The core values of ECOC are Equity, Empowerment, and Education. Ms. Walter said, “The core values are important because they push children to put themselves in charge of their own futures.” Many people don’t believe in these core values because the opportunities have been hard to get in the past. ECOC wants to lift marginalized ethnicities through offering these opportunities.
