Last week Mary J. Blige’s charity, The Foundation For the Advancement of Women Now was exposed for owing the bank more than $250,000. The latest reveal regarding bad business with the foundation alleges FFAWN promised full 4 year scholarships to 25 underprivileged Bronx high school students but has not been fulfilling their obligations.
The urban blog Rhymes with Snitch says checks written to colleges have bounced, several students are on the verge of being forced out of school and still others say they haven’t received any money in over a year and have been forced to take out loans.
The site also says there’s also an interesting connection between the failed scholarship fund and Mary’s ‘acceptance’ to Howard University back in 2010.
Apparently the Women’s Academy where Mary chose her scholarship recipients also gave her the infamous honorary GED she tried to use to bolster claims she’d been accepted to Howard University when she had not.
In exchange for the honorary GED Mary was supposed to appear at the school for a rally to encourage the students. But she allegedly showed up, stayed for a few minutes, complained of jet lag and left.
