Ivan Kilgore - Founder - United Black Family Scholarship Foundation

Founder

Ivan Kilgore | Author, Founder UBFSF

Ivan Kilgore is an incarcerated author, activist and founder of the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation. An Oklahoma native, he has been incarcerated in California for 23 years and is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Shortly after entering prison, Ivan discovered an ability to write and speak publicly that eventually lead to him transforming his life and becoming an advocate for empowering America’s underserved communities to take action in the political transformation of their communities.

For Ivan, writing and public speaking became a doorway, an instrument leading him to teach about systems of oppression and how they effected both the African American community and himself. Since discovering this ability, he has held numerous political development workshops in prison, organized a number of events for the public, lectures university students across the nation and has developed and implemented UBFSF programs.

A Message from Ivan | Make Your Own Opportunities

Are you seeking work-life balance and meaning? How about an opportunity to utilize your abilities to bring about significant change?

Or is it that you need to discover your potential or develop professional skills? If your answer is Yes! Yes! Yes!… the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation has just the volunteer opportunity for you to accomplish all of this and much more.

Our volunteer opportunities offer progressively interesting and meaningful work that will allow you to see how your abilities can be channeled to bring about positive transformations within your community and other people’s lives.

Even more, our volunteer opportunities are perfect for teenagers and young adults seeking to gain experience working in various capacities. We are open to experimentation and celebration of people who take initiative.

Not to mention we encourage and integrate the ambitions of many self-starters.

If you are someone who believes happiness doesn’t lie chiefly in financial success but in meaningful work, good relationships, time for reflection, and cultivation of gratitude – this is an organization with whom you will become a lifelong member. Apply today.

Literature

Ivan has published four books, and his writings have been adapted for Emmy nominated films, taught in universities around the world, and used by countless advocacy organizations throughout the United States.