The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation would like to introduce and welcome the inaugural cohort of Katzmann Fellows at Immigrant Justice Corps!

Born in 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, Helen Gurley entered a world in financial freefall that held very few options for women.  As a teenager, she moved to Los Angeles, and sent money back to her mother Cleo and her sister Mary in Arkansas for years.

The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation was established in 2010 by Helen, as the Pussycat Foundation, named after Helen’s favorite term of endearment. Quite often, Helen used ‘Pussycat’ as an affectionate name to address near and dear ones. The title of the 2001 published book, Dear Pussycat: Mash Notes and Missives from the Desk of Cosmopolitan's Legendary Editor, underlines how well-known and significant this pet name of Helen’s was.

Just a few months ago, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation announced a Micro-grant Call for Proposals in response to the information crises related to COVID-19. Not knowing what to expect, the Institute received over 325 proposals from around the globe.

We are incredibly proud of our BridgeUP+OUT Scholars, who now possess the skills, confidence, and mindset to navigate the world around them in a meaningful manner.

The need to connect with peers and to find commonality is critical, in a world that is more divided than ever. That is exactly our BOLD scholars were taught, and what BOLD is all about.