I read a pretty good article (hard copy) in Forbes (yeah…I know…I know the critiques you have in mind for Forbes) about Oprah’s school in South Africa, OWLAG, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. The school will be 10 years old this December. Oprah originally pledged 10 million dollars to the school, which quickly grew to 40 million and now is topping 100 million because she is paying tuition for some of the school’s first graduates! They’re going everywhere from Spelman to Wellesley. Exquisite. The girls actually gather on Mondays for mourning time. This broke my heart. Because so many of them have lost primary caregivers to violence and disease, it is normal for someone at the school to be grieving. Many of them themselves have faced at least six major life traumas before even entering the school as a student. In the article, Oprah mentioned how she overcame the abuse allegations at her school, cleaned house with new staff, and learned many lessons throughout this experience. Over her lifetime, she has given more than 400 million dollars to educational causes, including over 400 scholarships for Morehouse men.

I read a pretty good article (hard copy) in Forbes (yeah…I know…I know the critiques you have in mind for Forbes) about Oprah’s school in South Africa, OWLAG, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

The school will be 10 years old this December. Oprah originally pledged 10 million dollars to the school, which quickly grew to 40 million and now is topping 100 million because she is paying tuition for some of the school’s first graduates! They’re going everywhere from Spelman to Wellesley. Exquisite.

The girls actually gather on Mondays for mourning time. This broke my heart. Because so many of them have lost primary caregivers to violence and disease, it is normal for someone at the school to be grieving. Many of them themselves have faced at least six major life traumas before even entering the school as a student.

In the article, Oprah mentioned how she overcame the abuse allegations at her school, cleaned house with new staff, and learned many lessons throughout this experience.

Over her lifetime, she has given more than 400 million dollars to educational causes, including over 400 scholarships for Morehouse men.

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