Vision
Eleanor Anderson Miles lived her life centered around her core values. These values guided Eleanor through her professional and personal life, informing how she related to others, extended support and kindness to her community, and led with a quiet strength that continues to impact all who knew her. Eleanor’s values became the pillars in which she lived her life; these pillars provided a blueprint for how to create change in her individual relationships and within her community at large.
The Eleanor Anderson-Miles Foundation’s mission is to provide financial support for an applicant who meets, is inspired, and motivated by the standards of the pillars set by Eleanor.
Pillar 1: Compassion
Eleanor believed in the power of compassion for all. She enjoyed learning about how compassion surfaced for people, how they accessed self-compassion, and what it meant to receive compassion from others.
Pillar 2: Advocacy & Social Justice
Eleanor fed her passion for social change through her work in social justice and advocacy. She was a firm believer and advocate of equal rights, racial equality, and women's rights. At the core of this, Eleanor had a steadfast belief in the positive impact of education as a means to create a more just and equal world for all.
Pillar 3: Family & Community Centered Care
Eleanor was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, and friend. She defined her success and joy in life by witnessing the impact of these relationships in her life and acknowledging the positive impact of nourishing and nurturing these relationships had on her.
Pillar 4: Ethics
At her core, Eleanor deeply believed in and pursued an honorable life. She expressed this by living truthfully, ethically, and fairly. Eleanor believed that in order to create meaningful connections, we have to come from a place of honesty and transparency, fearlessly showing the truest versions of ourselves to the world.