May 9 is Deadline for Queer Asian
and Pacific Islander Youth to Apply for Educational Scholarships
(San Francisco, February 28 2003)
May 9 is the deadline for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI)
queer youth to apply for a Pride Scholarship. Any A&PI
Bay Area resident 22 years of age or younger who identifies
as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning
and needs money to pay for education is eligible. Awards range
from $100 to $4,500. For information, or contact Denise Tang
at 415.292.3420 X323 or denise@apiwellness.org.
The Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship
was launched in 2000 by Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness
Center (A&PIWC), in partnership with the Scholarship's
founder, Edward Cheng Ming Tang, Peninsula Community Foundation,
community activists, and queer A&PI youth. The fund awards
scholarships totaling $16,000 to deserving applicants, with
the goal of eradicating the isolation, invisibility, homophobia
and heterosexism faced by thousands of A&PI queer and
questioning youth in the Bay Area and beyond.
A selection committee including A&PI lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, or questioning youth and adults review
applications and select scholarship recipients. Committee
members are chosen for their diversity in backgrounds and
life experiences. Factors considered in scholarship awards
include financial need, personal and societal challenges,
creativity and originality, community involvement.
Scholarship recipients will be honored at a community-wide
event to be held this summer.
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center's mission is
to educate, support, empower, and advocate for Asian and Pacific
Islander (A&PI) communities – particularly A&PIs
living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS. A&PI Wellness Center
is the oldest and most comprehensive non-profit HIV/AIDS services
organization in North America targeting A&PI communities.
For more information contact:
Denise Tang
A&PI Wellness Center
415.292.3420 X323
denise@apiwellness.org
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